South Africa Women's tour of India (2021)

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Series : South Africa Women tour of India
Match Thread - 1st ODI, Lucknow, Mar 7 2021,

Match:INDW vs RSAW, 1st ODI, South Africa Women tour of india, 2021
Date:Sunday, March 07, 2021
Toss:South Africa Women won the toss and opt to bowl
Time:7:30 AM
Venue:Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires:Nandan, Ulhas Gandhe
Third Umpire:Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Match Referee:GS Lakshmi

India Women Squad: Playing:
Punam Raut, Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Sushma Verma (wk), Jhulan Goswami, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Monica Patel, Poonam Yadav
Bench: Dayalan Hemalatha, Mansi Joshi, Priya Punia, Radha Yadav, C Prathyusha, Sweta Verma, Yastika Bhatia

South Africa Women Squad: Playing:
Laura Wolvaardt, Trisha Chetty (wk), Lizelle Lee, Mignon du Preez, Sune Luus (c), Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Ayabonga Khaka, Lara Goodall, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Shabnim Ismail
Bench:Sinalo Jafta, Anne Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Faye Tunnicliffe, Nondumiso Shangase, Tumi Sekhukhune

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IND(W) set a target of 178 to win,
Mithali Raj top scored with 50

 

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South Africa need 178 runs for victory!

India finish on 177/9 after losing five wickets for 21 runs

 

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SAF women cruising comfortably. 105/0 in 25.2 overs

 

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LUCKNOW: A record partnership between Lizelle Lee and Laura Wolvaardt helped the Momentum Proteas make a storming start to their five-match One-Day International series against India with a stunning eight-wicket demolition at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday.

The pair amassed 169 for the first wicket as South Africa chased down a 178-run target with eight wickets intact – securing their biggest win over the hosts in the process.

Lee finished with an unbeaten 83 off 122 balls (11 fours, 1 six), while Wolvaardt, who went past 2000 ODI runs during the early part of her innings, was dismissed with nine runs to win for a splendid 80 off 110 balls (12 fours).

It mattered little, though, as Hilton Moreeng’s charges eventually won with 59 deliveries to spare.

The stand for the first wicket was the highest by the tourists for any wicket against India and also beat the previous best of 163 of a top-tier nation that was scored by the same two players against New Zealand at Auckland last January.

The bowlers too played their role for the South Africans with Shabnim Ismail’s three for 28, which included three maidens, leading the charge in helping them restrict their opponents to just 177 for nine.

The Proteas, also outstanding in the field, won the toss at the start of the match and opted to bowl first, with their star fast bowler and Marizanne Kapp (1/25) exceptional with the new ball.

Together with Ayabonga Khaka (1/29), they left the Indians on 40 for three by the 14th over, before captain Mithali Raj (50 off 85 balls, 4 fours, 1 six) and Harmanpreet Kaur (40) helped rebuild.

Sune Luus (1/23) eventually broke the stand just after the 100 was raised, before Nonkululeko Mlaba (2/41) joined the act with tidy bowling during the middle overs.

That meant India could manage to set just 178.

Lee and Wolvaardt then made light work of the chase as they recorded 19th and 18th ODI half centuries respectively for their country in 50-over cricket

The partnership was eventually ended by Jhulan Goswami (2/38), but Lee was on hand to finished the job ant take the visitors to a 1-0 lead

The Momentum Proteas squad: Sune Luus, Ayabonga Khaka, Shabnim Ismail, Laura Wolvaardt, Trisha Chetty, Sinalo Jafta, Tasmin Britz, Marizanne Kapp, Nondumiso Shangase, Lizelle Lee, Anneke Bosch, Faye Tunniclife, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Mignon du Preez, Nadine de Klerk, Lara Goodall, Tumi Sekhukhune.

Support Staff: Hilton Moreeng (Head Coach), Dillon du Preez (Assistant Coach), Sedibu Mohlaba (Team Manager), Tshegofatso Gaetsewe (Team Doctor), Abram Ramoadi (Performance Analyst), Molebatsi Theletsane (Physiotherapist), Zane Webster (Strength and Conditioning), Koketso Gaofetoge (Media Manager).



