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ENG Women vs SA Women, 7th Match, Group A at Birmingham, CWG 2022, Aug 02 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
7th Match, Group A, Birmingham, August 02, 2022, Commonwealth Games Women's Cricket Competition
(20 ov, T:168) 141/4

ENG Women won by 26 runs

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end of over 2010 runs
SA-W: 141/4CRR: 7.05 
Sune Luus9 (9b 1x4)
Laura Wolvaardt41 (33b 3x4)
Freya Kemp 3-0-24-1
Sophie Ecclestone 4-0-21-1

1.55pm: Pretty clinical from England, who make it two from two at the Commonwealth Games. If New Zealand also win later today, then both they and England will be through to the semis. Some Lionesses-style celebrations from the England players, but they'll face stiffer challenges if they to win a gold medal here. SA laid a solid foundation for their chase, with a 68-run opening stand, but the run rate was always creeping up. In the end, although England only took four wickets, there was a pretty comfortably margin between the sides. Cheers for your comments, we'll be back for more later. Bye!

19.6
4
Kemp to Luus, FOUR runs

full toss slotted through midwicket, but it's not enough for South Africa to get close. England close things out for a 26-run win to move top of Group B

19.5
1
Kemp to Wolvaardt, 1 run

length ball outside leg stump, cracked out to deep square leg on the bounce

19.4
1
Kemp to Luus, 1 run

swatted behind square on the leg side, beats the infielder but still just a single

19.3
1
Kemp to Wolvaardt, 1 run

pace off and Wolvaardt has to manufacture power, heaving out to deep midwicket

19.2
1
Kemp to Luus, 1 run

dropped at mid-off! Mistimed off the back foot and Sciver got a hand to it, but it went straight down

19.1
1
Kemp to Wolvaardt, 1 run

length ball on the stumps, swished out to deep square leg on the bounce

19.1
1w
Kemp to Wolvaardt, 1 wide

slower ball, sliding outside the tramlines on the off side

Kemp to bowl out

end of over 194 runs
SA-W: 131/4CRR: 6.89 RRR: 37.00 • Need 37 runs from 6b
Sune Luus3 (6b)
Laura Wolvaardt38 (30b 3x4)
Sophie Ecclestone 4-0-21-1
Nat Sciver-Brunt 3-0-18-1
18.6
Ecclestone to Luus, no run

sliced in the air towards short third... where Wong slips over backwards, but manages to stop the ball on the bounce. Ecclestone seems miffed she didn't attempt to dive forwards for the catch

18.5
1
Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, 1 run

length ball, dragged through midiwcket off an inside edge

"Being so few wickets down and yet so far behind the modest RR really shows SA have no second gear now no Lee," muses Alistair

18.4
1
Ecclestone to Luus, 1 run

flighted outside off stump, chopped into the covers

18.3
Ecclestone to Luus, no run

fired into the pads with Luus looking to sweep

18.2
1
Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, 1 run

81kph, floated up on leg stump, Wolvaardt plays a crisp golf shot out to deep midwicket

18.1
1
Ecclestone to Luus, 1 run

pushed through wide of the stumps, Luus cuts for one

Ecclestone again, 41 needed from 12

end of over 187 runs • 1 wicket
SA-W: 127/4CRR: 7.05 RRR: 20.50 • Need 41 runs from 12b
Sune Luus1 (2b)
Laura Wolvaardt36 (28b 3x4)
Nat Sciver-Brunt 3-0-18-1
Katherine Sciver-Brunt 3-0-16-1
17.6
1
Nat Sciver-Brunt to Luus, 1 run

into the body, pace down to 86kph and Luus can only manage a tickle wide of the keeper for one

17.5
Nat Sciver-Brunt to Luus, no run

length outside off, 90kph and Luus swings and misses

17.4
1
Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 1 run

pitched up and twocked into the leg side, just one to the sweeper

17.3
4
Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, FOUR runs

pounded down the ground! Picks the pace-off delivery and swings through the line

Sune Luus is in at No. 6, Wolvaardt on strike as they crossed (yep, that's still the rule here)

17.2
W
Nat Sciver-Brunt to du Preez, OUT

swung leg side, Dunkley takes the catch! Du Preez struck it pretty well but the fielder didn't have far to move at deep square leg and made no mistake this time. England closing in

Mignon du Preez c Dunkley b Sciver 1 (2b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 50
17.1
1
Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 1 run

back of a length and slapped to mid-off

end of over 173 runs • 1 wicket
SA-W: 120/3CRR: 7.05 RRR: 16.00 • Need 48 runs from 18b
Laura Wolvaardt30 (25b 2x4)
Mignon du Preez1 (1b)
Katherine Sciver-Brunt 3-0-16-1
Sophie Ecclestone 3-0-17-1

Has that over holed SA below the waterline? They need 48 from from the last 18 balls

16.6
1
K Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 1 run

length ball, backs away and slaps one to mid-off

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