South Africa Women have won the four-match ODI series against West Indies Women 2-1 with a convincing six-wicket win in the fourth and final game in Johannesburg on Sunday (February 6) as well.
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South Africa Women have won the four-match ODI series against West Indies Women 2-1 with a convincing six-wicket win in the fourth and final game in Johannesburg on Sunday (February 6) as well. Shabnim Ismail claimed a 4 for 44 helped South Africa bundle the visitors for 174 in the final over before Andrie Steyn (52) and the captain Sune Luus (47) set up a comfortable chase with their 88-run partnership for the third wicket.
Ismail provided with the first breakthrough in the fifth over itself after West Indies elected to bat, removed Rashada Williams for a laboured six. However, a 64-run stand came in between from in-form Deandra Dottin (36 off 63) and Kycia Knight (48 off 76). It was Ismail again who gave the much-needed breakthrough. A dramatic collapse took place where Chloe Tryon and Ayabonga Khaka both struck twice each and Ismail picked up two more to her tally as Windes reduced from 104/2 to lose their last eight wickets for an additional 70 runs as well.
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South Africa, then started their chase quite cautiously before losing both openers Laura Wolvaardt (23) and Tazmin Bits (20) in the space of three overs. From 56 for 2, Sune Luus joined Steyn to steady the ship with the match-winning partnership. The duo took South Africa past the 100-run mark in the 26th over before picking up the pace of chasing as well.
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However, Luus fell three short of her another convincing half-century when the veteran Anisa Mohammed trapped her before the stumped in the 35th over. Steyn though scored her 70-ball half-century but fell soon after. However, Tryon launched a flurry of boundaries in her unbeaten cameo of 20 and helped South Africa reach the finish line with more than ten overs to spare as well.
Brief scores: West Indies Women 174 all out in 49.2 overs (Kycia Knight 48, Deandra Dottin 36; Shabnim Ismail 4-44) lost to South Africa Women 175/4 in 39.5 overs (Andrie Steyn 52, Sune Luus 47; Anisa Mohammed 2-31) by 6 wickets
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