{"id":23555,"date":"2026-02-10T08:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-reyneke-thrilled-by-first-proteas-women-call-up\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:20","slug":"sas-reyneke-thrilled-by-first-proteas-women-call-up","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-reyneke-thrilled-by-first-proteas-women-call-up\/","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s Reyneke thrilled by first Proteas Women call-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s (SA) 20-year-old cricketer Kayla Reyneke has described the excitement of being called up to the Proteas Women for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The former Under-19 captain will join the national squad for three Twenty20 International matches against Pakistan, with the first game scheduled for Tuesday in Potchefstroom, SA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reyneke recalled receiving the call from national coach Mandla Mashimbyi while waking from a nap.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got a call from coach Mandla as I was waking up from a nap. I\u2019m very excited for this opportunity to play alongside my role models and to take the field with them. Growing up, these were the players I looked up to while watching the game. It\u2019s a huge honour to wear this badge,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The young all-rounder hopes to make an immediate impact as SA gears up for the International Cricket Council Women\u2019s World Cup in England this June.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23556,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-23555","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Kayla Reyneke has described the excitement of being called up to the Proteas Women for the first time","published_date":"2026-02-10 10:34:15","news_description":"Kayla Reyneke has described the excitement of being called up to the Proteas Women for the first time","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26483,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23555\/revisions\/26483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}