Sri Lanka Women vs South Africa Women
SLW 101 (40.3 Ovs)
RSAW 104/2 (23.1 Ovs)
South Africa Women won by 8 wkts
So a big step from South Africa in their hunt for a semi-final spot. A couple of important games are still going on at the moment, so jump tabs to catch all the action from there. That's all we have from this one. Goodbye!
Ranaweera: As a team we couldn't perform, and we couldn't perform with the bat importantly. Pakistan is a good team, so we hope to do our best in the upcoming game.
Van Niekerk (c), Player of the Match: I'm not in the greatest rhythm of my life, but it's working so I won't complain. My opening bowlers are setting the game up to take wickets in the back end. Coming into the World Cup, I hadn't bowled a lot so I was a bit weary. I said in the previous game, it's such an open tournament. At the end of the day, we have another game and another two points up for grabs. Coming into the World Cup we were really confident in our processes and all the hard work. Australia is a world-class side, and we'll have to put in a world-class performance to take them down. I don't want to watch any matches, we'll see how it goes. If we get those two points against Australia, we'll 100% qualify. We don't want to depend on other results. It's always good for the captain to lead from the front, but the team I have is making my job easier. It is important, but at the end of the day it's a team effort.
15:06 Local Time, 14:06 GMT, 19:36 IST: South Africa jump to first place on the points table with this win, but will surely slip down the table later in the day once the rest of the matches are completed. However, the margin of this victory has provided a good boost to their net run rate, putting them in a strong position to qualify into the semis. The South African players get into a circle on the field after shaking hands with the opposition, for some kind of celebratory talk or something. They never allowed Sri Lanka any kind of foothold in the game at all, right from the start. After an excellent burst from the pacers under overcast skies, skipper van Niekerk ripped through the middle and lower order with a four-for as Sri Lanka collapsed for 101. That was well short of anything competitive. South Africa lost a couple of quick wickets, but the pair of Wolvaardt and du Preez ensured that they cruise home with eight wickets to spare. So Sri Lanka are still winless in the competition, and just have one game left.
23.1
Siriwardene to Laura Wolvaardt, FOUR, finishes it off with a glorious extra-cover drive to the boundary. Thumping win for South Africa
23
Runs Scored: 3
0 0 0 1 0 2
Score after 23 overs
RSAW 100-2
du Preez
38(53)
Laura Wolvaardt
44(65)
Ranaweera
6-1-20-1
22.6
Ranaweera to du Preez, 2 runs, paddles the full toss to the right of deep backward square. South Africa just two away
22.5
Ranaweera to du Preez, no run, pushed through on leg, du Preez glances it to short fine leg
22.4
Ranaweera to Laura Wolvaardt, 1 run, flighted just outside off, draws Wolvaardt forward on the drive to long-off. Mid-off had just been pushed back after the previous delivery
22.3
Ranaweera to Laura Wolvaardt, no run, punches off the front foot to mid-off
22.2
Ranaweera to Laura Wolvaardt, no run, nudges it to short mid-wicket
22.1
Ranaweera to Laura Wolvaardt, no run, too close to cut, Wolvaardt goes for it anyway and misses
Inoka Ranaweera [5.0-1-17-1] is back into the attack
22
Runs Scored: 4
1 2 0 1 0 0
Score after 22 overs
RSAW 97-2
du Preez
36(51)
Laura Wolvaardt
43(61)
Siriwardene
6-0-29-0
21.6
Siriwardene to du Preez, no run, flat on off, dabbed to backward point
21.5
Siriwardene to du Preez, no run, cut away to cover-point
21.4
Siriwardene to Laura Wolvaardt, 1 run, swept to long leg
21.3
Siriwardene to Laura Wolvaardt, no run, shortish outside off, Wolvaardt cuts to cover-point
21.2
Siriwardene to Laura Wolvaardt, 2 runs, helps it round the corner with the turn. Some quick running fetches Wolvaardt two
21.1
Siriwardene to du Preez, 1 run, tossed up at the stumps, du Preez sweeps behind square for a single
21
Runs Scored: 7
0 0 0 1 2 4
Score after 21 overs
RSAW 93-2
Laura Wolvaardt
40(58)
du Preez
35(48)
Sripali Weerakkody
4-0-22-1
20.6
Sripali Weerakkody to Laura Wolvaardt, FOUR, quickly onto her back knee to sweep the ball away for four. Brilliantly timed. She deliberately hit it in the air and gave no chance to short fine leg
20.5
Sripali Weerakkody to Laura Wolvaardt, 2 runs, driven off the front foot to the left of cover-point, the ball sneaks through the fielder's dive to give Wolvaardt another couple
20.4
Sripali Weerakkody to du Preez, 1 run, shortish outside off, slashed down to third man off a thick edge
20.3
Sripali Weerakkody to du Preez, no run, dropped in the follow-through. It was driven at a comfortable height and really should have been taken. Weerakkody fell pretty hard on her shoulder and looks to be in some pain too. The physio comes out
Match Info
Match
SLW vs RSAW, 22nd Match, ICC Womens World Cup, 2017
Date
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Time
09:30 AM GMT
Venue
The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
Sri Lanka Women Squad
Prasadani Weerakkody (wk), Inoka Ranaweera (c), Nipuni Hansika, Hasini Perera, Chamari Atapattu,Shashikala Siriwardene, Dilani Manodara, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Ama Kanchana, Sripali Weerakkody,Udeshika Prabodhani, Chandima Gunaratne, Eshani Lokusuriyage, Harshitha Madavi, Chamari Polgampola
South Africa Women Squad
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