Lizelle Lee's unbeaten 91 places South Africa 1-0 up

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South Africa’s disciplined bowling efficiency helped bowl West Indies out for 153

South Africa 157 for two (Lee 91*, Joseph 1-26) beat West Indies 153 all out (Knight 39, van Niekerk 2-23, Khaka 2-17) by way of 8 wickets

Opening batter Lizelle Lee persisted her high quality run of shape with an unbeaten 91 to assist South Africa cruise to a comfy eight-wicket win with greater than 10 overs to spare towards West Indies within the opening girls’s ODI in Coolidge.

Chasing 154 for victory, Lee and Laura Wolvaardt (36 off 65 balls) placed on an 88-run opening partnership to position South Africa heading in the right direction. Even supposing West Indies picked up two wickets within the area of 9 balls, Lee and captain Dane van Niekerk (17* off 40 balls) controlled the remainder of the chase expertly with an unbeaten 68-run stand for the 3rd wicket. Lee hit 10 fours and a six en path to her 91, which marked her twenty first ODI half-century. She had come into the ODIs at the again of a robust T20I sequence by which she scored 114 runs in 3 fits.

A disciplined bowling efficiency from the outset from South Africa’s bowlers set the tone for the fit. South Africa picked up two wickets within the first 10 overs and conceded simply 12 runs sooner than Deandra Dottin and Britney Cooper salvaged the innings with a 58-run partnership.

After Dottin used to be brushed aside for a quickfire 38, off 36 balls, West Indies had been not able to position in combination considerable partnerships. Wicketkeeper Kycia Knight top-scored for the hosts with a affected person 39. 3 bowlers – Ayabonga Khaka, van Niekerk and Tumi Sekhukhune – picked up two wickets apiece to assist bowl West Indies out for 153 within the forty seventh over.

“It used to be in reality sizzling nowadays and a little bit bit tough and also you needed to dig deep,” Dottin stated after the fit. “We did not play our perfect nowadays with our batting. I simply suppose that the highest order, no less than one must have batted thru, we had been wanting partnerships as smartly. We wish to return to the strategy planning stage and get a hold of techniques to attain 200 which I do know we be capable to do.”

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