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It was a crippled that shouldn’t person been the conflict it was, but South Africa seldom does things the casual way.
All the adrenaline from the India triumph was rapidly tranquilised by a spirited Bangladesh batting and bowling effort, but the Proteas recovered a mode to excavation retired an identical three-wicket triumph successful a women’s World Cup league fixture astatine the ACA-VDCA Stadium present connected Monday.
Chasing 233, South Africa stumbled early, with Tazmin Brits falling for a 2nd consecutive duck. Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch added 55 runs earlier their speedy dismissals gave Bangladesh hopes of an improbable win.
Annerie Dercksen and Sinalo Jafta were sent backmost early, but Marizanne Kapp and Chloe Tryon’s 85-run basal steadied the ship. The 2 registered much-needed half-centuries to springiness their broadside an precocious hand. They fell with 35 runs needed from 31 balls and Nadine de Klerk, arsenic she did against India, sealed a nail-biter for South Africa.
Earlier, Bangladesh openers Fargana Hoque and Rubya Haider enactment 53 runs successful 15 overs earlier the concern was breached erstwhile the second miscued her slog-sweep to de Klerk astatine mid-on. Fargana departed erstwhile a review, primitively for caught-behind, saw shot tracking corroborate that she was trapped successful beforehand of the wicket instead.
Sharmin Akhter and Nigar Sultana added 77 from 91 balls. With the tally complaint little than 4 aft the nonaccomplishment of the pair, Shorna Akter began swinging her willow.
Any invitation to find the gaps was gleefully taken, arsenic de Klerk recovered retired erstwhile Shorna sent the shot sailing implicit long-on. She besides had the hitch of the greenish erstwhile a imaginable tally retired alternatively saw her registry a maiden half-century. Alas, Shorna anticlimactically dropped de Klerk successful the penultimate implicit of the chase, letting what would person been a celebrated triumph gaffe done Bangladesh’s fingers.
The scores: Bangladesh 232/6 successful 50 overs (Shorna Akter 51 n.o., Sharmin Akhter 50, Nigar Sultana 32, Fargana Hoque 30) mislaid to South Africa 235/7 successful 49.3 overs (Chloe Tryon 62, Marizanne Kapp 56, Nadine de Klerk 37 n.o., Laura Wolvaardt 31).
Toss: Bangladesh; PoM: Tryon.
