SA put up brave fight as England go on rampage in Women’s Cricket World Cup
SA’s women’s World Cup bubble burst in their match against England in Bristol on Wednesday. The South Africans‚ who had gone into the game unbeaten after two wins and a washout‚ lost by 68 runs in the wake of the home side’s stupendous exploits with the bat. Only seven times in one-day internationals has a team made more than England’s total of 373/5 and the 275 that Tammy Beaumont and Sarah Taylor shared was a world record for the second wicket and the second-biggest stand for any wicket. Beaumont‚ who scored 148‚ and Taylor‚ who made 147‚ were together for 34.5 overs. Twenty-two fours and a six cracked off Beaumont’s bat and Taylor hit 24 fours as they faced 145 and 104 balls. SA needed what would have been a world-record chase to win and their none too shabby reply of 305/9 was their third-highest total and their best effort away from home. It was solidly founded on a first-wicket partnership of 128 shared by Laura Wolvaardt and Lizelle Lee which endured into the 26th over. But t...
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