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After being served a buffet of T20 cricket, Proteas women’s batter Anneke Bosch is eagerly looking forward to the upcoming ODI Tri-Series in Sri Lanka.
It was another bridge too far for the Proteas Women after they also fell at the final hurdle at the previous T20 World Cup final on home soil against Australia in 2023.
Apart from bringing new interest to the women's game, Sunday's final will also pit the two sides that have played the canniest and most courageous cricket over the competition.
Former captain Dane van Niekerk believes the Proteas Women’s cricket team have the unique opportunity to overcome years of gender inequality if they win South Africa’s first-ever ICC T20 World Cup title in Dubai tomorrow.
The manner of of South Africa’s win was about as emphatic as you get in a T20 International game with the victory by eight wickets with 16 balls to spare.
Set a modest 135 for victory by Australia who had never lost to South Africa in a T20 World Cup match, the Proteas went about their chase with impressive efficiency.
Anneke Bosch produced the innings of a lifetime, as the Proteas Women’s team chased down Australia’s tricky target to qualify for the Women’s ICC T20 World Cup final.
Proteas skipper Laura Wolvaardt called correctly at the toss, and surprisingly decided to let Australia have the first bat on the wicket in the high pressure match.
Proteas skipper Laura Wolvaardt said her charges were left frustrated after being right in the contest against England in their Women’s T20 World Cup clash.
Proteas batter Anneke Bosch says her side will not be underestimating a tricky West Indies outfit in their Women’s T20 World Cup opener in Dubai on Friday.
The defeat to New Zealand on Sunday would have been a severe dent to the Proteas Women’s confidence, especially after they arrived in the UAE from a 2-1 win over Pakistan.
Proteas skipper Laura Wolvaardt explained that the pitches they would likely encounter in the UAE would be much harder and faster, than those on the sub-continent in Bangladesh.
Tazmin Brits led the charge with 116 off 128 balls, including 12 fours, guiding South Africa to 270/6 after 50 overs before rain intervened in the seventh over of Sri Lanka's innings, resulting in a no-result.
The Proteas women’s team will have no option but to be at their best to clinch their three-match T20I series decider against Sri Lanka, in East London, on Wednesday.
The Proteas were left teetering on 67/3 and a mammoth 432 runs behind Australia in the once-off women’s Test at stumps in Perth on Friday.
The win gives Australia a 1-0 lead in the 50-over series and a four-point lead in the multi-format tour.
Anneke Bosch produced a career-high score of 65 off 63 balls unbeaten to help the Proteas Women seal a dominant eight-wicket victory in the second One-Day International against Bangladesh.
Ayanda Hlubi produced impressive figures of 2/15, while skipper Laura Wolvaardt struck an unbeaten 49 to see the Proteas women beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the third and final T20I.
Proteas women’s batter Anneke Bosch says her side will be desperately hoping to produce an improved performance in the second T20I against Bangladesh in Kimberley on Wednesday.
In tomorrow’s T20 World Cup final against the mighty Australians, the Proteas have the opportunity to write their names into the annals of South African cricket history.
Earlier this year, Anneke Bosch experienced the misfortune of suffering a thumb injury on the eve of the team’s departure to the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup.
Another disjointed performance, led to another defeat - the seventh in a row for the Proteas in what has become a nightmare tour to England.
IOL Sport’s Stuart Hess looks at some key areas that defined a very poor multi-format series for the Proteas against England.
Fifties don’t cut it in Test cricket and it wouldn’t have done the Proteas much good, given the state of play when Kapp joined skipper Sune Luus at the crease.
As South Africa reached 284 all out at stumps of the women’s Test against in Taunton on Monday, here are the plays of an intriguing day.