No consequence South Africa ladies 270 for six (Brits 116, Ranasinghe 2-42, Dilhari 2-47) vs Sri Lanka ladies 23 for no loss

After a delayed begin from a moist outfield, Sri Lanka had been set a goal of 271 however solely confronted 6.5 overs earlier than rain pressured the fixture to be known as off. Sri Lanka had been 23 with out loss on the time.

Brits and Laura Wolvaardt had been off to a robust begin and placed on 94 for the primary wicket, largely unthreatened by a Sri Lankan facet that selected to bowl first. Brits was the early aggressor, stored the majority of the strike and allowed Wolvaardt to seek out her tempo. They posted 55 within the first Powerplay and Sri Lanka appeared uninspired, with the ball and within the subject.

Brits reached 50 off 56 balls and the partnership grew to 94 when, in opposition to the run of play, Wolvaardt was caught behind off Kavisha Dilhari. Anneke Bosch, taking part in in her seventeenth match, was in at No.3 and shared in a 70-run second wicket stand with Brits and introduced up her third highest ODI rating in her seventeenth match.

Her dismissal introduced the struggling Sune Luus to the crease and she or he scored 22 off 30 balls earlier than being caught and bowled by Sugandika Kumari and sparking a mini-late collapse. South Africa misplaced 3 wickets for 28 runs, with Chamari Athapaththu creating stress at one finish and the offspinners Kumari and Oshadi Ranasinghe benefitting with wickets on the different. In that point, Brits introduced up her 100 off 118 balls, her second this summer time after a maiden century in opposition to Bangladesh, and was additionally dismissed which meant she couldn’t end the innings off.

Earlier than the match, Wolvaardt pressured the necessity for South Africa to push previous totals of 170 into the 200s and Nadine de Klerk, having now embraced her function as a finisher, took that to coronary heart. She scored 34 off 22 balls, together with the innings’ solely six to push South Africa to 270.

That meant Sri Lanka needed to pull off their highest profitable ODI chase to win, after a earlier better of 257 for 7 in opposition to India in 2018. They had been regular in pursuit and noticed off Marizanne Kapp and Ayabonga Khaka’s opening spells and didn’t have the chance to check themselves in opposition to South Africa’s change bowlers. The second match takes place on Saturday in Kimberley, the place situations are anticipated to be drier.