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SL Women vs SA Women, 8th Match, Group A at Gros Islet, T20 World Cup, Nov 12 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
8th Match, Group A (N), Gros Islet, November 12, 2018, ICC Women's World T20
(18.3/20 ov, T:100) 102/3

SA Women won by 7 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
3/10
shabnim-ismail
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Full commentary

11:45pm And that is all we have from the live coverage today. See you again soon!

Dane van Niekerk: Couldn't fault the girls today. Shabnim and Kapp gave us a pace bowling clinic. Honestly felt like the extras pretty shocking. Sounds harsh but 20-30 extras makes it difficult in a high pressure tournament. I think I went from a 100 to 0. Hit the ball well initially but struggled a bit in the end. It was just nice to have the batsman finishing the job for the bowlers.

Chamari Atapattu: I think the South Africans bowled well in the Powerplay, especially Shabnim and Kapp. We needed 120 on this pitch, 100 was not enough to defend. We did well towards the end, but couldn't get 120. Our bowling started very well but unfortunately we couldn't get Kapp's wicket.

Shabnim Ismail is the Player of the Match.

11:31pm Points on the board for South Africa. Some issues to fix on the field, but they've been clinical otherwise. Superb bowling up front to take Sri Lankan wickets, and a nice finish by their premier fast bowlers too. Shabnim and Kapp were the stars in the field, before the latter had to return at No. 3. It was tricky for some time. Prabhodani was swinging it viciously and the openers were gone off consecutive deliveries. She had to dig in with Niekerk and they did it to perfection in the end. No significant rain delays in this game and that is an inspiring prospect in St. Lucia at the moment. Group A is up and alive.

18.3
4
Kumari to du Preez, FOUR runs

shot! Stylishly put away for the win. Length ball pushed flat outside off, skids on nicely for the shot on the up. Du Preez does exactly that, slapping this over extra cover

18.2
Kumari to du Preez, no run

length ball at leg stump. Looks to flick this through square leg but cops it on the pad. Appeal for lbw is turned down, that's sliding

18.1
Kumari to du Preez, no run

full outside off, mistimed drive towards long-on

18.1
1w
Kumari to du Preez, 1 wide

length ball pushed flat and down leg side. Can't connect on the pull

end of over 187 runs
SA-W: 97/3CRR: 5.38 RRR: 1.50
Dane van Niekerk33 (45b 2x4)
Mignon du Preez12 (13b 2x4)
Sripali Weerakkody 4-0-21-1
Udeshika Prabodhani 4-0-22-1
17.6
Weerakkody to D van Niekerk, no run

length outside off, poked off the outside half to point

17.6
1w
Weerakkody to D van Niekerk, 1 wide

length and wide outside off, swipes at it and misses

17.5
1
Weerakkody to du Preez, 1 run

difficult chance dropped at midwicket. Overpitched ball at leg stump, flicked aerially and the big lunge to the right is only enough to take some pace off that

17.4
1
Weerakkody to D van Niekerk, 1 run

length on off stump, flicked with the angle to deep square

17.3
2
Weerakkody to D van Niekerk, 2 runs

miscued lofted drive. Just clears mid-off and plonks into the outfield. This was full at off stump and she ended up slicing it

17.2
Weerakkody to D van Niekerk, no run

length at off stump, backs away and punches straight to extra cover

17.1
2
Weerakkody to D van Niekerk, 2 runs

short and wide outside off, cut hard to point's right. It's hit very firmly so she can only parry this. Cover gives chase and tumbles to pull this back

end of over 175 runs
SA-W: 90/3CRR: 5.29 RRR: 3.33
Mignon du Preez11 (12b 2x4)
Dane van Niekerk28 (40b 2x4)
Udeshika Prabodhani 4-0-22-1
Shashikala Siriwardene 4-0-12-1
16.6
Prabodhani to du Preez, no run

overpitched on off stump, driven firmly back at the bowler

16.5
Prabodhani to du Preez, no run

length outside off, past the outside edge as she hangs the bat inside the line with the forward push

16.4
4
Prabodhani to du Preez, FOUR runs

shot. Full and a lot of width outside off. Gets nice and low with the forward stride and carves this through cover

16.3
1
Prabodhani to D van Niekerk, 1 run

full on off stump, driven with the angle to long-on

16.2
Prabodhani to D van Niekerk, no run

full and swinging in wide outside off. Jams it into the pitch

16.1
Prabodhani to D van Niekerk, no run

full inswinger at off stump, driven to cover

end of over 166 runs
SA-W: 85/3CRR: 5.31 RRR: 3.75
Dane van Niekerk27 (37b 2x4)
Mignon du Preez7 (9b 1x4)
Shashikala Siriwardene 4-0-12-1
Chamari Athapaththu 2-0-11-0
15.6
1
HASD Siriwardene to D van Niekerk, 1 run

full outside off, opens the face to get this drive to short third

15.5
1
HASD Siriwardene to du Preez, 1 run

full outside off, steps out and drives down the ground

15.4
4
HASD Siriwardene to du Preez, FOUR runs

tossed up at the stumps, down the track to make it a full toss before slaughtering this. Between long-on and deep midwicket

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