South Africa claimed a dominant 105-run win over Eire within the first girls’s T20I at Newlands on Friday.
Laura Wolvaardt scored an unbeaten 115 off simply 56 balls, together with 15 fours and 4 sixes, in a file 176-run stand with Suné Luus, who dispatched 12 boundaries, together with one most, on her strategy to a personal-best 81 off 51 balls because the Proteas Girls posted their highest T20I complete of 220-2.
Luus then continued her excellent day with the ball, taking 4-22 in 4 overs to spearhead a medical fielding show that dismissed Eire for 115 inside 18 overs.
After successful the toss and electing to bat, the Proteas Girls suffered an early setback when Jane Maguire (1-52) eliminated opener Faye Tunnicliffe for one within the second over. However that was the final second of pleasure for Eire for a while as Wolvaardt, batting at No 3, joined Luus to take the sport away from the guests.
Wolvaardt ignited the innings with a blistering begin, racing to the quickest half-century by a Proteas Girls participant, reaching 50 in simply 24 balls. Whereas the captain discovered boundaries with ease, Luus accelerated in the direction of her personal fifty as South Africa maintained a scoring fee of 10 an over.
Wolvaardt went on to convey up her second T20I hundred earlier than Ava Canning (1-33) lastly broke the stand by eradicating Luus within the 18th over, ending the Proteas’ highest T20I partnership and leaving them 180-2.
Dané van Niekerk, making her return to worldwide cricket, joined Wolvaardt and added a quickfire 21*.
Eire’s chase faltered instantly as Luus struck twice within the opening over, eradicating Amy Hunter for one and Orla Prendergast for 2 to go away the guests on 4-2.
A 42-run stand between skipper Gaby Lewis (30) and Leah Paul (34) supplied temporary resistance, lifting Eire to 46-2 earlier than Chloé Tryon (2-14) broke by means of by dismissing Lewis.
Paul quickly departed as Nondumiso Shangase (1-13) tightened South Africa’s grip at 77-4.
With key batters gone, Eire’s decrease order crumbled as Luus, Tryon and Nonkululeko Mlaba (2-9) shared the final six wickets for simply 38 runs to bowl Eire out for 115 and seal a commanding victory with 12 balls to spare.
The second T20I takes place at Boland Park on Sunday.
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