- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR74.1 Terrible mix-up. Rodrigues comes down the track to a full delivery outside off and taps this to mid-on. Shafali hesitated a bit and was blocked by the bowler but decided to take the run. Rodrigues is already at the non-striker's end. Keeper Jafta is quick to collect the ball and take the bails off. Replays confirm that Shafali is short of the crease. The Chidamabaram Stadium gives a loud cheer as she walks out 411/351.6 edged and South Africa finally have a wicket! Mandhana falls a run short of 150! Fizzed through on a length just outside off. Mandhana, perhaps knowing what she needs to get to 150, pokes at it with an open bat face. The ball straightens just enough and takes the outside edge. Dercksen swoops down sharply and completes the catch. Smiles in the South African camp; Mandhana, meanwhile, walks off to a standing ovation from her teammates and the crowd. An innings of the highest order! 292/158.6 edged and taken! Another breakthrough for South Africa, on the stroke of tea! Shortish outside off and this seems to skid through a shade. Shubha, like she was doing earlier in the over, has a waft at it and manages to nick it through to Jafta, who snaffles up a sharp chance. Might have been an under-edge and that makes the catch even better. South Africa are jubilant, and these wickets have arrived like London buses - not many in the morning but relatively quickly now! 325/286.6 goes straight up, and Rodrigues has to depart! Dangles the carrot on a length just outside off, and Rodrigues bites. Steps down the track, trying to smash it over cow corner but loses all shape. The ball might have just held in the surface too and all of that means Rodrigues skews it off the leading edge. de Klerk settles under it at extra cover and makes no mistake. Tucker is elated; Rodrigues, not quite, and she has to walk back after a promising-looking 55! 450/4112.4 big appeal, not given! Length delivery angling into off stump. Harmanpreet moves across her stumps and then swings at it. Seems to miss it and the ball clips her on the pads. Umpire Virender Sharma is unmoved but South Africa have taken this upstairs, just in the nick of time. Did it strike Harmanpreet in line? If it did, this could be very close. No bat involved. Impact is in line, and Ball Tracking has the ball smashing into middle stump. Decision overturned and the India skipper has to go! 593/5115.1 massive appeal, and given! Reviewed straightaway! Darted in full on middle and leg. Ghosh, like she did in the last over, tries the sweep. Seems to miss this one, though, and gets rapped on the pads. Mlaba goes up, and so does the umpire's finger. This looked pretty adjacent, unless Ghosh has hit it. Seemed to straighten a touch too after pitching. There are murmurs on UltraEdge but nothing when the ball is next to the bat. All eyes on Ball Tracking now...and it reckons the ball would have thundered into leg stump. It took an awful while to build, but when it did, it signalled the end for Ghosh in this innings! And it looks like India have declared their innings too! 603/6Extras22 (b 16, lb 6)TOTAL603/6d (115.1 Overs, RR: 5.23)Fall of wickets: 1-292 (Smriti Mandhana, 51.6 ov), 2-325 (Shubha Satheesh, 58.6 ov), 3-411 (Shafali Verma, 74.1 ov), 4-450 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 86.6 ov), 5-593 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 112.4 ov), 6-603 (Richa Ghosh, 115.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB M Klaas 17 2 74 0 4.35 0 0 A Dercksen 17 0 80 0 4.70 0 0 N de Klerk 12 1 79 1 6.58 0 0 TS Sekhukhune 14 0 70 1 5.00 0 0 N Mlaba 26.1 1 122 1 4.66 0 0 D Tucker 26 1 141 2 5.42 0 0 S Luus 3 0 15 0 5.00 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.6 Gone now! Big, big wicket for India. Rana gets the first wicket. Slightly short outside off but it stayed low and spun in, Wolvaardt went for a pull and completely missed it. Trapped in front and it's plumb. Umpire raises the finger immediately. 33/130.4 edged and gone! Rana has two! Similar length, similar line and similar speed. Bosch, after what happened the previous ball, is forced into feeling for it. This one, though, does not spin and instead goes straight on. Healthy outside edge and Deepti snaffles up a smart chance at slip. India have the breakthrough they were after, and Bosch departs after a promising knock! 