South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 1st ODI (ICC Championship match), Sri Lanka Women tour of South Africa, 2019 - CommentaryRSAW vs SLW, 1st ODI (ICC Championship match), Sri Lanka Women tour of South Africa, 2019 - Commentary

South Africa Women won by 7 runs (Match reduced to 48 overs per - side due to rain)

RSAW

225/7(48)

SLW

218/9(48)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH

Dane van Niekerk

Result: South Africa Women won by 7 runs

Sri Lanka Women - 172/5 (40.0 Ovs), need 54 runs (Nilakshi de Silva 9(20), Shashikala Siriwardene 48(54))

Sri Lanka Women - 112/4 (30.0 Ovs), need 114 runs (Harshitha Madavi 16(36), Shashikala Siriwardene 5(19))

Sri Lanka Women - 85/2 (20.0 Ovs), need 141 runs (Harshitha Madavi 3(9), Prasadani Weerakkody 39(53))

Sri Lanka Women - 56/0 (10.0 Ovs), need 170 runs (Anushka Sanjeewani 19(28), Prasadani Weerakkody 30(32))

Innings Break - South Africa Women - 225/7 (48.0 Ovs), (Masabata Klaas 2(2), Shabnim Ismail 1(3))

South Africa Women - 177/3 (40.0 Ovs), (Dane van Niekerk 74(97), Mignon du Preez 8(18))

South Africa Women - 124/2 (30.0 Ovs), (Andrie Steyn 63(89), Dane van Niekerk 44(66))

South Africa Women - 77/2 (20.0 Ovs), (Andrie Steyn 42(64), Dane van Niekerk 18(31))

South Africa Women - 29/2 (10.0 Ovs), (Andrie Steyn 16(34), Dane van Niekerk 0(1))

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Teams:

South Africa Women (Playing XI): Dane van Niekerk(c), Laura Wolvaardt, Andrie Steyn, Mignon du Preez, Lara Goodall, Shabnim Ismail, Faye Tunnicliffe(w), Marizanne Kapp, Tumi Sekhukhune, Masabata Klaas, Zintle Mali

Sri Lanka Women (Playing XI): Anushka Sanjeewani, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Prasadani Weerakkody(w), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Harshitha Madavi, Nilakshi de Silva, Achini Kulasuriya, Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoka Ranaweera, Shashikala Siriwardene, Umesha Thimashini

Sri Lanka Women have won the toss and have opted to field

Toss delayed due to rain

Teams:

South Africa Women (From): Dane van Niekerk(c), Andrie Steyn, Marizanne Kapp, Lara Goodall, Faye Tunnicliffe(w), Mignon du Preez, Sune Luus, Shabnim Ismail, Saarah Smith, Masabata Klaas, Tumi Sekhukhune, Laura Wolvaardt, Zintle Mali, Nadine de Klerk

Sri Lanka Women (From): Prasadani Weerakkody(w), Chamari Athapaththu(c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Madavi, Shashikala Siriwardene, Imalka Mendis, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Achini Kulasuriya, Inoka Ranaweera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Tharika Sewwandi, Anushka Sanjeewani, Umesha Thimashini