Castled! Another series win for Australia, as per routine. Bowls it on a length on middle and leg, Hlubi pushes at it in front of the body to defend. But the ball swings away just a bit to make a mess of the stumps
AUS Women vs SA Women, 3rd ODI at Sydney, AUS v SA [W], Feb 10 2024 - Match Result
9:53pm Australia cannot lose the multi-format series, thanks to an unassailable 8-4 lead. A clinical performance yet again. King hastened South Africa's end after the rain break and she was almost on a hat-trick. McGrath showed her wares with the ball and the tourists found no escape route. This was after Healy and Mooney scored fantastic fifties to set up a tall total.
Tahlia McGrath, Player of the Match: "To bounce back from the other end, really happy to finish the job. We have been scratching our brains how to get Kapp out, and it was a half-tracker! We are looking for the Test, WACA is a beautiful place to play."
Laura Wolvaardt, South Africa captain: "Decent first half of the game, but lost a lot of wickets in the powerplay. We had an awesome opportunity to do something special, but did not well with the bat."
Alyssa Healy, Australia captain: "We played well, that was a good bounce back. It was not easy. There is smile on my face now, earlier there was a grimace. The wicket was conducive to seam the whole game. We are excited to get to WACA. Been a while. Haven't played South Africa in a Test. Ample to choose from, tough couple of days. Both teams are going there to win the Test, we don't want a draw."
Australia take the ODI series 2-1, like they did the T20Is. The one-off Test match is at the WACA next week. Do join us for the coverage. Hope you enjoyed it today. Keep an eye out for Gnasher's report and reactions. Till the next time, on behalf of Venkat and Ashish, I bid you goodbye! Ciao aficionados!
Full and just outside off, 103.6kph, drives but misses
Length ball outside off, driven to deep cover
Garth back on
Flatter and on a length on the stumps, defended from the back foot
Floated full outside off, Marx plays the slog sweep down to long-on
Very full on middle, dug out to the on side
Finds the gap. Backs away to give herself some room. Gets a length ball around off that turns away. Slaps it between cover and backward point
Goes back and slaps the away-spinning ball to point
Tossed up full on off, driven to cover
McGrath takes evasive action as Hlubi belts it straight back. Slower one, full on length, she clears her front leg and goes wham!
Length ball around off and middle, hits high on her bat as she looks to defend
Kiran Thapa: "4 wickets in six balls what a turn around by aussies"
Back of a length outside off, slapped to sweeper cover
On a length on off, defended towards cover
Full and outside off, goes for the drive but is beaten on the outside edge
Fuller on middle and leg, defended towards mid-on
Jack: "Well, this escalated quite quickly!"
Quicker and on a length, 84.5kph, just spinning away past the outside edge. Not too far from off stump
Suds is back
Take the top of off first ball! She gets the ball to pitch on middle and turns it past Klaas' outside edge. She does not cover the line and sees the off bail take a beating.
Klaas comes in now
Top catch by Litchfield and that's that for Jafta. Flatter outside off, she backs away again and completely mistimes her attempted loft. Litchfield dives forward and holds on as King picks her fourth wicket of the night
Ooh, some bounce again past Jafta's outside edge. That pitched on off, and beat Jafta who had no clue
Pushed quicker on off stump, she bunts it to cover
Jafta comes in with the required rate 12.40!
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North Sydney Oval, Sydney | |
Toss | Australia Women, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2023/24 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | Australia Women won the 3-match series 2-1 |
Match number | WODI no. 1365 |
Match days | 10 February 2024 - daynight (50-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Australia Women 2, South Africa Women 0 |