Emma Lamb, Natalie Sciver, Katherine Brunt and Natalie Sciver help England Women defeated South Africa Women by 5 wickets.
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The 1st ODI Match of the South Africa Women tour of England, 2022 played yesterday at County Ground, Northampton in which England Women defeated South Africa Women by 5 wickets.
South Africa Women batted first after winning the toss, and started the inning not very well, the entire team was dismissed just for 218 runs in the fourth ball of the 48th over. Chloe Tryon played a very brilliant half-century inning of 88 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 10 boundaries in just 77 balls, Laura Wolvaardt scored 43 runs in 72 balls, Nadine de Klerk scored 38 runs in 53 balls, and apart from this Andrie Steyn 14 runs in 21 balls, Marizanne Kapp 12 runs in 27 balls,
Sune Luus 7 runs, Lara Goodall 5 runs, Trisha Chetty 1 run, Tumi Sekhukhune 1 run, Ayabonga Khaka dismissed without scoring, and Nonkululeko Mlaba remains unbeaten without playing any ball, in this way, the entire team all-out just for 218 runs in 47.4 overs and set a target of 219 runs in front of England Women.
England Women bowlers Katherine Brunt and Natalie Sciver performed very brilliant bowling, Katherine Brunt took 3 wickets just for 18 runs, Natalie Sciver took 4 wickets for 59 runs, Sophie Ecclestone and Charlotte Dean got 1-1 wicket.
England Women chasing 219 runs in the second inning achived the target very easily by losing just 5 wickets in the first ball of the 33rd over and won the match by 5 wickets. England Women started the inning very brilliantly althought the first wicket has gone very quickly, Emma Lamb and Tammy Beaumont came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 8 runs in 2.5 overs, next batsman Sophia Dunkley came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 78 runs with Emma Lamb, the second wicket has gone for 86 runs in 14.3 over, Sophia Dunkley dismissed for 22 runs in 24 balls, next batsman Natalie Sciver came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 89 runs with Emma Lamb, the third wicket has gone for 175 runs in 25.3 over, Natalie Sciver dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 55 runs with the help of 8 boundaries in just 36 balls, followed by Heather Knight came to bat and played well with Emma Lamb, the fourth wicket has gone for 202 runs in 30.1 over, Emma Lamb dismissed after playing a very brilliant century inning of 102 runs with the help of 15 boundaries in just 97 balls, next batsman Danielle Wyatt came to bat and played well with Heather Knight the fifth wicket has gone for 215 runs in 31.4 overs, Heather Knight dismissed for 20 runs in 21 balls, followed by Amy Jones came to bat and she remains unbeaten without scoring with Danielle Wyatt, and Danielle Wyatt played a quick victory inning of 14 runs in just 5 balls. In this way, England Women chased the target very easily by losing just 5 wickets in 32.1 overs and won the match by 5 wickets.
South African Women bowlers Nadine de Klerk took 2 wickets for 44 runs, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, and Tumi Sekhukhune got 1-1 wicket.
England Women batsman Emma Lamb selected the best player of the match, she played a very brilliant century inning of 102 runs with the help of 15 boundaries in just 97 balls.
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