SA are sick of being beaten in England‚ where the home side have prevailed in all nine series the teams have contested across all formats — including in 2017’s world cup. But Dané van Niekerk’s women are a win away from changing all that. The seven-wicket smack SA gave England in the first one-day international in Worcester on Saturday means another success in Brighton on Tuesday will wrap up the rubber. "It was a near perfect game‚" the odd man out in SA’s dressingroom‚ coach Hilton Moreeng‚ said on Monday. "Everything happened according to plan." Three wickets each for Shabnim Ismail and Ayabonga Khaka‚ and Raisibe Ntozakhe keeping the damage down to 21 runs in her 10 overs‚ limited England to 189/9. Then Lizelle Lee‚ who kept wicket and opened the batting‚ scored an undefeated 92 and shared a stand of 113 with Van Niekerk — who made 58 after walking to the crease after three overs with the scoreboard reading 5/2 — to take SA home with 27 balls to spare. "We all know she’s a very ...
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