Opener Lizelle Lee’s continued her stellar run with an unbeaten 91 took South Africa forward. giving South Africa an easy eight-wicket win against. The West Indies in the opening women’s ODI at Coolidge. More than 10 overs to spare.
The 36 off 65 balls by Lee and Laura Wolvaardt :-
Chasing 154 for victory, Lee and Laura Wolvaardt (36 off 65 balls) put South Africa on track with an opening partnership of 88 runs.
The West Indies picked up two wickets in the space of nine balls. Lee and captain Dane van Niekerk (17* off 40 balls) took the lead in the rest of the chase with an unbeaten 68-run stand for the third wicket.
Lizelle Lee’s hit 10 fours and a six en route to her 91, making her 21st ODI half-century. She came into ODI on the back of a strong T20I series in which she scored 114 runs in three matches.
The South Africa took two wickets in 10 overs :-
The controlled bowling performance of the South African bowlers started the match from the very beginning. The first 10 overs and conceded just 12 runs. Before Dottin and Brittany Cooper salvaged the innings.
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After Deandra Dottin’s quick knock of 38 off 36 balls, West Indies were single-handedly in putting together a crucial partnership. Wicketkeeper Keyshia Knight scored the highest 39 runs for the visiting team. Three bowlers Ayabonga Khaka, Van Niekerk and Tumi Sekhukhune took two wickets each to bundle out West Indies for 153 runs in the 47th over.
Dottin said after the match, “Today was really hot and a little tough and you had to dig deep.”
We lack partnerships :-
“We didn’t do our best with our batting today. One should have batted also lacked Partnerships. We need to go back to the drawing board and come together.” There are 200 ways to score runs that I know we have the capability to do.”
