Dinesha Devnarain (born 12 November 1988) is a South African former

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er who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm

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. She appeared in 29

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and 22

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for

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between 2008 and 2016, including playing at the

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and captaining the side in 2016. She played domestic cricket for KwaZulu-Natal Coastal. She was Head Coach of

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for the first two seasons of the

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. On 6 April 2020, she was appointed as South Africa women's U-19 head coach as well as Women's National Academy head coach.

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