WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
Best bowlers vs top batters when SA play hosts
Do not make plans that might get in the way of you watching England’s innings against SA in their World Cup semifinal in Bristol on Tuesday. That the match will be a contest between England’s batters and the Proteas’ bowlers is apparent from a glance at the rankings. Tammy Beaumont‚ Heather Knight‚ Natalie Sciver and Sarah Taylor — Englishwomen all — are among the top 10 runscorers at the tournament. All four have scored a century at the World Cup. Sciver has two hundreds. South African bowlers Dane van Niekerk‚ Marizanne Kapp and Shabnim Ismail all lurk among the top 10 leading wicket-takers. Between them they own four of the dozen hauls of four wickets or more taken at the tournament. Leg spinner Van Niekerk is the only bowler to take at least four more than once. The South African captain has done so three times in six games. Earlier in the tournament Van Niekerk took 4/0 against the West Indies and 4/22 against India. Her feat in the West Indies match made her the first bowler i...
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