Full Tour Schedule:

7 March - 1st ODI - India Women lost to the Momentum Proteas by 8 wickets

9 March - 2nd ODI - India Women v Momentum Proteas

12 March - 3rd ODI - India Women v Momentum Proteas

14 March - 4th ODI - India Women v Momentum Proteas

17 March - 5th ODI - India Women v Momentum Proteas



20 March - 1st T20I - India Women v Momentum Proteas

21 March - 2nd T20I - India Women v Momentum Proteas

23 March - 3rd T20I - India Women v Momentum Proteas

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Chastising loss.. Indian teamed looked off-colour and short on match practice.
Hopefully they come back.

 

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The opening run stand between SAF openers Lee & Wolvaardt showed it was easy to bat. India failed to capitalise when batting. Still the score of 178 was by all means defendable but the bowling didn't seem incisive and appeared flat.

 

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INDIA WIN SECOND ODI TO LEVEL SERIES AT 1-1

Tuesday, 09 March 2021



LUCKNOW: A strong all-round performance helped India bounce back from their series-opening defeat against the Momentum Proteas with the comfortable nine-wicket win in the second One-Day International at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday.



Jhulan Goswami lead a clinical bowling display by claiming four for 42 as the tourists were bundled out for 157 in 41 overs. Half centuries by Smriti Mandhana (80* off 64 balls, 10 fours, 3 sixes) and Punam Raut (62* off 89 balls, 8 fours) then lead a strong reply as the hosts won with more than 20 overs to spare.



It was a good response by the Indians, especially after they were on the other end of a heavy defeat by the South Africans in match one on Sunday.



They won the toss and batted at the start, with Lizelle Lee (4) and Laura Wolvaardt (9) – the stars in the previous game – out cheaply to Goswami and Mansi Joshi (2/23) respectively.



Lara Goodall (49) and captain Sune Luus (36) then rebuilt nicely with a 60-run third-wicket partnership that took South Africa up to 80 for two in the 21st over.



But things went all wrong from there as Goswami and Rajeshwari Gayakwad (3/37) cut through the middle order and tail, the visitors dismissed with nine overs remaining.


Shabnim Ismail (1/46) did manage to land an early blow when she bowled Jemimah Rodrigues (9), but an unbroken 138-run second-wicket partnership charged India to victory.



The result ended a seven-match winning streak for the Proteas. Match three of the series takes place on Friday.



The Momentum Proteas squad: Sune Luus, Ayabonga Khaka, Shabnim Ismail, Laura Wolvaardt, Trisha Chetty, Sinalo Jafta, Tasmin Britz, Marizanne Kapp, Nondumiso Shangase, Lizelle Lee, Anneke Bosch, Faye Tunniclife, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Mignon du Preez, Nadine de Klerk, Lara Goodall, Tumi Sekhukhune.



Support Staff: Hilton Moreeng (Head Coach), Dillon du Preez (Assistant Coach), Sedibu Mohlaba (Team Manager), Tshegofatso Gaetsewe (Team Doctor), Abram Ramoadi (Performance Analyst), Molebatsi Theletsane (Physiotherapist), Zane Webster (Strength and Conditioning), Koketso Gaofetoge (Media Manager).



Full Tour Schedule:



7 March - 1st ODI - India Women lost to the Momentum Proteas by 8 wickets

9 March - 2nd ODI - India Women beat the Momentum Proteas by 9 wickets

12 March - 3rd ODI - India Women v Momentum Proteas

14 March - 4th ODI - India Women v Momentum Proteas

17 March - 5th ODI - India Women v Momentum Proteas



20 March - 1st T20I - India Women v Momentum Proteas

21 March - 2nd T20I - India Women v Momentum Proteas

23 March - 3rd T20I - India Women v Momentum Proteas

 

[JattMaula]

Chastising loss.. Indian teamed looked off-colour and short on match practice.
Hopefully they come back.

They have. And with some style. Flawless victory.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

They have. And with some style. Flawless victory.

yeah Jhulan and Smriti were class. Outclassed SA today.

 

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is it a trend with Indian teams in both mens and womens ?
Lose the opening match and win the series?

 

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India batting legend Mithali Raj continues to set new landmarks as on Friday she became the first ever women cricketer from her country to cross the milestone of 10,000 runs in international cricket. With a boundary during the third women ODI between India and South Africa in Lucknow, Mithali created history and has now scored 10,001 runs in 311 matches since making her debut in 1999.

Overall, she is the second cricketer to have done so with legendary England batter Charlotte Edwards the first woman to do so. Edwards continues to be the leading run-getter across formats in women cricket history with 10,273 runs in 309 matches.

