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South Africa recently hosted Sri Lanka in the second Women’s ODI at Diamond Oval in Kimberley. The clash saw a clinical performance from the Proteas Women, . Notably, the opening WODI produced no result due to rain.
Chamari Athapaththu guides Sri Lanka to a respectable total
Electing to bat first, Sri Lanka Women got off to a shaky start, losing opener Vishmi Rajapaksha Gunaratne early. However, (51 runs) and Nilakshi de Silva (36 runs) steadied the ship with a gritty partnership. Contributions from Hasini Perera (15 runs) and Kavisha Dilhari (42 runs) helped Sri Lanka post a respectable total of ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ229 runs on the board, losing all their ꦰwickets in 49.5 overs.
Ayabonga Khaka (3 wickets for 28 runs) and Nadine de Klerk (3 wickets for 23 runs) were the pick of the South African bowlers, keeping🧜 the Sri Lankan batters in che💖ck.
Laura Wolvaardt, Marizanne Kapp star in dominant South African chase
In reply, South Africa Women got off to a flying start with anchoring the chase with a magnificent century (110 runs off 141 balls). Wolvaardt found able support from Marizanne Kapp (80 runs off ▨84 balls) as the duo stitched together a crucial 158-run partnership for the third wicket, effectively sealing the match for the Proteas Women.
Sri Lanka’s bowlers struggled to contain the South African batters, with Achini Kulasuriya (1 wicket for 35 runs) being the only bowler to ༒find any success.
South Africa Women chased down the target with 2.2 overs to spare, losing only 3 wickets. Wolvaardt, for her game-changing knock, was deservedly awarded the Player of the Match. This convincing victory gives South Africa Women a 1-0 lead in the ODI se🥃ries, with one match remaining.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
WOLFIE WITH ANOTHER MASTERCLASS 🐺👌
— Proteas Women (@ProteasWomenCSA)
Laura Wolvaardt (at age just 24) becomes the leading run scorer in women's ODIs for South Africa.
3764 – LAURA WOLVAARDT
3760 – Mignon du Preez
3315 – Lizelle LeeShe also has 6 centuries🌄 while no other South Afriꩵcan has over 3.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
An unbeaten 147-run partnership between Laura Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp helped South Africa chase down Sri Lanka's target of 230 👊 📝:
— ICC (@ICC)
Sometimes it is just hard to believe that Laura Wolvaar🎃dt is just 24.
— Krithika (@krithika0808)
Competition for Gerda Steyn for this weekend’s top South African sport performance: skipper scores a match-winning hundred against Sri Lanka, and becomes our a🍃ll-time leading ODI run scorer. And she’s only 24…
— Dan Nicholl (@dannicholl)
Captain Laura Wolvaarღdt leading from the💧 front once again
First a maiden century in the T20I series, and now she has an unbeaten century in tꦰhe 2nd ODI against ♋Sri Lanka
The Wolf is a boss and only turns 25 🧔later this♏ month
Still so much to look forward to from her
— Werner (@Werries_)
Laura Wolvaardt is an incredible cricket player…
I remember during t♒he CWC in SA when Lamar introduced me to her exquisite cover drive & told me it’s the best in the business…
I Stan 😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥
— Salt and Pepper (@ZolaniGee)
That's It
100 Up For 😍🔥
Well Played 👌— गौतम् కృష్ణ) 🇿🇦🇳🇿⚓ (@Rider_Gauti)
Most Centuries by Openers in Successful Run Chase in Women's ODI
3 – Chamari Athapaththu🇱🇰
3 – Suzie Bates🇳🇿
3 – Meg Lanning🇦🇺
𝟮* – Laura Wolvaardt🇿🇦
2 – Smriti Mandhana🇮🇳
2 – Nicole Bolton🇦🇺— Kishan Kishor (@itskishankishor)
South Africans to score centuries against Sri Lanka in women's ODIs :-
116 – Tazmin Brits earlier this series
110* – Laura Wolvaardt yesterday
102 – Dane van Niekerk in 2019— Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay (@_rhitankar_)
In Successful Run Chase among Openers in WODIs
Most Runs:-
1626 – Suzie Bates🇳🇿
1597 – Belinda Clarke🇦🇺
𝟭𝟱𝟴𝟵 – Laura Wolvaardt🇿🇦
1378 – Smriti Mandhana🇮🇳— Danish Ali (@dacrickettalk)
100 for Laura Wolvaardt 🔥🇿🇦🏏
— Gills (@gpricey23)
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