- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.5 short ball outside the off stump. Mithali looks to slice it over point, but ends up getting an outside edge back to the keeper. She was looking for boundaries rather than singles 130/24.2 good length ball outside the off stump. Mandhana slogs it across the line and doesn't time it properly. That's poor judgement by her. Klass runs across to her left, reaches out for the ball and pulls off a tremendous catch. Class by Klass 32/116.5 another wicket off the short ball! Khaka digs it in short. Rodrigues spots it and goes for a loose-handed pull and ends up getting a top edge that's taken by the bowler. She mistimed the pull a couple of times today 134/320 fuller ball outside the off stump. Veda is bottled up by the fuller length and she meekly pushes it to the left of the bowler and is caught ball watching. She is too late to set off for the single as Kapp runs back and whips the bails off. For added effect, she throws the ball into the pitch. In fact, Veda was so slow to think about the single that she didn't even cross Kaur and it's Kaur that's run-out. Well, on the replays it was found that Veda wasn't as slow because they showed that they crossed and it's Veda that's out now. Confusion cleared 166/3Extras12 (lb 4, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL166/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.3)Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Smriti Mandhana, 4.2 ov), 2-130 (Mithali Raj, 15.5 ov), 3-134 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 16.5 ov), 4-166 (Veda Krishnamurthy, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB M Kapp 4 1 22 1 5.50 1 0 A Khaka 4 0 41 1 10.25 6 1 S Ismail 4 0 35 1 8.75 0 0 M Klaas 2 0 21 0 10.50 0 0 D van Niekerk 4 0 22 0 5.50 0 0 R Ntozakhe 2 0 21 0 10.50 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.4 good length ball outside the off stump. Lee looks to go big and gets an outside edge to short third-man where Poonam Yadav runs forward and takes the catch 20/33.4 fuller ball outside the off stump. van Niekerk looks to go for the lofted shot over long-on but the bat face turns in her hand as she plays the shot. She ends up lofting it to mid-on where the catch is taken. That's the first wicket for Rumeli Dhar, in nearly six years, for India 12/15 and the desperation for boundary gets India a wicket! Encouraged by the boundary off the previous ball, Luus wants to play a similar stroke. She pre-meditates and pays for it as the inward movement beats her and the off-stump rolls back 18/28.2 second wicket for Pandey and second time that she gets a wicket after conceding a boundary. Good length ball outside the off stump. du Preez, like Luus, looks to play the stroke that got her the boundary. She is early into the stroke and ends up scooping an easy catch to Mithali Raj at cover 40/411.5 comes down the track and lofts the fuller ball straight into the hands of Harmanpreet at long-off. She is delighted with the catch and the batsman dismissed as she blows a kiss after taking the catch. Lots of love between the Indian players and South African players 71/68.5 third wicket for Pandey and third time that she gets a wicket immediately after conceding a boundary. Second time this over. Good length ball outside the off stump. de Klerk is looking to flick and gets an inside edge onto her pad. The ball trickles to the off stump and dislodges the bail. de Klerk is bewildered as the umpire took some time to raise his finger 44/516.5 short ball outside the off stump. Kapp is thinking six till it reaches the rope at midwicket, but Jemima Rodrigues pops out of nowhere, leaps on the spot and pulls off a stunner! She is inches in front of the rope as she takes the catch. That effort can rank alongside any of the brilliant takes at the boundary rope. 108/815.2 fuller ball outside the off stump. Ismail is beaten by the wrong one on the run and is stumped. Poonam Yadav channels her inner Kohli as she celebrates with her fists pumping. The jump is missing though 100/718 and that's the match for India! They win the series 3-1. Tossed up ball outside the off stump, Klaas comes down the track and is beaten. She is too far down the track to even attempt going back into the crease. Taniya Bhatia collects the ball and whips the bails off in a flash 112/1017.5 fuller ball outside the off stump. She heaves it to long-on where Madhana moves to her right and takes the catch 112/9Extras3 (w 3)TOTAL112 all out (18 Overs, RR: 6.22)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Dane van Niekerk, 3.4 ov), 2-18 (Sune Luus, 4.6 ov), 3-20 (Lizelle Lee, 5.4 ov), 4-40 (Mignon du Preez, 8.2 ov), 5-44 (Nadine de Klerk, 8.5 ov), 6-71 (Chloe Tryon, 11.5 ov), 7-100 (Shabnim Ismail, 15.2 ov), 8-108 (Marizanne Kapp, 16.5 ov), 9-112 (Ayabonga Khaka, 17.5 ov), 10-112 (Masabata Klaas, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB P Vastrakar 3 1 14 0 4.66 1 0 S Pandey 3 0 16 3 5.33 1 0 R Dhar 4 0 26 3 6.50 0 0 Poonam Yadav 4 0 25 1 6.25 1 0 RS Gayakwad 3 0 26 3 8.66 0 0 H Kaur 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa Women , elected to field first
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Player Of The Series
Series result
India Women won the 5-match series 3-1
Match number
Season
Match days
24 February 2018 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- 50 up in 36 mins off 56 balls including 7 fours
- 2nd Wicket 50 Partnership in 26 mins off 43 balls including 3 fours and 3 sixes (Raj 34, Rodrigues 16, Extras 0)
- 100 up in 54 mins off 88 balls including 10 fours and 4 sixes
- M Raj 50 in 58 mins off 46 bals including 5 fours and 3 sixes
- 150 up in 77 mins off 120 balls including 16 fours and 5 sixes
- South African Women Innings
- 50 up in 43 mins off 58 balls including 6 fours and a six
- 100 up in 66 mins off 94 balls including 7 fours and 4 sixes
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