Disappointment as Proteas crushed by England
The Proteas Women suffered the horror of twice conceding a record number of runs in a T20I in a single day at Taunton.
The Proteas Women suffered the horror of twice conceding a record number of runs in a T20I in a single day at Taunton.
The England Women’s team have risen to fourth place in the ICC rankings after beating South Africa 2-1 in their ODI series.
England responded strongly to their defeat in the first ODI, as Sarah Taylor and Tammy Beaumont struck hundreds to help set up a 69-run win against the Proteas.
Proteas captain Dane van Niekerk blamed ill-disciplined bowling and batting for her side’s second ODI defeat against England on Tuesday.
Lizelle Lee’s 117 was not enough as the Proteas Women failed to chase down 332, resulting in England levelling the series 1-1 with a 69-run victory in Brighton.
Centuries from Tammy Beaumont and Sarah Taylor powered the England Women to 331-6 in their 50 overs in the second ODI in Brighton.
The Proteas Women put in an exquisite bowling performance to reduce England to 189-9 in the first ODI in Worcester.
The three England women in Wisden’s five Cricketers of the Year have been named in a squad of 14 for the first two ODIs of the summer, against South Africa at Worcestershire and Hove.
The Proteas Women will tour England in 2018 from 9 June until 1 July.
A record 275-run stand between Sarah Taylor and Tammy Beaumont laid the foundation for a comprehensive 68-run England victory over the Proteas on Thursday.
England fell 35 runs short of victory against India in the Women’s World Cup curtain-raiser on Saturday.
Trisha Chetty is on a roll, scoring 66 in the second ODI to help the Proteas women level the three-match series against England at 1-1.
England’s women followed in the path blazed by the men by beating South Africa by seven wickets, on the D/L calculation, in the first of three ODIs, in Benoni on Sunday.