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Taking lessons from the past, South Africa enters this month's women's ODI World Cup with renewed assurance that they tin basal toe-to-toe with the apical teams and yet interruption done to their maiden final, says skipper Laura Wolvaardt.
The Proteas person been 1 of the astir accordant sides successful caller ICC tournaments, reaching the semi-finals successful the past 2 editions of the ODI World Cup and finishing runners-up successful consecutive T20 World Cups.
They participate the marquee tourney connected the backmost of a 2-1 distant bid triumph successful Pakistan.
"We've had bully mentation for this tourney and learned a batch of lessons from past ICC events. In the past fewer ODI World Cups, we made the semi-finals," Wolvaardt wrote successful her file for ICC.
"I retrieve being portion of that archetypal semi-final nonaccomplishment successful 2017 – it truly wounded the group, but it helped america spot that we could vie with the champion sides successful the satellite and qualifying for a last 1 time is much a question of "when" and not "if" it would ever happen.
"The content is precise beardown successful our broadside going into this tournament. We'd similar to support that momentum going, and we'll person to play precise bully cricket successful pugnacious conditions," she added.
South Africa's firepower lies successful their explosive apical order, spearheaded by Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits, portion Marizanne Kapp continues to beryllium the heartbeat of the all-round department.
Complementing Kapp are the experienced Sune Luus and Chloe Tryon, alongside the youngsters Nadine de Klerk and Nondumiso Shangase. This blend of acquisition and younker gives the squad enviable equilibrium and aggregate match-winning options.
"I powerfully judge that we person a precise bully squad of 15 players. We bat precise deep, with a batch of all-rounders giving america antithetic bowling options, which is breathtaking for maine arsenic captain.
"Our mediate bid has truly fired precocious with players similar Chloé Tryon, Annerie Dercksen, and Nadine de Klerk finishing games strongly. Marizanne Kapp is 1 of the champion players South Africa has ever had – she ever performs successful the large moments.
"Nonkululeko Mlaba has besides been phenomenal, and I deliberation she volition beryllium important successful subcontinent conditions. I can’t hold to spot her vessel successful India especially."
Wolvaardt acknowledged the stiff situation ahead, with India and Sri Lanka's conditions expected to trial each team.
"In these conditions, the section sides are ever dangerous. We’ve seen however pugnacious opponents similar Australia and England remain, and India’s spot astatine location speaks for itself. Teams specified arsenic Australia, India, and New Zealand hole meticulously — there's simply nary casual crippled astatine this level," she added.
South Africa volition unfastened their run against England connected October 3 successful Guwahati.
