Dercksen is the only player from the union who was invited to the national camp.

At 21-year-old Dercksen is one of the youngest players in the 27-member camp and she sees it as an opportunity to grow.

Dercksen told OFM Sport that at this stage her focus is not on being selected for the tour.

“I've been really honoured to be invited to the camp and to be completely honest, the thought of getting into that Ireland or England squad hasn't really crossed my mind.

“At the moment I'm just excited to get to learn from some of the best players in the country and seeing how things get done at that higher level.

“I'm just really excited for the opportunity to get to learn and maybe improve my game a little bit.”

The seasoned campaigners Suné Luus, Marizanne Kapp, Mignon du Preez, Laura Wolvaardt, and Shabnim Ismail will, however, miss the camp due to their participation in the FairBreak Invitational in Dubai.

The Proteas will face Ireland in three T20 and One-Day Internationals, and England in a once-off Test as well as three T20I’s and three ODI’s.

Proteas Women national camp squad : Anneke Bosch (Dragons), Nobulumko Baneti (Border), Tazmin Brits (Dragons), Trisha Chetty (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Nadine de Klerk (Western Province), Annerie Dercksen (Free State), Lara Goodall (Western Province), Sinalo Jafta (Western Province), Masabata Klaas (Dragons), Lizelle Lee (Dragons), Nonkululeko Mlaba (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Raisibe Ntozakhe (Lions), Tumi Sekhukhune (Lions), Nondumiso Shangase (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal) Andrie Steyn (Western Province), Chloé Tryon (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Delmi Tucker (Western Province), Faye Tunnicliffe (Western Province), Jane Winster (SWD), Leah Jones (Western Province), Nicole de Klerk (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Micaela Andrews (SWD), Courtney Gounden (KwaZulu-Natal Coastal), Elize-Mari Marx (Titans), Tebogo Macheke (Limpopo), Anri Grobbelaar (Western Province), Paulinha Mashishi (Titans).

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