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South Africa vs Bangladesh Highlights, Women's World Cup 2025: South Africa beat Bangladesh by three wickets
Laura Wolvaardt: I probably would have bowled anyway. I don't mind that too much. I am thinking there will be a lot of dew later. So, it might be harder to grip the ball later and maybe come on to the bat a bit nicer. It was an amazing game of cricket. I think the group was really on a big high after that game. We spent the last couple of days coming back down to earth though. I think we still have a long way to go in this tournament. The game was incredible but I think like we have been saying, it is one game at a time and we can't take any game lightly or expect that to happen again. So, full refocus, full switch on today and hopefully we can put in another good performance. Not exactly (the same XI), we have two changes.
Nigar Sultana: We want to bat first because we have seen in the last few games, it was a kind of a wicket where your batters can give some runs. You want to bat first. This sort of wicket, if you can put some score on the board, it will actually help the bowlers and our bowlers have been playing well in this tournament. It was a small, short turnaround but we talked about it a lot. I think we are looking forward to coming strongly as a batting unit. We have two changes.
Teams:
South Africa Women (Playing XI): Laura Wolvaardt(c), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Sinalo Jafta(w), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Masabata Klaas, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nonkululeko Mlaba
Bangladesh Women (Playing XI): Rubya Haider, Fargana Hoque, Sharmin Akhter, Nigar Sultana(w/c), Sobhana Mostary, Fahima Khatun, Shorna Akter, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Ritu Moni, Marufa Akter
Pitch and Conditions: "It is a little bit cooler today. There was some rain around. 28 degrees and not too hot. 59 and 54 meters square, 67 down the ground. It is a new pitch. I see three spots that you think were used before. It has been spin to win in this World Cup. Less than 75kph has been the speed to target. Wicket to wicket and your line is important. Bowl slow and bowl straight. They (Bangladesh) need to get enough runs for their spinners to come into the game," reckon Alan Wilkins and Carlos Brathwaite.
Fahima Khatun to Laura Wolvaardt, Another full ball, on off, Laura Wolvaardt dances down the track and tries to smash it down the ground, but hits off the inside half of the bat. The ball rolls through wide mid on for a single.
Fahima Khatun to Laura Wolvaardt, Full and tossed up on the stumps. Laura Wolvaardt leans and works it to mid-wicket.
Fahima Khatun to Laura Wolvaardt, Fuller on middle at just 67.1 kph. Laura Wolvaardt advances down the pitch and inside edges it onto the boots.
- Laura Wolvaardt 23 (45)
- Anneke Bosch 21 (26)
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, Won't be a maiden! Keeps the stumps in play, does Khan, on a length. Laura Wolvaardt weighs back and nudges through mid-wicket for a single.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, Five dots in a row from Khan! Outside off, fractionally full. Laura Wolvaardt slashes it to extra cover.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, The conventional leg break, on a length, on middle. Laura Wolvaardt covers the line and tucks on the leg side.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, Full in length, at off. Laura Wolvaardt shimmies down the track and defends it to short cover.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, Much fuller, outside off, spinning away, Laura Wolvaardt crouches a bit and taps it to point.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, Lands around the fourth stump, on a length. Laura Wolvaardt hangs back and crunches it to short cover.
- Anneke Bosch 21 (26)
- Laura Wolvaardt 22 (39)
Fahima Khatun to Anneke Bosch, Khatun pulls the length back, keeping it on off. Anneke Bosch rocks back and cuts to cover-point.
Fahima Khatun to Anneke Bosch, FOUR! Intent! Serves into the slot, full and on off. Anneke Bosch lofts it comfortably over the bowler's head for a boundary down the ground.
Fahima Khatun to Anneke Bosch, Living dangerously, is Bosch! Seeing Anneke charge down the track to heave over the leg side, Fahima Khatun slides one onto the pads, cramping the batter for room. Anneke Bosch swings but misses and the ball sneaks between her legs and also beats the keeper before running behind to deep fine leg for a couple of byes.
