Australia Women 272 for 5 (Meg Lanning 135*, Shabnim Ismail 2-33) beat South Africa Women 271 for 5 (Laura Wolvaardt 90, Sune Luus 52,) by five wickets.
An unbeaten 135 from Australia’s premier batter Meg Lanning off only 130 balls, steered her side to a comfortable five-wicket win over South Africa at the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand.
Australia’s Meg Lanning celebrates her century against South Africa during the Cricket World Cup at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, New Zealand on 22 March 2022. South Africa failed in both departments, dropping six catches in total and failing to take a chance to dismiss Lanning when she was on seven. Lanning edged the ball and wicketkeeper Trisha Chetty reacted too slowly, failing to dive as the ball sped to the boundary.
“I think we had a great first innings and 270 was par,” Luus said after the match. “It is nice to contribute and the batters coming after us are also contributing, which helps us set big totals. Down the order, Marizanne Kapp added a typically brisk 30 off 21 balls and vice-captain Chloe Tryon chipped in with 17 not out from nine balls, leaving Australia to chase a tough target.
“We were happy with the batting and I loved the intent the girls had. We could have done better in the field though. There were too many dropped catches and we bowled both sides of the wicket too often. But I don’t think the gap between Australia and the rest is that big.”
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