- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR30.4 completely did her in. This was a beautifully flighted stock ball from Mlaba, that dipped on Rawal (she stayed in her crease rather than coming forward to it), and it turned to beat the outside edge of a defensive prod, and crash into off. That might have been a little loss of concentration from Rawal, who'd been batting so well. But it was a fine ball from Mlaba too. 151/218.3 they've strangled one down the legside. This was short, about waist-height, but misdirected slightly past the thigh pad. Mandhana swivels to pull it, but gets only a thin under-edge to the ball, and Meso and Derckslen are delighted. The umpire's finger goes up straight away 83/132.3 slips one right through Deol. This is full, and hung out a little bit outside off. Deol comes down the track but yorks herself a little, and the ball slides into the off stump. Mlaba strikes in successive overs to remove the set batters. 154/342.1 Jemimah's enterprising knock comes to an end as South Africa finally hold on to one! Looks to scoop this back of a length delivery, but doesn't get the distance she wants. Khaka at short fine moves swiftly to her left and does well to hold on with two hands falling to her right 213/445.5 And now she's gone! Important wicket for South Africa as Ghosh was looking dangerous. Full on off, and this has been drilled straight to long-off, who makes no mistake 247/547.4 Holes out at deep midwicket! Comes down the track and makes this attempted yorker into a low full-toss. Swipes it hard and flat down to deep midwicket, who holds on well 259/6Extras13 (w 13)TOTAL276/6 (50 Overs, RR: 5.52)Fall of wickets: 1-83 (Smriti Mandhana, 18.3 ov), 2-151 (Pratika Rawal, 30.4 ov), 3-154 (Harleen Deol, 32.3 ov), 4-213 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 42.1 ov), 5-247 (Richa Ghosh, 45.5 ov), 6-259 (Deepti Sharma, 47.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB A Khaka 8 1 42 1 5.25 27 5 1 0 0 M Klaas 9 1 43 1 4.77 27 4 0 3 0 S Luus 4 0 24 0 6 10 3 0 0 0 N de Klerk 9 1 39 1 4.33 28 4 0 0 0 N Mlaba 10 0 55 2 5.5 25 5 0 1 0 A Dercksen 3 0 40 1 13.33 4 4 1 6 0 CL Tryon 7 0 33 0 4.71 21 3 0 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR27.5 And the pressure pays off! India finally have the breakthrough! Wolvaardt goes back to another on a good length, pitching just outside off, and turning back in. She was aiming to play this squarer, away from those two straight fielders in front of square on the onside, but ends up getting rapped on the pads in front of middle and leg. She's trapped in a her crease to boot, and this was very likely clipping leg stump 140/147.6 another wicket! It's Brits this time, and thats a HUUUUGE blow. Brits is down the track trying to slam this down the ground, but she gets too close to the pitch of the ball (it was a quickish one from Rana) and all she does is give the bowler a return catch at belly-height, which she receives gleefully. 252/830.3 Straight through! Rana returns with a bang! This was another arm ball, and Goodall has played all around it. Looks to drive but it's snuck right through and clattered into the stumps 151/236.4 Indi9a get the wicket they were looking for! Meso is gone, trying to make space to hit through the off side. But this is an on-target length ball from Reddy, and all Meso ends up doing is outside-edging it on to the top of her bails. She had backed off quite a bit aiming to free her arms through the offside, but Reddy followed her 181/341.4 those dot balls created this chance. Luus had to keep taking risks, and Charani gets her to hole out to deep midwicket playing the slog sweep. This was a nicely flighted ball on off stump, but Luus top-edges her big shot, and the fielder barely has to move to get under that one 207/445.5 in the air and big shouts of catch it. Rana strikes and India are back in this now. This wasn't a massive shot from Tryon, who i don't think was trying to hit the boundary - only to chip into the outfield. She was down the track slightly and lifting this legside. But it floats out all the way to deep midwicket, where the catch is pouched without much effort 240/547.4 Rana strikes again! This was Dercksen again going to that favoured legside, trying