South Africa Women v England Academy Women - 1st unofficial T20I – Live Cricket Score and Update
England Academy Women 114/6 (20/20) v South Africa Women 117 (17.2/20 ov) - South Africa Women won by 9 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
In the series of three unofficial T20 Internationals matches, hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 won the first match against England Academy Women by nine wickets with 17 deliveries remaining on Friday, April 20, at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom.
After being bulldozed in the one-day series, the T20 tournament is http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s last hope to seek glory, however, their start is not impressive and now they would have to give an extraordinary performance in the remaining two matches to prevail in order to take back home something positive from the tour of South Africa.
England chose to bat after they won the toss, but were put under pressure soon on losing their first wicket with only four runs on the board as opener Natalie Sciver lost her wicket after scoring just a run.
Danni Wyatt and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamsin-Tilley-Beaumont-c92692 then brought some stability in the middle as they halted the bowlers from making further inroads, but the resistance was short-lived as with 33 runs on the board, England had to bear the demise of Beaumont when she walked back to the pavilion after crafting an innings of 18 runs.
Next to leave the field was, Fran Wilson, who failed to trouble the scorers as she lost her wicket without scoring a run.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Caroline-Mary-Ghislaine-Atkins-c49296, was just not herself today as she could muster only five runs before her demise, leaving the side standing on 43 runs.
It was then downhill for England, as they lost a couple of more wickets, giving South Africa more and more confidence.
It was then the late heroics from Alice MacLeod (33) and Amy http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jones-c69217 (27) that helped England pile 114 runs for the loss of six wickets by the end of their innings.
Coming out to chase, Proteas openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trisha-Chetty-c94414 once again proved just too good for their opponents as they ripped the bowling attack piece by piece and posted a staggering opening stand of 63 runs before Fritz was dismissed after scoring 37 runs.
With Fritz gone, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Susanna-Maria-Benade-c92039 tagged alongside Chetty to steer the side to victory as both sportswomen stayed unbeaten on 24 and 38 runs.
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