No end result South Africa ladies 270 for six (Brits 116, Ranasinghe 2-42, Dilhari 2-47) vs Sri Lanka ladies 23 for no loss
After a delayed begin from a moist outfield, Sri Lanka have been set a goal of 271 but solely confronted 6.5 overs earlier than rain compelled the fixture to be known as off. Sri Lanka have been 23 with out loss on the time.
Brits and Laura Wolvaardt have been off to a powerful begin and placed on 94 for the first wicket, largely unthreatened by a Sri Lankan aspect that selected to bowl first. Brits was the early aggressor, saved the majority of the strike and allowed Wolvaardt to seek out her tempo. They posted 55 within the first Powerplay and Sri Lanka seemed uninspired, with the ball and within the discipline.
Brits reached 50 off 56 balls and the partnership grew to 94 when, towards the run of play, Wolvaardt was caught behind off Kavisha Dilhari. Anneke Bosch, taking part in in her seventeenth match, was in at No.3 and shared in a 70-run second wicket stand with Brits and introduced up her third highest ODI rating in her seventeenth match.
Her dismissal introduced the struggling Sune Luus to the crease and he or she scored 22 off 30 balls earlier than being caught and bowled by Sugandika Kumari and sparking a mini-late collapse. South Africa misplaced 3 wickets for 28 runs, with Chamari Athapaththu creating strain at one finish and the offspinners Kumari and Oshadi Ranasinghe benefitting with wickets on the different. In that point, Brits introduced up her 100 off 118 balls, her second this summer season after a maiden century towards Bangladesh, and was additionally dismissed which meant she couldn’t end the innings off.
Earlier than the match, Wolvaardt careworn the necessity for South Africa to push previous totals of 170 into the 200s and Nadine de Klerk, having now embraced her function as a finisher, took that to coronary heart. She scored 34 off 22 balls, together with the innings’ solely six to push South Africa to 270.
That meant Sri Lanka needed to pull off their highest profitable ODI chase to win, after a earlier better of 257 for 7 towards India in 2018. They have been regular in pursuit and noticed off Marizanne Kapp and Ayabonga Khaka’s opening spells and didn’t have the chance to check themselves towards South Africa’s change bowlers. The second match takes place on Saturday in Kimberley, the place situations are anticipated to be drier.
