ICC Women’s World Cup: SA continues unbeaten run, beat England by 3 wickets

Mount Maunganui: South Africa produced an all-round display to continue their unbeaten run in the tournament, beating defending champions England by three wickets to register a hat-trick of wins in the ongoing ICC Women’s ODI World Cup here on Monday. South Africa first rode on Marizanne Kapp’s (5/45), her best bowling ODI figures, to restrict […]

Mount Maunganui: South Africa produced an all-round display to continue their unbeaten run in the tournament, beating defending champions England by three wickets to register a hat-trick of wins in the ongoing ICC Women’s ODI World Cup here on Monday.

South Africa first rode on Marizanne Kapp’s (5/45), her best bowling ODI figures, to restrict four-time champions England to 235 for nine and then Laura Wolvaardt (77 off 101 balls) held their innings together as they overcame a late scare to chase down the target with four balls to spare.

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South Africa skipper Sune Luus (36), Kapp (32) and Tazmin Brits (23) also provided useful support with the bat. Wolvaardt decorated her innings with eight boundaries.
After her brilliant show with the ball, Kapp played a good hand with bat and almost took South Africa past the finishing line with her 42-ball knock during which she struck three boundaries and one six. Kapp fell just 10 runs short of the target, LBW to Anya Shrubsole (2/34). The wicket gave England a glimmer of hope but it was not to be as Trisha Chetty (12 not out) and Shabnim Ismail (5 not out) took South Africa home.

The win helped South Africa jump to the second spot in the eight-team standings with maximum six points from three games ahead of India but below Australia on net run rate.

Brief Scores: England 235/9 in 50 overs (Tammy Beaumont 62, Amy Jones 53; Marizzane Kapp 5/45) bt South Africa 236/7 in 49.2 overs (Laura Wolvaardt 77; Anya Shrubsole 2/34).

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