Mithali made her international debut back in 1999 and has so far played 211 ODIs in which she has scored 6938 runs at an average of 50.64 including seven centuries and 54 half-centuries so far. She has also played 10 Tests in which she has 663 runs at an average of 51 including one century and four fifties.

In 89 T20Is, the 38-year-old has 2364 runs at 37.52 including 17 half-centuries.

Aside from that, Mithali is the only India captain – male of female – to have led her team in two ODI World Cup finals. She retired from T20Is in 2019 with an aim to focus her energies on 50-over cricket as winning an ODI WC continues to be her dream.

Former India opener Wasim Jaffer was one of the first ones to congratulate Mithali on twitter.

Mithali is currently leading India women cricket team in a five-match ODI series vs South Africa which is currently level at one-all.

https://www.cricketcountry.com/news...re-10000-runs-in-international-cricket-973383

 

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LUCKNOW: An incredible career-best century by Lizelle Lee powered the Momentum Proteas to a famous six-run win on the Duckworth/Lewis Method against India in the third One-Day International at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Friday.

The right-hander struck two sixes and 16 fours in an unbeaten 132 off 131 balls – her third career ton and the third highest individual score by a South African in 50-over cricket – helping her side reach 223 for four when the players were forced off due to rain.

The tourists were chasing 249 for victory and they stayed ahead of the rate most of the way thanks to the brilliance of Lee, who was aided mainly by Mignon du Preez’s attacking 37.

In the end, that innings by the seasoned opener, the highest score by a South African against India, put Hilton Moreeng’s team 2-1 up in the five-match series. Match four takes place on Sunday.

The Proteas entered the game on the back foot having been soundly beaten in the second game on Tuesday and they were put under pressure by the hosts when they batted.

Without the ill Sune Luus and injured Trisha Chetty they were forced to make two changes, with Laura Wolvaardt handed the armband for the first time.

The home side lost Jemimah Rodrigues (0) second ball to pick-of-the-bowlers Shabnim Ismail (2/46), while Smriti Mandhana followed for 25 - Tumi Sekhukhune dismissing the other opener after a 64-run second-wicket partnership.

That stand was alongside top-scorer Punam Raut, who continued to trouble the away side with her innings of 77 off 108 balls (11 fours).

She added 77 with her captain Mithali Raj (36), while Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma also hit 36s in a stand of 60 that helped the Indians to a strong 248 for five.

Lee was then involved in partnerships of 41 and 40 with Wolvaardt (12) and Lara Goodall (16), before the key stand of 97 that kept South Africa on the path to victory.

After Du Preez and Marizanne Kapp (0) fell in quick succession, Anne Bosch (16*) offered solid support to Lee to carry their side to victory.

 

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Another day, another milestone for Mithali Raj as she reached the 7,000-run mark in one-day internationals during the fourth ODI between India and South Africa in Lucknow on Sunday.

The India skipper began the day needing 26 runs to get to the milestone. She extends her run as the highest run-getter in the format in the women's game.

The second highest is England's Charlotte Edwards with 5,992 runs in ODIs followed by Australia's Belinda Clarke with 4,884 runs.

Dismissed for 45 in the fourth ODI, Mithali now has 7019 runs from 213 ODIs in a career spanning 21 years and 261 days so far, featuring seven centuries and 54 half-centuries at an enviable average of 50.53. She already became the most capped female cricketer in the history of the game, having now played 311 international ties so far.

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...a-vs-south-africa-lucknow/article34065871.ece

 

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RESULT
4th ODI, Lucknow, Mar 14 2021, South Africa Women tour of India

India - 266/4 50/50 ov RR: 5.32
South Africa - 269/3 48.4/50 ov RR: 5.52

South Africa Women won by 7 wickets

 

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South Africa pull off stunning chase to seal series


Chasing the highest total of the tour so far of 267, South Africa cruised to a brilliant seven-wicket win in the fourth ODI against India.

Openers Lizelle Lee and Laura Wolvaardt built the foundation of the innings which allowed Lara Goodall and Mignon du Prez to steer South Africa to a record series win in India.

Losing the toss and put in to bat, India were helped by Punam Raut’s impressive knock of 104* runs from 123 balls with worthy contributions from skipper Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur of 45 and 54 runs respectively. India put up a commendable total of 266/4 on board.