Fahima Khatun to Anneke Bosch, Slows through the air, at just 69.3 kph, full and on middle. Anneke Bosch looks to slog, but inside edges onto the front pad and it rolls away towards the first slip fielder.
Fahima Khatun to Anneke Bosch, Drags the length around off, punched off the back foot to short cover.
Fahima Khatun to Laura Wolvaardt, On a length, at off. Laura Wolvaardt backs away and cuts it to deep point for a single.
End of Powerplay. Bangladesh Women will now be permitted to station a maximum of four fielders outside the 25-yard circle for the rest of the innings. Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch have steadied the ship for the Proteas, guiding them through a shaky start. It’s been a decent recovery after those tense opening five overs and fairly against some ordinary bowling from Bangladesh. Wickets are the currency for Bangladesh Women and Fahima Khatun is introduced into the attack.
- Laura Wolvaardt 21 (38)
- Anneke Bosch 17 (21)
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, Drifts on the pads, full in length, Wolvaardt helps it wide of short fine leg, where Marufa Akter tumbles away to her right to keep the batters down to a single.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, On the pads, on a nagging length, nudged to mid-wicket.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, Slower and fuller, on off, Wolvaardt knocks it back to Khan.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, Oh, that could have gone anywhere! This is on the shorter side, on off, Wolvaardt pushes it out in front of her body. Gets a thickish outside edge that lands well in front of point.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, Looped up, fuller in length, on middle, Laura presses ahead to defend.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, Flat and short, on off, Laura mistimes the shot to cover.
A sudden momentum shift as 21 runs have come in the last 3 overs for South Africa Women. Switch of ends for Rabeya Khan (2-0-9-0). She replaces Nahida Akter.
- Anneke Bosch 17 (21)
- Laura Wolvaardt 20 (32)
Marufa Akter to Anneke Bosch, More like it from Marufa! This tails back in late, full and on middle. Bosch hurriedly gets her bat out in front of the front pad to knock it to mid on.
Marufa Akter to Anneke Bosch, FOUR! Threads it through! Akter offers width on off, on a back of a length. Anneke presses back and cuts it between backward point and point for the second boundary of the over.
Marufa Akter to Anneke Bosch, Fuller in length, in the channel on off, Bosch is a bit tentative to get on the front foot and gets an inside edge onto the pads.
Marufa Akter to Anneke Bosch, FOUR! Suddenly, the boundaries have started to flow for South Africa. Marufa looks to go into the surface but this is down leg. Bosch swivels and shovels it behind square on the leg side for a boundary.
Marufa Akter to Anneke Bosch, Full again, on off, Anneke knocks it to cover.
Marufa Akter to Anneke Bosch, A stifled appeal for caught behind but turned down! The sound seemed to be off the bat hitting the turf. Near the tramline on off, very full. Bosch reaches out to squeeze it away but misses.
Marufa Akter (2-0-7-0) is back on. She replaces Rabeya Khan.
- Laura Wolvaardt 20 (32)
- Anneke Bosch 9 (15)
Nahida Akter to Laura Wolvaardt, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for the South African captain! Fractionally short from around the wicket, on middle. Laura gets the front leg out of the way and gets her hands through the ball. Jabs it all along the ground to the right of deep mid-wicket for four more.
Nahida Akter to Laura Wolvaardt, FOUR! Width offered and Wolvaardt cashes in! Nahida errs in line and bowls it full in length. Laura reaches out and cracks the drive to the left of cover for a boundary.
Nahida Akter to Laura Wolvaardt, Nice and full, attacking the stumps, Wolvaardt plays it back to Nahida.
Nahida Akter to Laura Wolvaardt, A bit quicker, on off, Wolvaardt slams this full ball to cover.
Nahida Akter to Laura Wolvaardt, A hint of turn, on a nagging length, Laura hits it on the rise but can't get it past the cover fielder.
Nahida Akter to Laura Wolvaardt, At 75.5 kph, full and on middle, Wolvaardt pushes it down the deck where Nahida dives to her left to make the stop.
