South Africa pulled off yet one more nail-biting win in match No. 14 of the continuing Ladies’s World Cup 2025 on the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Monday, October 13, in opposition to Bangladesh.
Nigar Sultana gained the toss earlier within the day and opted to bat first. Opening batters Fargana Hoque and Rubya Haider batted with warning and added a 53-run stand in 16 overs. Chloe Tryon broke the partnership firstly of the seventeenth over, sending Haider again to the hut after she had scored 25 off 52 balls.
Sharmin Akhter and Fargana had been began to construct a partnership when the latter was dismissed by Nonkululeko Mlaba for a 76-ball 30. Sultana joined forces with Akhter and so they added a beautiful 77-run stand off 91 balls to assist Bangladesh arrange a fantastic platform for the finishers.
Sultana could not convert her begin, getting dismissed within the forty first over by Mlaba. Akhter was sadly run-out for a 77-ball 50 within the forty third over. After these two wickets fell in fast succession, Shorna Akter and Ritu Moni performed blistering knocks on the back-end of the innings to assist Bangladesh end with a combating rating of 232/6. Akter and Moni remained unbeaten on 51 (35) and 19 (8), respectively. Mlaba was the decide of the bowlers for the Proteas, ending with figures of two/42 in 10 overs.
In reply, South Africa misplaced the wicket of Tazmin Brits within the second over. The veteran batter registered her second duck in a row. Skipper Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch solid a strong 55-run stand off 83 balls to take South Africa to a robust place.
Nonetheless, Bangladesh bounced again strongly, choosing up 4 wickets in fast succession. From 58/1 in 15 overs, the Proteas slumped to 78/5 within the twenty third over.
South Africa desperately wanted a partnership, and it got here within the type of an 85-run stand between Tryon and Marizanne Kapp. The latter was finally dismissed for a 71-ball 56 by Nahida Akter. Tryon stitched a significant 35-run partnership off simply 27 balls with Nadine de Klerk for the seventh wicket.
Tryon was dropped on 46 by substitute fielder Sumaiya Akter. She was finally run-out for an excellent 69-ball 62 by a pointy piece of fielding by Moni.
De Klerk obtained good firm from Masabata Klaas because the duo took South Africa nearer to the goal. The star all-rounder was dropped by Shorna at long-off off the bowling of Rabeya Khan within the forty ninth over. Eight runs had been required off the final over, and de Klerk hit a 4 and 6 off the primary and third deliveries to take her workforce to an exciting three-wicket win.
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