96/259.5 massive appeal, and Luus has to go this time! Back of a length, pitches on off and then spins back in. Luus, like she has been content to do for much of this session, stays back and tries to defend. The ball, though, spins just enough to go past the inside edge and rap her on the pads. Seems pretty adjacent but Luus wants to have another look. No bat involved and the ball struck her on the back pad. This could be curtains for Luus. And indeed it is. Ball Tracking reckons it would have smashed into middle stump, two-thirds of the way up. Big wicket for India! 189/376.1 Rana gets the first breakthrough! Extra bounce does it. Tossed up on off and middle stump, Kapp goes back to defend but the extra bounce mean the ball pops up to take the top of off stump after beating the outside edge. Rana gets her fourth wicket. Massive, massive one. Kapp departs for a well-made 74 249/562.4 nicked and taken smartly by Ghosh behind the stumps! Fizzed through on a length outside off. Drops on Tucker late and forces her to reach out for it. The ball grips too, spinning back sharply and the ball grazes the inside edge as Tucker pokes at it. Ghosh tracks it all the way and then snares the chance. India are delighted; South Africa just losing their way a little! 198/480.1 wicket off the first ball of the over for Rana! Sixth for her. It's a full length ball on leg stump, de Klerk goes back to put this away to leg side, there is some power on it, but it goes straight into the hands of Gayakwad at square leg, who dives in front to complete the catch. 258/876.5 Loud appeal! But the umpire is unmoved. India take the review. Full length delivery on off and middle stump, Jafta goes deep to flick. Replays confirm that the ball came off the inside edge of the bat and then touched her left thigh to short leg where Shuba Satheesh then completed the catch. Five-for Rana! 249/679.6 Oh, that stayed very low! Fuller outside off stump, spun in sharply as Dercksen goes back to defend but her bat is nowhere near the ball because of how low it stayed. Gets hit on the back pad. South Africa review this immediately. Three reds are up! There is no inside edge. Would have hit the off and middle stump. Deepti gets her second wicket. South Africa in trouble 258/782.3 Seven-for! Rana is elated. Wolvaardt is stunned. Tossed up on off stump, spun in sharply and stayed low, Klaas lets this go, probably thinking it would go straight. A little brain-fade moment? But it takes her off stump after pitching. Excellent display of spin bowling 260/984.3 Eighth wicket for Rana! What a spell, what a performance. South Africa are bowled out for 266! Tossed up on off, spun in sharply and stayed low as Mlaba went for a cross-batted shot to leg side. Ball beats her inside edge to take the middle stump. 266/10Extras20 (b 18, nb 2)TOTAL266 all out (84.3 Overs, RR: 3.14)Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Laura Wolvaardt, 7.6 ov), 2-96 (Anneke Bosch, 30.4 ov), 3-189 (Sune Luus, 59.5 ov), 4-198 (Delmi Tucker, 62.4 ov), 5-249 (Marizanne Kapp, 76.1 ov), 6-249 (Sinalo Jafta, 76.5 ov), 7-258 (Annerie Dercksen, 79.6 ov), 8-258 (Nadine de Klerk, 80.1 ov), 9-260 (Masabata Klaas, 82.3 ov), 10-266 (Nonkululeko Mlaba, 84.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Renuka Singh 7 0 22 0 3.14 0 1 P Vastrakar 9 2 32 0 3.55 0 0 S Rana 25.3 4 77 8 3.01 0 0 RS Gayakwad 17 3 53 0 3.11 0 0 DB Sharma 21 5 47 2 2.23 0 1 H Kaur 3 0 9 0 3.00 0 0 S Mandhana 2 0 8 0 4.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR105.5 another vociferous appeal, and this time, the finger goes up! Length on middle and leg, and Wolvaardt goes back. Wolvaardt has been doing that all innings but on this occasion, the ball skids on a little quicker than she anticipates. Keeps a touch low too and beats her on the flick. Gets pinned on the pads in front of leg stump and Gayathri Venugopalan had no hesitation raising her finger. Wolvaardt has reviewed, though. Was it heading down leg? No bat involved and Ball Tracking has the ball thumping into leg stump. India are elated; Wolvaardt, after a stellar knock, has to walk back! 281/57.4 that has kept awfully low, and Bosch has to walk back! Back of length on middle and off, and this almost rolls along the ground. Bosch, like she did the previous ball, stays back but when the ball does not bounce, that usually signals the end. Sneaks under the bat as Bosch hurriedly stabs down on it and smacks