Raji: "If that last wicket fell in the previous over, for a moment i could've thought it was a T20, not an ODI." -- The score may not have felt sufficient in a T20 either...
Hypocaust: "The only team to have been bowled out in fewer overs at a Women's Cricket World Cup were Pakistan, who made just 27 in 13.4 overs against Australia at Hyderabad in 1997."
4:25pm Well, that was quick. The innings lasted just a little more than a stipulated T20 innings, but the boundaries or the runs that usually form a part of a T20 innings, were sorely lacking. A bit of that was down to the conditions, but it was mostly a combination of tidy England bowling and very insipid batting. The top order was decimated by the inward drift Smith got and by the inward movement Bell extracted.
Sciver-Brunt then chipped in later, with Dean and Ecclestone also among the wickets. In fact, every bowler who bowled got themselves on the board and every batter for SA, intriguingly, also got off the mark. But they could not produce anything worthwhile, and a top score of 22 and a partnership-high of 12 says as much. England will heavily fancy their chances here, and might even look to swell their NRR if they can. Join us in a bit for the chase!
N Mlaba b Dean 3 (10m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 37.5
Leo: "If Mlaba manage to not get a duck, would this be the lowest team score without any instances of a batter scoring 0?" -- Sampath says it would not be the lowest now. The lowest in Women's ODIs is 63 by India vs England in 1978.
