KARACHI: Sune Luus and Marizanne Kapp’s brilliant centuries, followed by a combined bowling effort led South Africa to a thumping 127-run victory over Pakistan in the first PAKW vs SAW ODI.
Set to chase 293, Pakistan Women’s batting lineup failed completely and could raise 165 before being bundled out in the 37th over despite Aliya Riaz’s gutsy 49.
The hosts, after getting off to a poor start, lost wickets at regular intervals and were eventually dismissed for a meagre total to hand a convincing victory to South Africa.
All-rounder Aliya Riaz waged a lone battle for the home side with an unbeaten 49 in 58 deliveries, hitting six boundaries.
After Aliya, the next top contributors for Pakistan were Muneeba Ali (20) and Sidra Ameen (19).
Nadine de Klerk and Nonkululeko Mlaba led the bowling attack for South Africa with three wickets each while Ayabonga Khaka and Delmi Tucker struck out a batter each.
Opting to bat first, South Africa piled up a massive total of 292/4 at the back of Luus and Kapp’s centuries.
Earlier, the openers provided a flying start as they charged on the Pakistan bowlers early on before both perished in successive overs to leave South Africa reeling at 40/2 in the fifth over.
In-form openers Tazmin Brits and Laura Wolvaardt could make meagre contributions in the first PAKW vs SAW ODI, scoring 17 each.
Coming out to bat at number three Lara Goodall attempted to anchor the innings with a cautious 24-run partnership with Luus but failed to stretch the stand as she fell victim to Aliya Riaz in the 10th over.
With the side having slipped to 64/3, veteran all-rounder Marizanne Kapp joined Sune Luus in the middle and launched an astounding recovery.
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Luus and Kapp dominated Pakistan bowlers on their way to a massive fourth-wicket partnership, adding 183 runs to the total.
Pakistan then finally got a much-needed breakthrough in the 44th over when Nashra Sandhu removed Kapp, soon after the latter amassed her century.
Marizanne Kapp scored 100 off 105 deliveries, laced up with 12 boundaries and a six.
Following Kapp’s dismissal, Luus joined forces with Nadine de Klerk and put together an unbeaten 45-run partnership to guide South Africa to 292/4, notching up her century in the process.
Sune Luus top-scored for South Africa in the first PAKW vs SAW ODI with 107 in 129 balls with the help of seven boundaries.
Nashra Sandhu led the bowling attack of Pakistan Women with 2/50 in her 10 overs while Umm-e-Hani and Aliya Riaz made one scalp each.
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