RESULT
13th Match, Bristol, July 05, 2017, ICC Women's World Cup
(50 ov, T:374) 305/9

ENG Women won by 68 runs

Player Of The Match
147 (104)
sarah-taylor
New
SA-W
Full commentary
end of over 503 runs • 1 wicket
SA-W: 305/9CRR: 6.10 
Moseline Daniels0 (3b)
Ayabonga Khaka4 (9b)
Alex Hartley 10-2-53-1
Heather Knight 8-0-52-2

5.40pm Phew. That's all from a day that produced 678 runs. A lot of frenzied typing, but it was fun all the way through. Do join us tomorrow for New Zealand v West Indies. Lots more happening around the cricket world too, including a much-anticipated Lord's Test and the final ODI between West Indies and India. We'll bring you all of it live and ball-by-ball, as always. Until then, goodbye!

Heather Knight: "Brilliant day, not a great day to be a bowler to be honest, but a great win. Sarah was outstanding as she was the other day, and brilliant from Tammy. We knew she was due for a score. The batting line-up is really firing, which is pleasing. Nice to have those players in form leading up to the back end of the tournament. We still have a lot to improve on, and a big game against the Aussies on Tuesday." Viewer question: How did you get to this level?: "We really worked on our batting, up-skilled ourselves, and worked very hard with the coaches."

Dane van Niekerk: "All credit to Tammy and Sarah. They batted us out of the game. Hindsight is always not the best thing to have. I would probably have bowled myself and Sune more, but credit to the English batters, we took too long to adapt to these conditions. If we really stuck to our plans and adapted quicker. We thought 280-300 would be a good score. We got past 300, which was great, but 370 was too big a score."

Sarah Taylor is the Player of the Match. No surprises there, she smashed 147 off 104, playing some astonishing shots all around the ground. "It was nice to get to fifty the other day and contribute today," she says. "Not sure how much the partnership was, but it was nice scoring runs with Tammy. The key is being patient. You get money for shots on these wickets, the outfield is quick, so you just need to stay in there. She's had some starts and we knew she was due for runs. It was nice to be out there with her. You want to contribute every match for this team, so looking forward to the next game."

5.35pm England have won by 68 runs. It's a big margin, but nowhere near as big as some may have feared when South Africa began their pursuit of 374. They were never really going to get there, but they've done extremely well to get past 300. No team has ever done that batting second before this, in women's ODIs.

A solid opening partnership between Lee and Wolvaardt, and some fireworks down the order from du Preez and especially Chloe Tryon, who blasted a 25-ball half-century. The big heroes of this game, though, are England's second-wicket pair of Tammy Beaumont and Sarah Taylor, who put on a World-Cup-record 275, which is also the second-highest partnership in the history of women's ODIs. A feast of runs, in short, for the spectators in Bristol.

49.6
Hartley to Daniels, no run

tossed up slow outside off, and Daniels blocks the last ball back to the bowler

49.5
Hartley to Daniels, no run

full on middle stump, clipped towards midwicket

49.4
Hartley to Daniels, no run

back of a length outside off, beats the open face as she tries to dab towards third man

Another left-hander, Moseline Daniels, in at No. 11. Hartley goes over the wicket.

49.3
1
Hartley to Khaka, 1 run

length ball on off stump, driven to long-on

49.2
W
Hartley to Luus, OUT

gone, holes out to deep midwicket. Clears her leg to slog-sweep and can only pick out the fielder on the rope

Sune Luus c Sciver b Hartley 22 (14b 2x4 1x6 18m) SR: 157.14
49.1
2
Hartley to Luus, 2 runs

down the track to the flighted ball on off stump. Slices her lofted drive over the off-side ring and Brunt, running back from cover point, can't catch up with it

Hartley to bowl the last over.

end of over 4910 runs
SA-W: 302/8CRR: 6.16 RRR: 72.00
Sune Luus20 (12b 2x4 1x6)
Ayabonga Khaka3 (8b)
Heather Knight 8-0-52-2
Alex Hartley 9-2-50-0
48.6
1
Knight to Luus, 1 run

shortish outside off, slapped to long-off

48.5
1
Knight to Khaka, 1 run

low full-toss on leg stump, driven to the right of long-on

48.4
Knight to Khaka, no run

tossed up on middle and leg, driven to midwicket

48.3
1
Knight to Luus, 1 run

tossed up on leg stump, swept to the right of deep square leg to bring up 300

48.3
1w
Knight to Luus, 1 wide

flat, fired down leg, misses the sweep

48.2
6
Knight to Luus, SIX runs

Luus has smashed that. A skip out of the crease and she gets the perfect length and wide-ish line for her to stretch out and swing through the line. Hits cleanly over the bowler's head

48.1
Knight to Luus, no run

flat and full outside off, driven back to the bowler

end of over 486 runs
SA-W: 292/8CRR: 6.08 RRR: 41.00
Sune Luus12 (8b 2x4)
Ayabonga Khaka2 (6b)
Alex Hartley 9-2-50-0
Heather Knight 7-0-42-2
47.6
1
Hartley to Luus, 1 run

flat, turning down leg, swept through square leg

47.5
4
Hartley to Luus, FOUR runs

And this, now is the record. Tossed up on off stump and she clears her front leg to create swinging room, flat-bats it back over the bowler's head

No matter where they finish, South Africa can feel proud of their chase. The highest-ever second-innings score in women's ODIs, win or lose, is 289.

47.4
1
Hartley to Khaka, 1 run

tossed up on leg stump, driven to long-on

47.3
Hartley to Khaka, no run

back of a length, angling into the batsman's legs, defended into the on side

47.2
Hartley to Khaka, no run

back of a length on leg stump, punched to midwicket

47.1
Hartley to Khaka, no run

tossed up outside off, defended into the covers

end of over 476 runs • 1 wicket
SA-W: 286/8CRR: 6.08 RRR: 29.33
Ayabonga Khaka1 (2b)
Sune Luus7 (6b 1x4)
Heather Knight 7-0-42-2
Danielle Hazell 10-0-70-3
46.6
1
Knight to Khaka, 1 run

flat on the pads, goes back to work into the backward square leg region

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