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White Ferns: Amelia Kerr, Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Maddy Green, Georgia Plimmer, Brooke Halliday, Hannah Rowe, Isabella Gaze, Lea Tahuhu, Jess Kerr, Eden Carson South Africa: Laura Wolvaardt, Tazmin Brits, Lara Goodall, Sune Luus, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon, Sinalo Jafta, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Nonkulueko Mlaba
South Africa have won the first ODI against New Zealand by four wickets. Amelia Kerr opened the batting for Aotearoa whilst Hannah Rowe and Brooke Halliday contributed with the bat. Chloe Tryon and Nadine de Klerk were classy enough to get the hosts home.
Kerr and Suzie Bates opened for Aotearoa, but the partnership between the pair did not last long as Bates was run out for one by Tazmin Brits. Captain Sophie Devine joined Kerr at the crease, but the White Ferns lost her for 5. With the score sitting at 13/2 after 6 overs the Kiwis needed someone to come to the crease and form a partnership with Kerr.
The wickets kept falling with de Klerk and Klaas dismissing Green for 5 and Kerr for 22 respectively. The visitors were now in a spot of bother at 38/4, with the highest partnership of the day being 13. Youngster Georgia Plimmer and former Northern Districts captain Brooke Halliday went about trying to get Aotearoa’s innings back on track. Plimmer scored a boundary second ball, which would hopefully be the sign of intent that New Zealand needed. When it looked like the pair were knuckling down and getting going, Plimmer fell for 12, LBW by Ayabonga Khaka.
With their side in a spot of bother at 55/5, Halliday and Hannah Rowe were going to need to form a substantial partnership soon, otherwise South Africa would be chasing a very low total. Boundaries were hard to find for the White Ferns, with the pair doing a lot of running between the wickets early on. 100 runs was finally brought up in the 32nd over, with Rowe taking to get the side there. The 50 run stand between Rowe and Halliday was also made in the same over. With 18 overs left in their innings, the Kiwis were going to need to accelerate soon. Both Rowe and Halliday started scoring a bit more freely with Nonkulueko Mlaba, Khaka and Marizanne Kapp all being taken for big overs of 10+. Halliday made her 50 from 70 balls and Rowe made hers in 67. Unluckily for Rowe she lost her wicket only 2 runs later for 52 from 72, bowled by Klaas. Halliday was joined by wicketkeeper Izzy Gaze who contributed well with the bat, scoring a few boundaries in her knock. The White Ferns lost the wicket of Halliday for 76 from 92 balls, caught by Chloe Tryon off the bowling of Nadine de Klerk.
Some latting hitting in the last two overs by Jess Kerr and Gaze took Aotearoa to 235/8 from their 50 overs. Halliday made 76 and Rowe made 52. Klaas took 3 wickets and de Klerk got 2.
South African captain Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits opened the batting. Like the White Ferns, they lost a few early wickets. Brits was the first to go, bowled by Jess Kerr in the first over. Laura Goodall was the next to go in the fifth over for 2. South Africa were now sitting on 17/2 and it was starting to look a tad like the White Ferns start. When Sune Luus fell for 42 in the 12th over, the White Ferns would have thought that maybe they could defend the total.
Wolvaardt and Kapp were looking like they’d be tasked with doing the same role that Halliday and Rowe had for Aoteaora but Kapp fell nearly halfway through the innings and the score now reading 90/4 after 23 overs. de Klerk and Wolvaardt kept the score ticking over for the hosts, until once again another wicket was taken by Rowe. Wolvaardt departed for 50 from 75 balls.
The partnership between de Klerk and Chloe Tryon would be key to whether South Africa would be chasing the target down or not. Still requiring a further 126 from 21 overs it would be no easy ride for the hosts. The bowlers seemed to be keeping it tight and South Africa were also not taking too many risks. Once the pair were settled at the crease, they did start to score freely, taking boundaries of a lot of the overs, which at the same time got them closer and closer to the target.
With 10 overs left and 57 runs required, de Klerk and Tryon were tracking well to bring their side home. de Klerk had made her 50 from 67 balls and Tryon in 46. A 17 run over for South Africa off Eden Carson’s bowling showed the intent that they had and the power to bring them home. With the ability to only need to score 5 runs an over, Tryon and de Klerk did just that. Tahuhu was taken to the fence for a couple of boundaries in the 46th over, and South Africa were looking like they’d make the target with a couple of overs to go. They did just that, but Tryon did lose her wicket with the scores level as she was bowled by Sophie Devine. de Klerk hit the winning runs and South Africa took the first ODI by four wickets.
de Klerk was named Player of the Match for her 58 runs and 2/34 with the ball. Tryon top-scored with 71 for South Africa. Jess Kerr and Hannah Rowe both took two wickets.
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