England 153 for 4 wickets (Beaumont 65*, Jones 49*) defeated South Africa 233 for 8 (Wolvaardt 61) by six wickets – DLS
When Kapp bowled Heather Knight in her third over, England’s score was 25 runs for 3 wickets. But Beaumont refused to be intimidated by an uphill climb, demonstrating the balanced temperament that still makes him such a valuable asset in ODI and Test cricket. run rate. He received key support, initially from Danny Wyatt-Hodge, who made 22 from 16 balls, and later from Jones, and the result was effectively sealed when Kapp bowled the last two overs at the asking rate. It was reduced by one run per ball.
The win gave England a 2-1 win in the ODI leg of their multi-format tour, having lost the opening match in Kimberley last week by a six-wicket margin, and their overall series win ahead of Sunday’s Test. It was sealed. Having already clinched the T20I stage with a 3-0 whitewash in Bloemfontein.
However, their cause was not helped by a troubling incident in the opening overs, when Cross – after bowling his fifth ball – collapsed on the ground in obvious pain. He was helped on the field by the physio, Ellis Capsey bowled the final ball of his over, and was later revealed to have back spasms, casting some doubt over his role in the Test match.
England had already decided to rest their fastest bowler Lauren Filer after his success in the second ODI, leaving their seam-bowling responsibilities in the hands of Lauren Bell and Nat Sciver-Brunt. Wolvaardt took the initiative in the first ten overs and added 50 runs for the first wicket with Lara Goodall, one of four changes to the South African line-up.
However, Bell made the first breakthrough in the final over of the powerplay when Goodall lofted a length ball to mid-on moments after a strong clip off his pads for four runs. And it is not the first time in this series that South Africa were to blame for the subsequent collapse.
Anneka Bosch, another change to the line-up, grew into her role with three emphatic hits on the ground before driving very slowly through Capsey’s line – leaving Heather Knight to rely on in the absence of a cross. was forced. An over later, South Africa’s strong start looked to be faltering at 107 for 3 as Sophie Ecclestone slipped a flat trajectory into the pads of Wolvaardt, and despite the ball-tracker confirming it was marginal leg- There was a side call, ruled LBW on-field.
With the score on 14, Nadine de Klerk reacted too slowly to Cap’s call for a quick single in the covers, and was defeated by Boucher’s sharp return to Jones, while Anne Derksen’s guilty glance at the umpire arguably sealed her fate. was sealed when Charlie Dean had him LBW for 13. – Another decision which was shown as cutting of bails.
At 156 for 5 with 18 overs remaining, Kapp and Chloe Tryon had the strength and composure to deliver a big finish. But both batsmen fell for two runs in the space of nine balls – Kapp took a mistimed delivery at long-on off Capsey on 19, and Tryon bled to death at the end of Ecclestone’s eighth over as he bowled him. Charge was given. Get stumped on 20 runs.
Masabata Klass then bowled a lame drive through mid-off for a duck in seven balls, but England’s hopes of reaching 201 for 8 were thwarted by Mike de Ridder and Nonkululeko Mlaba, who batted the last 45 balls. of. Innings to make an easy partnership of 32 runs. When Kapp was blowing away England’s top order, those runs looked vital. But Beaumont and Jones had other plans.
Andrew Miller is the UK editor for ESPNcricinfo. @miller_cricket
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