- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.6 short ball strikes! Hlubi bangs it in outside off, Beaumont swung across the line, didn't get hold ot it, but Luus at midwicket moved sharply to her left and clung on well in both hands. South Africa strike as the hour mark approaches 53/156.1 slashed to slip! Mlaba tosses this up above the eyeline and finds some turn as Bouchier looks to go over mid-off. Thick outside edge, and a sharp take from Luus above her head. Mlaba roars in celebration 277/327.3 Huge appeal for lbw! Knight is toast! Ducking back in, pinned on the pads, Sekhukhune strikes a massive post-lunch blow. Knight looked aggrieved but even with DRS she'd have struggled to overturn that. Good nip and hits the inside half of the pad 103/278.4 bottom-handed blap back down the pitch, and Sciver-Brunt flings her head back in dismay! It's a thin flick of Mlaba's fingers on the ball as it crashes into the stumps with the non-striker out of her crease! She knew immediately and started walking even before the verdict was in. What a way for a mighty knock to end! 357/562.1 Wonderful delivery, takes the edge! That's a ripper, looped up from round the wicket, dipping and gripping on an off-stump line, drawing the hard-handed drive and taking the edge as it bites and straightens. Good take standing up, and South Africa have a post-tea boost 299/484.4 holed out to mid-off! Jones goes for broke, and is bankrupted! Good length, looking to launch it over the top, Kapp was halfway back to the rope and circled under it well. Mlaba has her fourth, and this pitch has come to life! 371/782.3 bowled her off an under-edge! The spinners are really starting to talk here! Dean got in a tangle as the ball got big on her, she was deep in her crease, playing with an angled bat, but the backspin took it off the face, into the pitch, and up into the stumps! 368/691.3 wide on the crease, cleans her up! Uses the crease well, shapes it back in off the seam, and bursts through Ecclestone who was looking to flick leg-side with no foot movement. Flicked the back hip on its way through 395/990.5 cleaned up! Kapp strikes with the new ball. Full, angling in, goes straight on past the inside edge and into the top of middle-and-leg. 391/8Extras18 (b 1, lb 13, w 4)TOTAL395/9d (92 Overs, RR: 4.29)Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Tammy Beaumont, 11.6 ov), 2-103 (Heather Knight, 27.3 ov), 3-277 (Maia Bouchier, 56.1 ov), 4-299 (Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 62.1 ov), 5-357 (Nat Sciver-Brunt, 78.4 ov), 6-368 (Charlie Dean, 82.3 ov), 7-371 (Amy Jones, 84.4 ov), 8-391 (Ryana MacDonald-Gay, 90.5 ov), 9-395 (Sophie Ecclestone, 91.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB M Kapp 7 2 20 1 2.85 0 0 A Hlubi 12 3 40 2 3.33 2 0 A Dercksen 8 2 41 0 5.12 1 0 N de Klerk 9 2 39 0 4.33 1 0 TS Sekhukhune 7 0 37 1 5.28 0 0 N Mlaba 20 2 90 4 4.50 0 0 CL Tryon 5 0 36 0 7.20 0 0 S Luus 24 1 78 0 3.25 0 0
15/12Stumps
Only Test, England Women tour of South Africa at Bloemfontein, Dec 15-18 2024
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![England Women]( "England Women")
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![South Africa Women]( "South Africa Women")
17/0 * (6 ov)
Current Run Rate
CRR
2.83
15/12Stumps
Only Test, England Women tour of South Africa at Bloemfontein, Dec 15-18 2024
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![England Women]( "England Women")
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![South Africa Women]( "South Africa Women")
17/0 * (6 ov)
Current Run Rate
CRR
2.83
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras3 (b 2, w 1)TOTAL17/0 (6 Overs, RR: 2.83)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB L Filer 3 1 6 0 2.00 1 0 LK Bell 2 0 9 0 4.50 0 0 S Ecclestone 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England Women , elected to bat first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
15,16,17,18 December 2024 (4-day match)
Women's Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- day 1 - South Africa Women 1st innings 17/0 (L Wolvaardt 8*, A Bosch 6*, 6 ov)
Match Notes
- England Women: 50 runs in 10.5 overs (65 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (TT Beaumont 19, ME Bouchier 27, Ex 5)
- Drinks: England Women - 67/1 in 14.0 overs (ME Bouchier 39, HC Knight 0)
- England Women: 100 runs in 25.2 overs (152 balls), Extras 8
- ME Bouchier: 50 off 71 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (ME Bouchier 27, HC Knight 20, Ex 3)
- Lunch: England Women - 103/1 in 27.0 overs (ME Bouchier 54, HC Knight 20)
- England Women: 150 runs in 36.4 overs (220 balls), Extras 9
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (ME Bouchier 30, Nat Sciver-Brunt 22, Ex 1)
- Drinks: England Women - 189/2 in 42.0 overs (ME Bouchier 93, Nat Sciver-Brunt 46)
- Nat Sciver-Brunt: 50 off 46 balls (9 x 4)
- England Women: 200 runs in 43.3 overs (261 balls), Extras 9
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 98 balls (ME Bouchier 39, Nat Sciver-Brunt 60, Ex 1)
- ME Bouchier: 100 off 124 balls (18 x 4, 2 x 6)
- England Women: 250 runs in 51.1 overs (307 balls), Extras 10
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 146 balls (ME Bouchier 60, Nat Sciver-Brunt 88, Ex 2)
- Nat Sciver-Brunt: 100 off 96 balls (16 x 4)
- Tea: England Women - 292/3 in 60.0 overs (Nat Sciver-Brunt 102, DN Wyatt 10)
- England Women: 300 runs in 63.2 overs (380 balls), Extras 13
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 86 balls (Nat Sciver-Brunt 16, AE Jones 33, Ex 1)
- England Women: 350 runs in 76.4 overs (460 balls), Extras 14
- Drinks: England Women - 371/7 in 84.4 overs (S Ecclestone 3)
- New ball taken at 90.1 overs
- Innings Break: England Women - 395/9 in 92.0 overs (L Filer 0, LK Bell 0)
- End Of Day: South Africa Women - 17/0 in 6.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 8, A Bosch 6)
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