21/02Result

Final, ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier at Colombo, Feb 21 2017

IND Women won by 1 wkt (0b rem)

Player of the Match

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Harmanpreet's final-over six secures title for India

With India needing eight off the last two balls, stand-in captain Harmanpreet Kaur struck Marcia Letsoalo over midwicket for a six and then took two off the last ball to secure the title for her team

Match Centre

Match Details

P Sara Oval, Colombo

Series

ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2017

Toss

South Africa Women , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Deepti Sharma

Player Of The Series

Sune Luus

Series result

India Women won the 2016/17 ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier

Match number

Women's ODI no. 1045

Season

2016/17

Match days

21 February 2017 (50-over match)

Scorecard Summary

SOUTH AFRICA WOMEN 244(49.4 OVERS)

Mignon du Preez40 (72)
Lizelle Lee37 (31)

Shikha Pandey2/41 (8)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad3/51 (9)

INDIA WOMEN 245/9(50 OVERS)

Mona Meshram59 (82)
Deepti Sharma71 (89)

Marizanne Kapp2/36 (10)
Ayabonga Khaka2/55 (10)

END OF OVER:
50 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | IND-W: 245/9 | RR: 4.90

Harmanpreet Kaur41 (41b)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad0 (0b)

Marcia Letsoalo6-0-35-1
Marizanne Kapp10-0-36-2

49.6

Letsoalo to Kaur, 2 runs, and she does it, what a finish..Harmanpreet charges down the track and converts it to a full toss, lofted it down towards the long-on region, fall short of the fielder

2 runs off the last ball..

49.5

Letsoalo to Kaur, SIX, Harmanpreet clears the deep midwicket, skips down the track and hammers this back of a length ball, was way slower but she reads it well

49.4

Letsoalo to Kaur, no run, another one, full and slower down leg, clips the pad on its away to the keeper

49.3

Letsoalo to Kaur, no run, dot..skips down the track and lofts it down towards long-off

49.2

Letsoalo to Kaur, no run, short and slower outside off, wears it on the body as Harmanpreet misses out the slog

49.1

Letsoalo to Kaur, 1 run, OUT, slower and full, drags it to deep midwicket. Harmanpreet tries to get back, there was never a second, anyways she is back on strike. Yadav nowhere near the crease at the bowler's end where Letsoalo flicks the bails off..

Poonam Yadav run out 7 (7m 15b 1x4 0x6) SR: 46.66

9 off 6 balls...Letsoalo to bowl the final over. Harmanpreet on strike.

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Harmanpreet's final-over six secures title for India
With India needing eight off the last two balls, stand-in captain Harmanpreet Kaur struck Marcia Letsoalo over midwicket for a six and then took two off the last ball to secure the title for her team

IND Women INNINGS		R	B
MR Meshram	bowled	59	82
MDT Kamini	caught	10	28
DB Sharma	caught	71	89
V Krishnamurthy	caught wk	31	27
H Kaur	not out	41	41
S Pandey	run out	12	10
DP Vaidya	bowled	0	1
S Verma	bowled	0	1
E Bisht	bowled	6	6
Poonam Yadav	run out	7	15
RS Gayakwad	not out	0	0
EXTRAS	(lb 3, w 5)
TOTAL	245 (9 wkts; 50 ovs)

SA Women BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Ismail	10.0	0	43	1	4.30	(1w)
M Kapp	10.0	0	36	2	3.60
A Khaka	10.0	1	55	2	5.50	(2w)
D van Niekerk	10.0	0	46	1	4.60
S Luus	4.0	0	27	0	6.75
MM Letsoalo	6.0	0	35	1	5.83	(1w)

IND Women 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	MDT Kamini	MR Meshram
2nd	124	MR Meshram	DB Sharma
3rd	4	V Krishnamurthy	MR Meshram
4th	38	H Kaur	V Krishnamurthy
5th	23	H Kaur	S Pandey
6th	1	H Kaur	DP Vaidya
7th	1	H Kaur	S Verma
8th	12	H Kaur	E Bisht
9th	14	H Kaur	Poonam Yadav
10th	8	H Kaur	RS Gayakwad

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Super Sixes
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
IND-W	5	5	0	10	1.981
SA-W	5	4	1	8	0.953
SL-W	5	3	2	6	0.146
PAK-W	5	2	3	4	-0.15
BAN-W	5	1	4	2	-1.127
IRE-W	5	0	5	0	-2.013
Group A
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
IND-W	4	4	0	8	3.245
SL-W	4	3	1	6	0.733
IRE-W	4	2	2	4	-0.53
ZIM-W	4	1	3	2	-1.565
THA-W	4	0	4	0	-1.491
Group B
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SA-W	4	4	0	8	2.168
PAK-W	4	3	1	6	1.725
BAN-W	4	2	2	4	0.074
SCO-W	4	1	3	2	-0.956
PNG-W	4	0	4	0	-2.623