Proteas skipper stars in Sri Lanka women’s first loss in South Africa

South Africa women’s captain, Dané van Niekerk took three wickets and scored an unbeaten 71 runs to lead her side to an emphatic, seven-wicket victory in the opening fixture of their three-match series against Sri Lanka at PPC Newlands on Friday.

The skipper’s spell of 3/12 in four overs along with Masabata Klaas’ 2/22 helped restrict the opposition to 90/8 at the end of their innings after Chamari Attapaththu won the toss and elected to bat first. Hasini Perera and Imalka Mendis were the only pair who reached double figures, top scoring with 27 and 25 runs respectively.

Van Niekerk took the spotlight again in South Africa’s reply, making even more of a case for herself as an opening batter. She smashed 13 fours in her 55-ball knock as the hosts cantered to victory with 34 balls to spare.

The second match will take place at the Bidvest Wanderers this Sunday, 03 February. Play starts at 09:45 (SAST) with the build-up on SuperSport 2 starting at 09:30.

 

Sri Lanka Batting

Batters R B 4s 6s SR
Hasini Madushika c Lara Goodall b Dane van Niekerk 27 41 3 0 65.85
Anushka Sanjeewani WKT c Tumi Sekhukhune b Masabata Klaas 9 9 2 0 100.00
Chamari Athapaththu CPT b Dane van Niekerk 7 16 0 0 43.75
Shashikala Siriwardana c Shabnim Ismail b Dane van Niekerk 6 9 0 0 66.66
Nilakshi Damayanthi b Tumi Sekhukhune 2 5 0 0 40.00
Imalka Mendis NOT OUT 25 24 2 0 104.16
Oshadhi Ranasinghe run out Tazmin Brits 5 7 0 0 71.42
Umesha Thimashini b Masabata Klaas 3 6 0 0 50.00
Udeshika Prabodani run out Faye Tunnicliffe 0 3 0 0 0.00
Inoka Ranaweera NOT OUT 2 2 0 0 100.00
Achini Kulasuriya
Extras (nb 2, b 2) 4
Total (8 wickets, 20 overs) 90
Fall of wickets
20-1 (A Sanjeewani, 3.5 ov), 44-2 (H Madushika, 10.1 ov), 50-3 (S Siriwardana, 12.2 ov), 51-4 (C Athapaththu, 12.6 ov), 53-5 (N Damayanthi, 13.3 ov), 67-6 (O Ranasinghe, 16.2 ov), 75-7 (U Thimashini, 17.5 ov), 83-8 (U Prabodani, 19.2 ov)

South Africa Bowling

Bowlers O M R W Econ
Marizanne Kapp 4 0 18 0 4.50
Shabnim Ismail 4 0 18 0 4.50
Masabata Klaas 4 0 22 2 5.50
Dane van Niekerk 4 0 12 3 3.00
Tumi Sekhukhune 4 0 18 1 4.50

South Africa Batting

Batters R B 4s 6s SR
Dane van Niekerk CPT NOT OUT 71 55 13 0 129.09
Tazmin Brits c Imalka Mendis b Achini Kulasuriya 10 11 2 0 90.90
Marizanne Kapp c Udeshika Prabodani b Nilakshi Damayanthi 5 8 0 0 62.50
Mignon du Preez b Inoka Ranaweera 4 4 1 0 100.00
Lara Goodall NOT OUT 3 8 0 0 37.50
Shabnim Ismail
Saarah Smith
Tumi Sekhukhune
Faye Tunnicliffe WKT
Masabata Klaas
Nadine de Klerk
Extras (w 1) 1
Total (3 wickets, 14.2 overs) 94
Fall of wickets
25-1 (T Brits, 3.5 ov), 44-2 (M Kapp, 7.6 ov), 75-3 (M du Preez, 10.6 ov)

Sri Lanka Bowling

Bowlers O M R W Econ
Udeshika Prabodani 2.2 0 17 0 7.28
Achini Kulasuriya 3 0 14 1 4.66
Oshadhi Ranasinghe 3 0 18 0 6.00
Nilakshi Damayanthi 2 0 14 1 7.00
Inoka Ranaweera 2 0 22 1 11.00
Shashikala Siriwardana 2 0 9 0 4.50

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