Womens World Cup: South Africa holds nerve, edges previous Bangladesh

It was a recreation that shouldn’t have been the battle it was, however South Africa seldom does issues the simple means.

All the adrenaline from the India win was shortly tranquilised by a spirited Bangladesh batting and bowling effort, however the Proteas discovered a method to dig out an equivalent three-wicket win in a ladies’s World Cup league fixture on the ACA-VDCA Stadium right here on Monday.

Chasing 233, South Africa stumbled early, with Tazmin Brits falling for a second consecutive duck. Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch added 55 runs earlier than their fast dismissals gave Bangladesh hopes of an unlikely win.

Annerie Dercksen and Sinalo Jafta have been despatched again early, however Marizanne Kapp and Chloe Tryon’s 85-run stand steadied the ship. The two registered much-needed half-centuries to offer their aspect an higher hand. They fell with 35 runs wanted from 31 balls and Nadine de Klerk, as she did towards India, sealed a nail-biter for South Africa.

Earlier, Bangladesh openers Fargana Hoque and Rubya Haider put 53 runs in 15 overs earlier than the partnership was damaged when the latter miscued her slog-sweep to de Klerk at mid-on. Fargana departed when a overview, initially for caught-behind, noticed ball monitoring affirm that she was trapped in entrance of the wicket as a substitute.

Sharmin Akhter and Nigar Sultana added 77 from 91 balls. With the run charge lower than 4 after the lack of the pair, Shorna Akter started swinging her willow.

Any invitation to search out the gaps was gleefully taken, as de Klerk came upon when Shorna despatched the ball crusing over long-on. She additionally had the rub of the inexperienced when a attainable run out as a substitute noticed her register a maiden half-century. Alas, Shorna anticlimactically dropped de Klerk within the penultimate over of the chase, letting what would have been a well-known win slip via Bangladesh’s fingers.

The scores: Bangladesh 232/6 in 50 overs (Shorna Akter 51 n.o., Sharmin Akhter 50, Nigar Sultana 32, Fargana Hoque 30) misplaced to South Africa 235/7 in 49.3 overs (Chloe Tryon 62, Marizanne Kapp 56, Nadine de Klerk 37 n.o., Laura Wolvaardt 31).

Toss: Bangladesh; PoM: Tryon.