- BATSMENRB4s6sSR24.1 Flicked away and taken at deep backward square leg. Oh, that's a soft dismissal, have to say. Was a nonchalant length ball on the pads of Healy. She whisks it away, but can't find the gap and Luus swoops in swiftly and takes a super catch low in front 119/35.3 Soft, soft dismissal for Litchfield. An ODI series in stark contrast with the one she had in India. Full and swinging away outside off, she leans into it and goes for the cover-drive. Does so uppishly and straight into the hands of Brits, who takes it low 17/118.2 Cleans her up with an inswinging peach! The first ball moved away from Perry, this one shapes back in and breaches Perry's defences. Was floated up and angling into the batter. She looks for a drive on the up, leaves a big gap between bat and pad, and the ball clatters into the stumps. Klaas has her second. 99/235.4 Tryon thwarts the McGrath threat Fires in an arm ball on a length on middle, 85.4kph, TMac goes back to cut but the ball hurries on, stays low, and clatters the stumps. Her best score in this Women's Championship cycle but won't yet get a half-century 186/436.2 Nipbacker and Kapp gets on the board. Gardner has a chat with Mooney but has been convinced to not review that. That jagged back in sharply and caught the batter unawares. Missed it completely and was hit just above the knee-roll on the back leg. Three reds on Hawk-Eye 187/545.1 Excellent catch by Wolvaardt at extra cover. Klaas comes back and shows her class right away. Was the length ball outside off, Sutherland looks to straighter but loses her shape. The ball catches the leading edge spoons straight up. Wolvaardt calls for it early and then has to put in a full-length ball behind her to snap it up 241/646.2 That is a absolute blinder by de Klerk in her followthrough. Full-length ball on off stump. Wareham presents the full face of the bat and drives crisply back at the bowler. Is aerial but relatively low down but de Klerk in her follow through, bends low and to her right to take a one-handed screamer 245/749.1 King departs for a quick cameo. Low full toss on middle and leg, she steps across and heaves it away but without much timing. Tryon at deep midwicket takes a simple catch. And Klass has four wickets now. 273/849.6 Down the ground and de Klerk does well to her left from mid-on. It's a run out as well as Australia finish on 277 for 9. Was a good length ball on off, she backs away and lofts over the bowler's head. had to go for the third, can't complete the run 277/9Extras22 (lb 8, nb 1, w 13)TOTAL277/9 (50 Overs, RR: 5.54)Did not bat: D BrownFall of wickets: 1-17 (Phoebe Litchfield, 5.3 ov), 2-99 (Ellyse Perry, 18.2 ov), 3-119 (Alyssa Healy, 24.1 ov), 4-186 (Tahlia McGrath, 35.4 ov), 5-187 (Ashleigh Gardner, 36.2 ov), 6-241 (Annabel Sutherland, 45.1 ov), 7-245 (Georgia Wareham, 46.2 ov), 8-273 (Alana King, 49.1 ov), 9-277 (Kim Garth, 49.6 ov)
10/02Result
3rd ODI (D/N), South Africa Women tour of Australia at Sydney, Feb 10 2024
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![Australia Women]( "Australia Women")
277/9 (50 ov) -
![South Africa Women]( "South Africa Women")
127 (24.3/31 ov, target 238)
Player of the Match
10/02Result
3rd ODI (D/N), South Africa Women tour of Australia at Sydney, Feb 10 2024
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![Australia Women]( "Australia Women")
277/9 (50 ov) -
![South Africa Women]( "South Africa Women")
127 (24.3/31 ov, target 238)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.5 Nothing changes for Wolvaardt! She falls early yet again, this time the outswinger consuming her. Garth bowls it full and invites the drive. She goes for it and gets an edge to Litchfield who takes it comfortably 8/110.2 A well-judged take from King. Brits decided to go big and gets a length ball to do so. She stays leg side of the ball and heaves it across the line but hits aerially towards deep midwicket. King runs in, has her eyes on the ball and takes it with a slide. South Africa in a bother 52/36.4 Knocked her over! Garth extracts revenge and ends Bosch's stay. Spears this full off the wobble seam, 104.8kph, goes straight on. She plays all around it and gets a thick inside edge