15/12Result
Only Test, England Women tour of South Africa at Bloemfontein, Dec 15-17 2024
ENG Women won by 286 runs
Player of the Match
Lauren BellEngland Women
15/12Result
Only Test, England Women tour of South Africa at Bloemfontein, Dec 15-17 2024
ENG Women won by 286 runs
Player of the Match
Lauren BellEngland Women

Back in 10 for the resumption. Time won't be an issue, with four and a bit sessions left in the match. But it's a lot of runs!

2.07pm: South Africa need 351 to win, which would be the highest fourth-innings score in a women's Test by a distance. Mlaba leads them off and gives it the double fist-pump after her 10-wicket match haul. Not much of a contribution from England's lower order, losing 4 for 12 at the end, but they had done the hard work by that stage. Knight top-scored with 90, anchoring the innings, with cameos from Sciver-Brunt, Wyatt-Hodge and Jones helping them up to 236 all out.

74.1
W
de Klerk to Filer, OUT, shimmies down, but whips straight to short midwicket! Uses her feet and looks to loft over the leg side, but picks out the fielder to present a simple chance

L Filer c sub (M Klaas) b de Klerk 3 (19m 13b 0x4 0x6) SR: 23.07

END OF OVER:
74 | 2 Runs | ENG-W: 236/9

  • Lauren Bell3 (9b)
  • Lauren Filer3 (12b)
  • Nonkululeko Mlaba26-4-67-6
  • Nadine de Klerk10-2-24-0

Andrew Evans: "Any doubt over Knight's wicket, as with Wolvaardt, in the absence of DRS? Or was it plumb?" -- Looked tight but perfectly reasonable. Every chance it would at the very least have been clipping leg.

73.6
0
Mlaba to Bell, no run, inside-edged back to the bowler's right hand

Wolvaardt looks as though she'll shake this off.

Himanshu: "Looks like Laura laughed too hard during their giggling session."

Looks like Wolvaardt has done herself some damage. On comes the physio.

73.5
2
Mlaba to Bell, 2 runs, has a big swipe into the off side, and it lands short of Wolvaardt at cover

Jafta has the giggles again. "Lauren, please!" she laughs over the stump mic

73.4
0
Mlaba to Bell, no run, lunges forward with bat and pad together, sneaks through between the pads
73.3
0
Mlaba to Bell, no run, full and straight, lunges forward to defend
73.2
0
Mlaba to Bell, no run, defends with a straight bat

Jafta behind the stumps has a fit of the giggles. Brief hold-up while she regains her composure

73.1
0
Mlaba to Bell, no run, short, and stays low. Slapped out into the covers

Hypocaust: "Until last year's Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, there hadn't been a 10 wicket match by women's Test bowler for 17 years.There have now been four in the last 18 months (Sophie Ecclestone, Ash Gardner, Sneh Rana)"

END OF OVER:
73 | 2 Runs | ENG-W: 234/9

  • Lauren Bell1 (3b)
  • Lauren Filer3 (12b)
  • Nadine de Klerk10-2-24-0
  • Nonkululeko Mlaba25-4-65-6
72.6
1
de Klerk to Bell, 1 run, full and straight, jams down on it and pinches a single to long leg
72.5
0
de Klerk to Bell, no run, shoots through from a good length, sneaks under the toe-end
72.4
1b
de Klerk to Filer, 1 bye, slower ball, Filer doesn't pick it and pulls out of the shot altogether. Fumbled by Jafta towards fine leg to allow them through for a bye
72.3
0
de Klerk to Filer, no run, defends into the off side
72.2
0
de Klerk to Filer, no run, half-volley, looks to launch it back over the bowler's head but can only inside edge into the pad
72.1
0
de Klerk to Filer, no run, full and straight, jabs at it in defence

Himanshu: "Mlaba, You beauty! what a performance. SA will look forward to the chase."

END OF OVER:
72 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | ENG-W: 232/9

  • Lauren Bell0 (1b)
  • Lauren Filer3 (8b)
  • Nonkululeko Mlaba25-4-65-6
  • Nadine de Klerk9-2-23-0
71.6
0
Mlaba to Bell, no run, width outside off, has a flash but can't connect

Bell walks out at No. 11. England happy to let this innings play out to its finish.

71.5
W
Mlaba to MacDonald-Gay, OUT, bursts through the gate, Mlaba has 10! The first 10-wicket match haul by a South African woman. She was underused on the first day after two expensive overs but has underlined has class ever since. Tossed up, drifts into the gap between bat and pad, and crashes into the stumps

R MacDonald-Gay b Mlaba 4 (14m 12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

71.4
0
Mlaba to MacDonald-Gay, no run, skids into pad, loops up into the leg side
71.3
0
Mlaba to MacDonald-Gay, no run, prods forward in defence
71.2
0
Mlaba to MacDonald-Gay, no run, prodded back via a leading edge
71.1
1
Mlaba to Filer, 1 run, down the leg side, top-edged sweep falls short of long leg

Neil: "Mluba's test bowling average (previously 109.66) has come down by almost 70 in one match - surely a record?"

END OF OVER:
71 | 1 Run | ENG-W: 231/8

  • Ryana MacDonald-Gay4 (8b)
  • Lauren Filer2 (7b)
  • Nadine de Klerk9-2-23-0
  • Nonkululeko Mlaba24-4-64-5
70.6
0
de Klerk to MacDonald-Gay, no run, sprayed wide outside off stump, has a flash and can't make contact

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SA Women 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8A BoschL Wolvaardt
2nd4A BoschA Dercksen
3rd10S LuusA Dercksen
4th9M KappS Luus
5th0M KappN de Klerk
6th2M KappCL Tryon
7th11M KappS Jafta
8th0M KappTS Sekhukhune
9th20TS SekhukhuneN Mlaba