Sophie Ecclestone powers England Women wins over South Africa Women by 38 runs to clean-sweep the series by 3-0
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The 3rd and last T20I match of the South Africa Women tour of England, 2022 played yesterday at County Ground, Derby, in which England Women wins over South Africa Women by 38 runs to clean-sweep the series.
England Women batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very well, the first wicket gone very quickly in the first ball of the inning, Sophie Ecclestone played a very brilliant unbeaten quick inning of 33 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 12 balls, Danielle Wyatt scored 30 runs in 25 balls, Alice Capsey 25 runs in 17 balls, Natalie Sciver 24 runs in 24 balls, Amy Jones 28 runs in just 18 balls, Maia Bouchier 18 runs in 17 balls, Katherine Brunt remains unbeaten for 8 runs, and Sophia Dunkley was dismissed without scoring in just 1 ball, in this way, England Women scored 176 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs and set a target of 177 runs in front of South African Women.
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South African Women's bowler Nonkululeko Mlaba performed very brilliant bowling took 3 wickets just for 22 runs, and Masabata Klaas and Chloe Tryon got 1-1 wicket.
South African Women chasing 177 runs in the second inning the could manage just 138 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs, Tazmin Brits played a very brilliant half-century inning of 59 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in 57 balls, apart from Tazmin Brits no batsman could play well, Anneke Bosch scored 17 runs in 20 balls, Mignon du Preez 15 runs in 11 balls, Chloe Tryon 14 runs in 13 balls, Laura Wolvaardt 13 runs in 11 balls, Lara Goodall dismissed just for 2 runs, and Delmi Tucker remains unbeaten for 7 runs, in this way, South Africa Women could manage just 138 runs for losing 6 wickets in 20 over and lost the match by 38 runs, and with this lost also lost the series by 3-0.
England Women bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Freya Kemp took 2 wickets for 18 runs, Sophie Ecclestone took 2 wickets for 24 runs, Sarah Glenn, and Issy Wong got 1-1 wicket.
England Women's all-rounder Sophie Ecclestone selected as the best player of the match and series, she performed very brilliant bating as well as also in bowling, played a very brilliant quick unbeaten inning of 33 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 12 balls, and also took 2 wickets just for 24 runs in her spell.
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