Sent in to bat, India got off to a shaky start as Smriti Mandhana departed early after edging Shabnim Ismail’s ball straight to slips, she became Ismail’s 150th victim in ODI internationals. Priya Punia was joined by Punam Raut in the middle as the pair began to recover India’s innings. The 44-run second-wicket stand was broken through by Nondumiso Shangase.

Captain Raj and Raut came together at the crease as the duo anchored India’s innings, sharing a partnership of 103 runs to push India’s score past 164, which also saw Raj become the first woman cricketer to score 7,000 runs in ODIs, but with just five runs away from her half-century she was caught by Ismail at mid-on of the bowling of Sekhukhune.

After Raj was dismissed on 45, Harmanpreet Kaur got off to a swift start, scoring two boundaries in her first four deliveries. Thereon, both batters stepped on the accelerator. Kaur was the aggressor with Raut supporting her from the other end. The pair put up a partnership of 88 runs during the course of which Kaur scored a quick 50 off just 33 balls, before departing to Sekhukhune. Shortly after Kaur’s dismissal, Raut scored brought up her third ODI century to help India achieve a competitive total.

Chasing 267, South Africa got off to a flying start, with Lizelle Lee and Laura Wolvaardt putting on 59 runs within the first powerplay. The pair went on to combine for a partnership of 116 for the opening wicket wicket, during the course of which they both managed to bring up their half-centuries.

Kaur was the bowler successful in breaking up the threatening partnership when she dismissed Lee lbw. Shortly after that Wolvaardt also lost her wicket to Mansi Joshi.

After the loss of both openers, du Prez and Goodall propelled South Africa’s innings. They put on 103 runs for the third wicket and steered their side past 236 runs when du Prez fell to Rajeshwari Gayakwad.
Unhindered by the loss of the wicket, Goodall and Marizanne Kapp carried South Africa to victory.


https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2065910

 

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In all-round performance from Anne Bosch helped South Africa get their T20I series against India off to the perfect start with an eight-wicket victory.

India were asked to bat by Sune Luus, and the hosts were restricted to 130/6, with Shabnim Ismail returning a brilliant 3/14. The target of 131 caused South Africa little consternation as they chased it down in 19.1 overs, with Bosh 48-ball 66* to go with her 2/11 with the ball.

The victory meant South Africa led the three-match series 1-0.

India began their innings well enough, with Smriti Mandhana hitting back-to-back fours to take 11 runs off the first over. Unfortunately for India, she couldn't build on her start, becoming Ismail's first wicket soon after when mistiming one to mid-off.

Shefali Verma was joined by Harleen Deol thereafter, and the duo looked to set a foundation for India. Their partnership of 45 runs provided India that base, but they couldn't convert that start to something more as Verma (23) was stumped off Nonkululeko Mlaba after dancing down the track.

Thankfully for India, Jemimah Rodrigues returned to form after the change in formats, following a miserable time in the ODIs. Rodrigues and Harleen Deol reconstructed the Indian innings with a partnership of 60 runs. Deol brought up her maiden half-century in T20Is, and was the highest scorer for India, knocking 52 off 47 balls, a knock that included six fours.

In an attempt to go big in the death, India lost both Deol and Rodrigues (30) in the same over from Bosch. The Indian lower middle-order take it forward from there, with Richa Ghosh (5), Deepti Sharma (3), and Arundhati Reddy (0) all struggling to hit from the get go. The hosts could only add 14 runs off the final three overs, and ended up with a below-par total.

South Africa began their chase with a boundary off the very first ball from Lizelle Lee. The No.1-ranked women’s ODI batter failed to get going, though, as she was sent back for eight in the third over after a couple of dropped chances.

Captain Luus and Bosch then collaborated for a 90-run partnership. Luus made 43 runs in 49 deliveries before being dismissed caught-and-bowled by Deol.

But Bosch carried the bat and saw South Africa through to a fine victory. Bosch was named Player of the Match for her all-round efforts. India will hope to level the series when the teams clash in the second T20I on 21 March.

 

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LUCKNOW: Attacking half centuries by South Africa’s golden-girls Lizelle Lee and Laura Wolvaardt helped the Momentum Proteas secure their first-ever Twenty20 Series victory over India with a thrilling last-ball win in the second T20 International at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday.

Opener Lee recorded a swashbuckling 70 off 45 balls (11 fours, 1 six) to lead a big chase of 159, with Wolvaardt, who bats in the middle-order in 20-over cricket, then finishing the job with an unbeaten 53 off 39 balls (7 fours) - the tourists edging to a six-wicket triumph from the final ball of the innings.