- Anneke Bosch 9 (15)
- Laura Wolvaardt 12 (26)
Rabeya Khan to Anneke Bosch, FOUR! Hit with real authority! Rabeya offers flight but ends up being a bit too full, around off. Bosch gets down on a knee and nails the slog sweep over mid-wicket for a boundary.
Rabeya Khan to Anneke Bosch, Turning in, full and on off, Anneke solidly defends it off the front foot.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, Slower but the length stays short, on off, Laura punches it to long off for a single.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, A bit short, on off, Wolvaardt stays back and looks for the cut but miscues it off the inner half back to the bowler.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, On the pads, tossed up, Laura tucks it to mid-wicket.
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, On off, on a length, Wolvaardt firms the drive to cover.
- Anneke Bosch 5 (13)
- Laura Wolvaardt 11 (22)
Nahida Akter to Anneke Bosch, Full and on off, driven firmly but Bosch can't get it past cover.
Nahida Akter to Anneke Bosch, Nearly sneaked through! This does not turn and slides in with the angle, on a length, on off. Bosch ends up defending outside the line and gets an inside edge that rolls away on the leg side.
Nahida Akter to Anneke Bosch, Looped up, fuller in length, on middle, Bosch leans ahead to keep it out.
Nahida Akter to Anneke Bosch, Flat and short, on middle, Anneke Bosch gets right behind it in defence.
Nahida Akter to Anneke Bosch, Loopy ball, very full, on off, Bosch squeezes it out to the left of the bowler.
Nahida Akter to Anneke Bosch, FOUR! Risk taken but it pays dividends! At the stumps, fractionally short, Bosch walks across her stumps and swipes it past backward square leg for a boundary.
South Africa Women are 13/1 in 5 overs. Bangladesh Women were 9/0 at the same stage. Nahida Akter (2-1-2-1) to continue.
- Laura Wolvaardt 11 (22)
- Anneke Bosch 1 (7)
Rabeya Khan to Laura Wolvaardt, Beaten! This drops on the batter, on a nagging length, on off, Laura gets forward to block but the ball spins past the blade.
Laura Wolvaardt: “I probably would have bowled anyway. I don't mind that too much. I am thinking there will be a lot of dew later. So, it might be harder to grip the ball later and maybe come on to the bat a bit nicer. It was an amazing game of cricket. I think the group was really on a big high after that game. We spent the last couple of days coming back down to earth though. I think we still have a long way to go in this tournament. The game was incredible but I think like we have been saying, it is one game at a time and we can't take any game lightly or expect that to happen again. So, full refocus, full switch on today and hopefully we can put in another good performance. Not exactly (the same XI), we have two changes.”
Nigar Sultana: “We want to bat first because we have seen in the last few games, it was a kind of a wicket where your batters can give some runs. You want to bat first. This sort of wicket, if you can put some score on the board, it will actually help the bowlers and our bowlers have been playing well in this tournament. It was a small, short turnaround but we talked about it a lot. I think we are looking forward to coming strongly as a batting unit. We have two changes.”
Teams:
South Africa Women (Playing XI): Laura Wolvaardt (c), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Sinalo Jafta (w), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Masabata Klaas, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nonkululeko Mlaba
Bangladesh Women (Playing XI): Rubya Haider, Fargana Hoque, Sharmin Akhter, Nigar Sultana (w/c), Sobhana Mostary, Fahima Khatun, Shorna Akter, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Ritu Moni, Marufa Akter
Pitch and Conditions:
“It is a little bit cooler today. There was some rain around. 28 degrees and not too hot. 59 and 54 meters square, 67 down the ground. It is a new pitch. I see three spots that you think were used before. It has been spin to win in this World Cup. Less than 75kph has been the speed to target. Wicket to wicket and your line is important. Bowl slow and bowl straight. They (Bangladesh) need to get enough runs for their spinners to come into the game,” reckon Alan Wilkins and Carlos Brathwaite.
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Venue
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
