: ‘The fire that she has...’: The many sides of South Africa’s magnificent Marizanne Kapp #IndiaNEWS To the world, Marizanne Kapp is a fierce fast bowler. She runs in to bowl with a slight frown,

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‘The fire that she has...’: The many sides of South Africa’s magnificent Marizanne Kapp #IndiaNEWS
To the world, Marizanne Kapp is a fierce fast bowler. She runs in to bowl with a slight frown, her brow furrowed, and a blazing intensity in her eyes. Her passionate reactions and ferocity in the field are enough to frighten most; at one point, even her partner, Dané van Niekerk.“I grew up playing against Marizanne,� van Niekerk – South Africa’s regular skipper who is missing the World Cup in New Zealand due to an injury – told Scroll.in. “We always knew she was going to be this incredible pace bowler, and I was very afraid of her.“I remember, a little before we made our international debuts, we were playing in this South Africa Under-19 game. I must have been around 14 or 15 and I remember dropping one of her catches and my first thought was ‘She is going to kill me!’ That’s what I thought! And that’s how afraid I was of her,� she said with a chuckle.Of course, after years together, van Niekerk’s opinion has completely changed. She describes Kapp as “soft-hearted and soft-spoken�; the hard exterior simply hides the soft centre of someone who “wants to give her family the world�.“I think what people see on the field is just white-line...Read more

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