Proteas Women

Mignon du Preez. Photo: BCCI/Cricket South Africa.

Proteas Women complete 4-1 series win over India with victory in fifth ODI

An emphatic five-wicket victory for the Proteas Women in the fifth ODI against India has seen the South Africans claim a 4-1 series win.

Proteas Women

Mignon du Preez. Photo: BCCI/Cricket South Africa.

The Proteas Women kept their momentum up as they beat India in the fifth and final ODI of their series which has been played in Lucknow.

Sune Luus returned to skipper the Proteas, winning the toss and putting India in to bat.

Proteas Women romp to another victory

India found themselves under pressure early as the Proteas bowlers quickly settled with a Marizanne Kapp in-swinger accounting for Priya Punia in the sixth over of the match leaving India 26 for 1.

The hosts have had their share of top-order troubles and yet again relied on middle-order stalwarts Harmanpreet Kaur and Mithali Raj to get them back on track.

Kaur and Raj shared a productive partnership before the former went down with a hip injury that forced her to retire hurt with 30 runs to her name.

Nadine de Klerk took 3 for 35 from her ten overs as India stumbled to 188 all out, losing their last wicket with three balls left unused.

Raj top-scored with 79 not out but it was clear that India wold need something special to stop the Proteas romping to a fourth win of the series and their tenth triumph in the last 11 ODIs they have played.

The Proteas experimented with skipper Luus as opening partner to Laura Wolvaardt with Lizelle Lee rested after her series-winning efforts.

For once the Proteas didn’t make a great start but after slipping to 27 for 3, Mignon du Preez and Anneke Bosch (58) put the tourists back on track with a 96-run fourth wicket stand.

Even the departure of Bosch and Du Preez (59) in quick succession couldn’t stop the Proteas. Kapp and De Klerk followed up their bowling exploits with an unbroken 58-run stand that saw South African Women to a five-wicket win and a 4-1 series win.

Proteas captain Luus, was delighted that her team kept up their performance levels in a dead rubber and rounded off the series with a win.

“For us coming today, we wanted to stamp our authority on the series win a 4-1 win,” Luus said.

“We pride ourselves on our bowling attack. The girls, especially the young ones, did an exceptional job. We always talk about our middle order coming through and supporting the opening pair. They did exceptionally well too. Over five games, it was an allround performance.

“Anneke is a character in our team, but we are lucky to have her. Phenomenal knock today, hopefully more to come.”

Lizelle Lee was named player of the series. The Proteas will face India in a three-match T20I series which gets underway on Saturday 20 March.

India vs South Africa – Fifth Women’s ODI


INDIA WOMEN INNINGS (50 OVERS MAXIMUM)
BATSMEN RB4s6sSR
Priya Punia  b Kapp18254072.00
Smriti Mandhana c du Preez b Sekhukhune18303060.00
Punam Raut c de Klerk b Shangase10181055.56
Harmanpreet Kaur retired hurt30553054.55
Mithali Raj (c)not out791048175.96
Dayalan Hemalatha c †Jafta b de Klerk2150013.33
Sushma Verma †lbw b de Klerk010000.00
Jhulan Goswami c Sekhukhune b Shangase5191026.32
Monica Patel c Wolvaardt b de Klerk9111081.82
Challuru Prathyusha run out (du Preez)230066.67
Rajeshwari Gayakwad  b Sekhukhune07000.00
Extras(b 1, lb 2, w 12)15
TOTAL(49.3 Ov, RR: 3.79)188
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Priya Punia, 5.6 ov), 2-52 (Punam Raut, 11.6 ov), 3-53 (Smriti Mandhana, 12.1 ov), 4-137 (Dayalan Hemalatha, 36.4 ov), 5-139 (Sushma Verma, 38.4 ov), 6-158 (Jhulan Goswami, 43.3 ov), 7-173 (Monica Patel, 46.1 ov), 8-176 (Challuru Prathyusha, 46.6 ov), 9-188 (Rajeshwari Gayakwad, 49.3 ov)
India Women vs Proteas Women – Fifth ODI
BOWLINGOMRWECONWDNB
Shabnim Ismail603005.0000
Marizanne Kapp1012512.5010
Nadine de Klerk1013533.5050
Nondumiso Shangase904324.7810
Tumi Sekhukhune8.302623.0610
Anneke Bosch602604.3300
India Women vs Proteas Women – Fifth ODI
PROTEAS WOMEN INNINGS (TARGET: 189 RUNS FROM 50 OVERS)
BATSMEN RB4s6sSR
Sune Luus (c) b Hemalatha10261038.46
Laura Wolvaardt c sub (JI Rodrigues) b Gayakwad05000.00
Lara Goodall lbw b Gayakwad180012.50
Mignon du Preez c Raj b Gayakwad571004057.00
Anneke Bosch c Raj b Prathyusha58708082.86
Marizanne Kapp not out36423185.71
Nadine de Klerk not out19392048.72
Extras(lb 1, w 7)8
TOTAL(48.2 Ov, RR: 3.91)189/5
Did not bat: Shabnim Ismail, Sinalo Jafta †, Nondumiso Shangase, Tumi Sekhukhune 
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Laura Wolvaardt, 1.5 ov), 2-3 (Lara Goodall, 3.3 ov), 3-27 (Sune Luus, 10.2 ov), 4-123 (Anneke Bosch, 33.5 ov), 5-131 (Mignon du Preez, 36.2 ov)
India Women vs Proteas Women – Fifth ODI
BOWLINGOMRWECONWDNB
Jhulan Goswami1003703.7010
Rajeshwari Gayakwad1041331.3000
Monica Patel9.203403.6420
Dayalan Hemalatha1004414.4010
Challuru Prathyusha906016.6720
India Women vs Proteas Women – Fifth ODI