her right in front of middle and leg on the back pad. The umpire has no qualms in raising her finger, and Bosch does not bother with the review either. Wry smile on her face, nothing she could have done to prevent this! 16/173.2 Harmanpreet goes through Luus, and she is absolutely chuffed! This is the breakthrough India wanted! Back of a length just outside off. Luus has been going back to that length all day long and does so again. The only danger to that ploy, though, is when the ball skids on and keeps low. This does exactly that and Luus, trying to hurriedly hack it to leg, is beaten for pace. Clips the outside of off stump, and Luus walks back, to a standing ovation from her teammates! 206/298.5 Deepti gets the breakthrough! Loud appeal and the finger goes up. Kapp decides to review. Too full outside off stump, stays low, spun sharply in, she plays the wrong length on the backfoot and misses it. Ball hits straight on her front pad. Replays confirm that it would be hitting the off stump. Kapp has to depart 264/399.4 India are celebrating! Is that out? Fuller outside off stump, lofts it in front of cover where Rodrigues dives in front and collects the ball very low. It came off the toe end of the bat. Replays confirm that it's a clean catch. Excellent game awareness from Rodrigues 266/4154.4 cleans her all ends up! Slowed up delightfully on a length on off. de Klerk looks at the flight and wants to hit this into the sea. Only connects with fresh air, though, and the ball sneaks past her swinging blade to thunder into off stump. India have finally bowled South Africa out, after 154.4 overs, and the finish line is now within sight, just 37 runs away! 373/10140.2 edged and taken beautifully! 10 in the match for Rana, and she has come up clutch again! Fizzed through on a length just outside off. Does not spin back in, instead going on with the arm. Jafta, playing for the turn, nibbles at it and gets a healthy outside edge. Shubha snaps down low to her left and gobbles it up inches off the turf. The third umpire wants to confirm if the catch is clean but no problems there. South Africa eight down! 334/8120.4 Vastrakar gets her first! Short of a length delivery angling in to the right-hander, ball keeping low again, Dercksen goes deep in crease to flick and misjudges the line, misses it. Trapped in front. Beaten for pace. It's plumb. Umpire raises his finger immediatley. India inching closer to a Test win 310/6134.3 oh dear, that is a calamity for South Africa! Back of a length outside off. de Klerk taps it into the off side and sets off for a single Sekhukhune has no intention of running. de Klerk is almost next to Sekhukhune when the latter starts running and Gayakwad, swooping in from extra cover, hits the stumps at the batter's end to compound Sekhukhune and South Africa's woes. Sekhukhune was not even in the frame. A rush of blood at just the wrong moment, and India edge closer to a win! 324/7151.5 SHAFALI HAS TAKEN A WICKET! India are delighted. Fuller outside off stump, stayed low, goes through the defence of Klaas to take her off stump. Turned in sharply 357/9Extras12 (b 8, lb 1, nb 3)TOTAL373 all out (f/o) (154.4 Overs, RR: 2.41)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Anneke Bosch, 7.4 ov), 2-206 (Sune Luus, 73.2 ov), 3-264 (Marizanne Kapp, 98.5 ov), 4-266 (Delmi Tucker, 99.5 ov), 5-281 (Laura Wolvaardt, 105.5 ov), 5-302* (Sinalo Jafta, retired not out ), 6-310 (Annerie Dercksen, 120.4 ov), 7-324 (Tumi Sekhukhune, 134.3 ov), 8-334 (Sinalo Jafta, 140.2 ov), 9-357 (Masabata Klaas, 151.5 ov), 10-373 (Nadine de Klerk, 154.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Renuka Singh 10 1 30 0 3.00 0 0 S Rana 40 12 111 2 2.77 0 1 P Vastrakar 16 7 35 1 2.18 0 0 DB Sharma 45 10 95 2 2.11 0 2 RS Gayakwad 30.4 12 55 2 1.79 0 0 Shafali Verma 3 1 7 1 2.33 0 0 H Kaur 10 0 31 1 3.10 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras0TOTAL37/0 (9.2 Overs, RR: 3.96)
Match Details
Toss
India Women , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India Women won the one-off match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
9.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30
Match days
28, 29, 30 June, 1 July 2024 (4-day match)
Women's Test debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Fri, 28 Jun - day 1 - India Women 1st innings 525/4 (H Kaur 42*, RM Ghosh 43*, 98 ov)