to slog sweep Rana over deep square leg. She doesn't strike it cleanly though, and the deep square leg fielder picks that up comfortably, and completes the catch around knee-height in the outfield 251/747.2 slips it through her defences! Rana bowled a match-turning spell against Sri Lanka. is she doing it again. She beats de Klerk with a little extra pace, I think. This is full, and there to be swept, but Rana has shot this one through before de Klerk gets her bat into position. It spins into middle and leg. 250/648.2 another one goes! Poor running from the SA tail. This was a length ball that Mlaba tried to hit through the offside, but inside edged it to the right of Reddy, who sprinted across, and collected the ball. Klaas was some way down the pitch after Mlaba had called her through I think, but she was turned back eventually and Reddy hit with a direct under-arm throw to find her short. India on the brink now. 253/949.2 goes for another hit on the off side, but gets run out attempting to get back on strike, This was fullish again, and Mlaba has made some space to repeat the shot from the previous ball. But she's only hit it with the outside half of the bat, and it goes off towards deep point, where the fielder runs in, fires a throw into Richa Ghosh, and catches Mlaba well short. 261/10Extras7 (lb 4, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL261 all out (49.2 Overs, RR: 5.29)Fall of wickets: 1-140 (Laura Wolvaardt, 27.5 ov), 2-151 (Lara Goodall, 30.3 ov), 2-170* (Tazmin Brits, retired not out ), 3-181 (Karabo Meso, 36.4 ov), 4-207 (Sune Luus, 41.4 ov), 5-240 (Chloe Tryon, 45.5 ov), 6-250 (Nadine de Klerk, 47.2 ov), 7-251 (Annerie Dercksen, 47.4 ov), 8-252 (Tazmin Brits, 47.6 ov), 9-253 (Masabata Klaas, 48.2 ov), 10-261 (Nonkululeko Mlaba, 49.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KS Gautam 7.2 0 47 0 6.4 21 4 2 0 0 A Reddy 9 0 59 1 6.55 26 9 0 0 1 S Rana 10 0 43 5 4.3 34 2 1 2 0 N Shree Charani 10 0 51 1 5.1 30 5 1 0 0 DB Sharma 10 0 40 1 4 35 3 1 0 0 Pratika Rawal 3 0 17 0 5.66 8 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
India Women , elected to bat first
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Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.00 start, First Session 10.00-13.10, Interval 13.10-13.40, Second Session 13.40-17.10
Match days
29 April 2025 (50-over match)
Women's ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
India Women 2, South Africa Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 0 wicket)
- India Women: 50 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (Pratika Rawal 22, S Mandhana 28, Ex 0)
- Pratika Rawal: 50 off 58 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- India Women: 100 runs in 21.2 overs (128 balls), Extras 7
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (Pratika Rawal 27, H Deol 18, Ex 5)
- India Women: 150 runs in 30.1 overs (181 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: India Women - 151/2 in 30.4 overs (H Deol 28)
- India Women: 200 runs in 40.2 overs (242 balls), Extras 10
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (H Kaur 16, JI Rodrigues 33, Ex 1)
- India Women: 250 runs in 46.3 overs (279 balls), Extras 13
- Innings Break: India Women - 276/6 in 50.0 overs (H Kaur 41, KS Gautam 5)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 0 wicket)
- South Africa Women: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (43 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (L Wolvaardt 16, T Brits 30, Ex 5)
- T Brits: 50 off 45 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 87/0 in 16.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 26, T Brits 56)
- South Africa Women: 100 runs in 17.1 overs (104 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 104 balls (L Wolvaardt 31, T Brits 65, Ex 5)
- South Africa Women: 150 runs in 30.1 overs (182 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 151/2 in 30.3 overs (T Brits 92)
- T Brits: 100 off 103 balls (11 x 4, 3 x 6)
- South Africa Women: 200 runs in 40.3 overs (244 balls), Extras 7
- South Africa Women: 250 runs in 47.1 overs (284 balls), Extras 7
- T Brits retired hurt on 108* from 170/2 to 250/6
Match Coverage
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