Earlier it was Shafali Verma (47), Harleen Deol (31) and Richa Ghosh (44*) who helped the hosts amass a strong 158 for four after the South Africans won the toss and opted to field first.

But another fine batting effort by the visitors clinched a result that ensured South Africa beat the Indians for the first time in a series in what was their third attempt.

It also meant Hilton Moreeng’s charges had followed up their 4-1 ODI success on the tour earlier this week by moving into an unassailable 2-0 lead with one match to play on Tuesday.

Match two was undoubtedly one of the tightest yet, though, after a good showing with the bat by India.

After losing captain Smriti Mandhana (7) early to Shabnim Ismail (1/31), Verma and Deol put their side in a powerful position with their 79-run second wicket stand.

Both did eventually fall in quick succession to Nonkululeko Mlaba (1/27) and Anneke Bosch (1/26), but Ghosh’s flying 26-ball knock left the home side well-poised at halfway.

Bosch (2), heroine of the first game, then fell early in the chase. But Lee and captain Sune Luus (20) added 58 for the second wicket, with the former following that up by putting on exactly 50 for the next wicket alongside Wolvaardt.

That took South Africa to 116 for three when Lee fell. Mignon du Preez (10) ensured the momentum continued for South Africa as she and Wolvaardt brought the equation down to 19 off 10 balls when she fell.

It was then all about Wolvaardt. She struck Deol for successive boundaries from the last two balls of the 19th over to leave nine from the final over.

After a good start to the over by Arundhati Reddy when only three came from the first four balls, she delivered a crucial no ball that turned the tie back in South Africa’s favour and Wolvaardt swooped to finish the job.

The Momentum Proteas squad: Sune Luus, Ayabonga Khaka, Shabnim Ismail, Laura Wolvaardt, Trisha Chetty, Sinalo Jafta, Tasmin Britz, Marizanne Kapp, Nondumiso Shangase, Lizelle Lee, Anneke Bosch, Faye Tunniclife, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Mignon du Preez, Nadine de Klerk, Lara Goodall, Tumi Sekhukhune.

Support Staff: Hilton Moreeng (Head Coach), Dillon du Preez (Assistant Coach), Sedibu Mohlaba (Team Manager), Tshegofatso Gaetsewe (Team Doctor), Abram Ramoadi (Performance Analyst), Molebatsi Theletsane (Physiotherapist), Zane Webster (Strength and Conditioning), Koketso Gaofetoge (Media Manager).



Full Tour Schedule:


7 March - 1st ODI - India Women lost to the Momentum Proteas by 8 wickets

9 March - 2nd ODI - India Women beat the Momentum Proteas by 9 wickets

12 March - 3rd ODI - India Women lost to the Momentum Proteas by 6 runs (DLS)

14 March - 4th ODI - India Women lost to the Momentum Proteas by 7 wickets

17 March - 5th ODI - India Women lost to the Momentum Proteas by 5 wickets



20 March - 1st T20I - India Women lost to the Momentum Proteas by 8 wickets

21 March - 2nd T20I - India Women lost to the Momentum Proteas by 6 wickets

23 March - 3rd T20I - India Women v Momentum Proteas

 

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LUCKNOW: The Momentum Proteas ended their outstanding tour of India on a low after losing their dead-rubber third T20 International by nine wickets at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday.

Having already sewn up a historic first-ever T20 series victory over the hosts when they took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match sequence on Sunday, the final match was a mere formality.

But the home team did manage to restore some pride by taking the scoreline to 2-1 thanks to their big win, which was built around some outstanding bowling by Rajeshwari Gayakwad and a dashing half-century by teenage star Shafali Verma.

After winning the toss and bowling, the Indians restricted South Africa to just 112 for seven.

Spinner Gayakwad claimed figures of three for nine in her four overs, including one maiden.

The tourists lost wickets regularly right the way through, with their main contributions coming via the bats of captain Sune Luus (28) and Lara Goodall (25*)

India’s openers Verma and captain Smriti Mandhana then put on 96 inside nine overs – the former the only batter to be dismissed for 60 off 30 balls (7 fours, 5 sixes).

The latter finished unbeaten on 48 and together with Harleen Deol (4*) sealed a consolation win for India.

Apart from victory in the T20 series, Hilton Moreeng’s charges also claimed a dominant 4-1 triumph in the five-match ODI series.