- Sat, 29 Jun - day 2 - South Africa Women 1st innings 236/4 (M Kapp 69*, N de Klerk 27*, 72 ov)
- Sun, 30 Jun - day 3 - South Africa Women 2nd innings 232/2 (L Wolvaardt 93*, M Kapp 15*, 85 ov)
- Mon, 1 Jul - day 4 - India Women 2nd innings 37/0 (9.2 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- L Wolvaardt: 100 off 259 balls (13 x 4)
- South Africa Women: 250 runs in 90.5 overs (546 balls), Extras 6
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 108 balls (L Wolvaardt 21, M Kapp 29, Ex 1)
- Over 98.5: Review by South Africa Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - M Kapp (Struck down)
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 266/4 in 99.5 overs (L Wolvaardt 110)
- Over 105.5: Review by South Africa Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - L Wolvaardt (Struck down)
- South Africa Women: 300 runs in 112.4 overs (678 balls), Extras 7
- Lunch: South Africa Women - 302/5 in 115.0 overs (N de Klerk 15)
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 320/6 in 131.0 overs (N de Klerk 21, TS Sekhukhune 4)
- Over 131.1: Review by India Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - N de Klerk (Struck down)
- S Jafta (2) retired hurt on 9* from 302/5 to 324/7
- Tea: South Africa Women - 336/8 in 144.0 overs (N de Klerk 26, M Klaas 2)
- South Africa Women: 350 runs in 149.2 overs (899 balls), Extras 12
- N de Klerk: 50 off 174 balls (7 x 4)
- Innings Break: South Africa Women - 373/10 in 154.4 overs (N Mlaba 1)
- India Women 2nd innings
- Mieke de Ridder kept wickets in place of Sinalo Jafta from the start of India Women 2nd innings
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (M Kapp 11, N de Klerk 35, Ex 4)
- Over 76.5: Review by India Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - S Jafta (Upheld)
- South Africa Women: 250 runs in 77.1 overs (465 balls), Extras 16
- Over 79.6: Review by South Africa Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - A Dercksen (Struck down)
- Innings Break: South Africa Women - 266/10 in 84.3 overs (TS Sekhukhune 1)
- South Africa Women 2nd innings
- Over 11.1: Review by South Africa Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - L Wolvaardt (Upheld)
- Over 14.1: Review by India Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - S Luus (Struck down)
- Lunch: South Africa Women - 29/1 in 15.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 15, S Luus 5)
- South Africa Women: 50 runs in 22.4 overs (136 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 121 balls (L Wolvaardt 17, S Luus 33, Ex 1)
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 75/1 in 33.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 24, S Luus 41)
- S Luus: 50 off 94 balls (9 x 4)
- South Africa Women: 100 runs in 38.3 overs (231 balls), Extras 5
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 232 balls (L Wolvaardt 35, S Luus 60, Ex 5)
- Tea: South Africa Women - 124/1 in 49.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 46, S Luus 64)
- Over 51.2: Review by India Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - S Luus (Struck down)
- L Wolvaardt: 50 off 160 balls (7 x 4)
- South Africa Women: 150 runs in 55.1 overs (331 balls), Extras 5
- 2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 324 balls (L Wolvaardt 55, S Luus 91, Ex 5)
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 182/1 in 65.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 70, S Luus 98)
- S Luus: 100 off 179 balls (17 x 4)
- South Africa Women: 200 runs in 71.4 overs (430 balls), Extras 5
- Second New ball taken at 82.1 overs
- End Of Day: South Africa Women - 232/2 in 85.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 93, M Kapp 15)
- H Kaur: 50 off 89 balls (2 x 4)
- India Women: 550 runs in 104.4 overs (628 balls), Extras 22
- RM Ghosh: 50 off 54 balls (11 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 106 balls (H Kaur 32, RM Ghosh 52, Ex 18)
- Drinks: India Women - 591/4 in 112.0 overs (H Kaur 68, RM Ghosh 77)
- Over 112.4: Review by South Africa Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - H Kaur (Upheld)
- India Women: 600 runs in 114.2 overs (686 balls), Extras 22
- Innings Break: India Women - 603/6 in 115.1 overs (DB Sharma 2)
- Over 115.1: Review by India Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - RM Ghosh (Struck down)
- South Africa Women 1st innings
- Lunch: South Africa Women - 29/0 in 6.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 17, A Bosch 12)
