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A complete domination from South Africa, they are looking the likely team alongside India to qualify for the final of the tri-series. It's all we have for today from Sportskeeda's commentary box. Till the next time, this is Arya Sekhar Chakraborty also signing off on behalf of my fellow commentator Srivastha.
Tazman Brits (Player of the Match): I have been actually dreaming about this and my dream came true tonight. Nice to come and make some runs against them (West Indies).
Sune Luus (South Africa captain): Yeah it was a great effort. We started off exceptionally well in the powerplay which set the game up for us and the 10 wicket is just the cherry on the top. I think it was a bit nervy start but after the 2nd over she started finding the game interesting. It was good to get some confidence. I think its a good build-up to the World Cup, the confidence will grow with each match play.
Hayley Matthews (West Indies captain): Lot of areas where we can improve on. Good to spend some time in the middle, watching Shanika and then Gajnabi from the other end was good.
Time for the post-match presentation ceremony.
South Africa Women won by 10 wickets
West Indies Women 97/6 in 20 overs Hayley Matthews 34(26) | Tumi Sekhukhune 2/24
South Africa Women 98/0 in 13.4 overs Tazman Brits 50*(43) | Laura Wolvaardt 42*(39)
The target of 98 was never gonna bother South Africa and it was a thoroughly convincing run chase in the end. A 10-wicket thrashing with deliveries remaining as the openers Laura Wolvaardt and Tazman Brits were just too good for the West Indies bowlers. Their respective knocks were decorated with some delightful shots and the Windies bowlers just had no answers.
Wolvaardt started the charge with some boundaries and Brits followed him with a few improvisations and reverse sweeps which yielded boundaries. Brits took over and kept smashing the boundaries at will. Eventually, they chased it down in the 14th over and registered their 2nd win of the competition. Brits reached her half-century on the final delivery of the match while Wolvaardt remained unbeaten on 42.
Earlier in the day, it was an exceptional bowling effort from the South African women’s team and restricted West Indies to a below-par score of 97. Shabika Gajnabi and Hayley Mathews helped West Indies recover from a horrendous start and while they couldn’t post a competitive score, the partnership meant that the bowlers had something to bowl at.
It was a tidy start from Marizanne Kapp and Nonkululeko Mlaba who stemmed the run flow in the powerplay and just 6 runs came from the first 6 overs. Wickets kept falling regularly as Windies just never managed to get going in the first 10 overs. However, after the drinks break, there was a change in approach and the runs started to come.
Gajnabi was joined by her captain Hayley Matthews who gave some momentum to the innings. A beautiful partnership followed after a below-par start and the duo allowed West Indies to get close to the 100-run mark.
They shared a 61 runs partnership which paved took them to 97/6 in their allotted 20 overs. Mathews scored 34 off 27 deliveries while Gajnabi scored 33 off 34. Tumi Sekhukhune was the pick of the bowlers for South Africa with a couple of scalps.
14.0
13.4 Shamilia Connell to Tazmin Brits, FIFTY and South Africa win! Short of a length outside off, pulled wide of mid-wicket for one
13.3 Shamilia Connell to Tazmin Brits, FOUR! Brits comes down and takes it on the full, flicks to deep square, who is undone by the bounce as she leaps but fails to stop it
13.2 Shamilia Connell to Laura Wolvaardt, good length on the pads, nudged away behind square for one
13.1 Shamilia Connell to Laura Wolvaardt, dug in short and outside off, left alone, loops to the keeper
Shamilia Connell [2-0-11-0] comes back into the attack.
South Africa just 6 runs away from the victory target. A beautiful shot from Brits coming in that over as South Africa just at the threshold.
13
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92/0score
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4
1
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runs
Laura Wolvaardt*
47(40)
Tazmin Brits
39(38)
Shanika Bruce
0/20
12.6 Shanika Bruce to Laura Wolvaardt, full and wide outside off, driven to the sweeper
12.5 Shanika Bruce to Laura Wolvaardt, slower on the stumps, pushed back
12.4 Shanika Bruce to Tazmin Brits, low full-toss outside off, driven to long-off
12.3 Shanika Bruce to Tazmin Brits, Brits comes down and takes it on the full, drives it straight and beats long-off's dive to get FOUR!
12.2 Shanika Bruce to Tazmin Brits, full outside off, driven to extra-cover
12.1 Shanika Bruce to Tazmin Brits, good length outside off, punched to short third man
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Buffalo Park, East London
Laura Wolvaardt
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Shanika Bruce
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