Women from South Africa (SEEN) and England women (ENG-W) launched their multiformat series with the first T20I. Both sides agreed Buffalo ParkIn East Londonfor the first game on Sunday, November 24th. The fight began with the “Rainbow Nation” striking first after a lost throw.
The hosts opened their innings with Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits scoring 22 and 15 runs respectively. Anneke Bosch departed after scoring 18 runs and Sune Luus went back to the pavilion for a duck. South Africa women found themselves in a precarious position as the top order failed to make it big.
Annerie Dercksen remained unbeaten with 26 runs off 29 deliveries. Nondumiso Shangase added 16 runs on the board with Nadine de Klerk scoring an unbeaten 29* runs as the South African women scored a total of 142 runs in the first innings of the match.
Among the notable bowling achievements for cricket-teams/england-women/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>England womenCharlie Dean was the top wicket taker with two wickets. Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn and Freya Kemp also took a wicket each. Aiming to reach the target of 143 runs, the England women opened their innings with Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Maia Bouchier scoring 11 and 20 runs respectively. Sophia Dunkley was also dismissed cheaply with a score of four runs.
Nat Sciver-Brunt played a game-winning shot for England Women
At first it looked like the guests were in trouble, but then there was a knock cricket-players/natalie-sciver/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Nat Sciver Brunt proved to be a lifeline for the team. Sciver-Brunt scored 59 runs off 54 deliveries. Aside from that, Amy Jones added 31 runs on the board as England chased down the target in 19.2 overs and won the game by four wickets. With the lead in the series, the England women will be hoping for another good performance in the second T20i of the series.
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Among South African bowlers, Eliz-Mari Marx was the top wicket-taker with three wickets. Nadine de Klerk took two wickets with Nondumiso Shangase also striking once. Now both teams will meet on Wednesday, November 27thIn Benoniwhere the hosts will be hoping to level the series while England will be hoping to continue their winning ways in the T20I series.
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