- Over 7.2: Review by India Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - L Wolvaardt (Struck down)
- South Africa Women: 50 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 59/1 in 21.0 overs (A Bosch 29, S Luus 8)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 110 balls (A Bosch 24, S Luus 27, Ex 2)
- South Africa Women: 100 runs in 31.5 overs (192 balls), Extras 5
- Tea: South Africa Women - 106/2 in 35.0 overs (S Luus 39, M Kapp 3)
- Over 42.2: Review by India Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - S Luus (Struck down)
- S Luus: 50 off 131 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls (S Luus 20, M Kapp 27, Ex 5)
- South Africa Women: 150 runs in 48.1 overs (291 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 168/2 in 53.0 overs (S Luus 58, M Kapp 39)
- M Kapp: 50 off 87 balls (7 x 4)
- Over 59.5: Review by South Africa Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - S Luus (Struck down)
- South Africa Women: 200 runs in 63.1 overs (381 balls), Extras 12
- End Of Day: South Africa Women - 236/4 in 72.0 overs (M Kapp 69, N de Klerk 27)
- India Women 1st innings
- India Women: 50 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: India Women - 50/0 in 14.0 overs (Shafali Verma 20, S Mandhana 29)
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (Shafali Verma 20, S Mandhana 29, Ex 1)
- S Mandhana: 50 off 78 balls (10 x 4)
- India Women: 100 runs in 24.4 overs (148 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 148 balls (Shafali Verma 47, S Mandhana 55, Ex 1)
- Shafali Verma: 50 off 66 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Lunch: India Women - 130/0 in 28.0 overs (Shafali Verma 65, S Mandhana 64)
- Over 29.2: Review by South Africa Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - Shafali Verma (Struck down)
- India Women: 150 runs in 31.4 overs (190 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 190 balls (Shafali Verma 72, S Mandhana 77, Ex 1)
- India Women: 200 runs in 38.6 overs (234 balls), Extras 1
- Shafali Verma: 100 off 113 balls (15 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 1st Wicket: 200 runs in 234 balls (Shafali Verma 102, S Mandhana 99, Ex 1)
- S Mandhana: 100 off 122 balls (19 x 4)
- Drinks: India Women - 230/0 in 45.0 overs (Shafali Verma 117, S Mandhana 111)
- India Women: 250 runs in 48.1 overs (289 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 250 runs in 289 balls (Shafali Verma 120, S Mandhana 131, Ex 2)
- India Women: 300 runs in 53.5 overs (323 balls), Extras 2
- Shafali Verma: 150 off 158 balls (19 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Tea: India Women - 334/2 in 60.0 overs (Shafali Verma 165, JI Rodrigues 1)
- India Women: 350 runs in 63.3 overs (381 balls), Extras 4
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (Shafali Verma 22, JI Rodrigues 30, Ex 0)
- Shafali Verma: 200 off 194 balls (22 x 4, 8 x 6)
- India Women: 400 runs in 72.6 overs (438 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: India Women - 416/3 in 78.0 overs (JI Rodrigues 39, H Kaur 4)
- JI Rodrigues: 50 off 85 balls (8 x 4)
- India Women: 450 runs in 86.4 overs (520 balls), Extras 4
- Second New ball taken at 92.1 overs
- India Women: 500 runs in 94.6 overs (570 balls), Extras 16
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (H Kaur 17, RM Ghosh 21, Ex 12)
- End Of Day: India Women - 525/4 in 98.0 overs (H Kaur 42, RM Ghosh 43)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsSneh Rana: 'Test championship will be a big boost for women's cricket'
The star of India's ten-wicket win over South Africa in the one-off-Test accepts that she needs to work hard to get back to the white-ball sides
Chennai's hard grind leaves India and South Africa wanting more Test cricket
South Africa, unused to the format, dug deep and found reserves of stamina within themselves, and India showed once again how much of a force they are
Rana's 10-wicket haul wraps up India's victory over South Africa
It was a ten-wicket victory but it went down to the final session of the final day in Chennai
Stats - India's hat-trick, records for Shafali and Wolvaardt
Shafali Varma, Sneh Rana and Laura Wolvaardt broke records in Chennai
Luus and Wolvaardt lead South Africa's fightback after Rana's eight-for
India enforced the follow-on after Rana's eight-wicket haul gave them a first-innings lead of 337