onto her stumps 29/221.1 And another one goes down! South Africa are going down quickly here. Was the legbreak on a good length on the stumps. She backs away, looking to open up the off side. Gets it off the cue end of the blade and King takes the simplest of the catches 116/710.6 McGrath gets Kapp and that is a massive strike! Mooney was mic'd up and guessed that McGrath might try the offcutter. Instead, she bowls a cross-seam delivery on a length on middle and leg. Kapp gets inside the line and helps it straight to Brown at deep backward square leg. A four-ball blob for Kapp, is that the game? 52/419.1 King has her first as de Klerk departs. The extra bounce does her in. Gets the leg break to spit and bounce from a length outside off. De Klerk wanted to force it through, gets it high on her bat as the ball spoons straight to Litchfield at extra cover 102/520.6 Tryon's enterprising innings ends on 11. Was on the fuller side on off. Tryon looks to go over mid-on, gets a top-edge that goes straight up and Brown at mid-off takes a simple enough catch. South Africa lose their sixth. 116/621.4 Top catch by Litchfield and that's that for Jafta. Flatter outside off, she backs away again and completely mistimes her attempted loft. Litchfield dives forward and holds on as King picks her fourth wicket of the night 116/821.5 Take the top of off first ball! She gets the ball to pitch on middle and turns it past Klaas' outside edge. She does not cover the line and sees the off bail take a beating. 116/924.3 Castled! Another series win for Australia, as per routine. Bowls it on a length on middle and leg, Hlubi pushes at it in front of the body to defend. But the ball swings away just a bit to make a mess of the stumps 127/10Extras13 (lb 2, nb 1, w 10)TOTAL127 all out (24.3 Overs, RR: 5.18)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Laura Wolvaardt, 2.5 ov), 2-29 (Anneke Bosch, 6.4 ov), 3-52 (Tazmin Brits, 10.2 ov), 4-52 (Marizanne Kapp, 10.6 ov), 5-102 (Nadine de Klerk, 19.1 ov), 6-116 (Chloe Tryon, 20.6 ov), 7-116 (Sune Luus, 21.1 ov), 8-116 (Sinalo Jafta, 21.4 ov), 9-116 (Masabata Klaas, 21.5 ov), 10-127 (Ayanda Hlubi, 24.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KJ Garth 5.3 1 14 3 2.54 27 2 0 1 0 D Brown 4 0 22 0 5.50 16 3 0 2 1 A Sutherland 3 0 18 0 6.00 10 3 0 0 0 TM McGrath 4 0 23 3 5.75 15 3 0 1 0 A Gardner 3 0 22 0 7.33 8 2 1 1 0 AM King 5 1 26 4 5.20 15 3 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Australia Women , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Australia Women won the 3-match series 2-1
Match number
Season
Match days
10 February 2024 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia Women 2, South Africa Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 1 wicket)
- Australia Women: 50 runs in 10.5 overs (65 balls), Extras 11
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (AJ Healy 24, EA Perry 16, Ex 10)
- Drinks: Australia Women - 75/1 in 15.0 overs (AJ Healy 38, EA Perry 17)
- AJ Healy: 50 off 61 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Australia Women: 100 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 15
- Australia Women: 150 runs in 29.4 overs (178 balls), Extras 17
- Drinks: Australia Women - 157/3 in 32.0 overs (BL Mooney 31, TM McGrath 20)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (BL Mooney 20, TM McGrath 30, Ex 1)
- Australia Women: 200 runs in 39.6 overs (240 balls), Extras 20
- BL Mooney: 50 off 71 balls (5 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (BL Mooney 34, A Sutherland 17, Ex 2)
- Australia Women: 250 runs in 47.4 overs (286 balls), Extras 21
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 2 wickets)
- South Africa Women: 50 runs in 10.1 overs (62 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 63/4 in 14.0 overs (S Luus 6, N de Klerk 8)
- Rain: South Africa Women - 63/4 in 14.0 overs (S Luus 6, N de Klerk 8)
- Wet Ground: South Africa Women - 63/4 in 14.0 overs (S Luus 6, N de Klerk 8)
- South Africa Women: 100 runs in 18.3 overs (112 balls), Extras 12
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (S Luus 29, N de Klerk 20, Ex 1)
Match Coverage
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