{"id":74754,"date":"2024-10-14T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/nervous-wait-for-wolvaardts-proteas"},"modified":"2024-10-14T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T17:32:00","slug":"nervous-wait-for-wolvaardts-proteas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/nervous-wait-for-wolvaardts-proteas","title":{"rendered":"Nervous wait for Wolvaardt’s Proteas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa achieved one of the two goals in the last Group B game against Bangladesh in Dubai on Saturday \u2014 winning.<\/p>\n

The second \u2014 doing so by a large enough margin \u2014 didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n

There were 16 balls left when Marizane Kapp struck the winning single, but the looks on the faces of her teammates told its own story. The seven-wicket win \u2014 wasn\u2019t as dominant as they would have liked.<\/p>\n

In fact, having come into the match with a net run rate of 1.53, the Proteas saw that figure drop to 1.38.<\/p>\n

The outcome leaves the Proteas atop Group B, but England should overtake them on Sunday, by beating minnows Scotland in Sharjah. Then it will be Tuesday\u2019s last Group game, between the West Indies and England, which will have South Africa’s full attention.<\/p>\n

A win there for the West Indies, will mean, the Proteas will have to pack their bags.<\/p>\n

That would rank this T20 World Cup as a failure for Laura Wolvaardt\u2019s team. The captain had stated that the semifinal was the minimum target for her side, which reached the final in the last tournament 18 months ago.<\/p>\n

The performance on Saturday was scratchy, both with bat and ball, partly because the surface at the Dubai International Stadium didn\u2019t allow for shotmaking. The total boundaries for the match was just 17, with South Africa scoring nine of those, and spin was especially difficult to score against.<\/p>\n

Given that was the case, Wolvaardt\u2019s decision to use so much seam bowling, was perplexing. The Proteas bowled 12 overs of seam and though Marizanne Kapp again delivered a typically miserly performance, taking 1\/10 in her four overs, the rest of the seam bowling wasn\u2019t as tight.<\/p>\n

Ayabonga Khaka and Nadine de Klerk conceded a combined 53 runs from seven overs, with both struggling to control the swing ball.<\/p>\n

The other issue was the number of extras. Having conceded eight wides in their previous outing against Scotland, on Saturday they coughed up 11 against the Bangladeshis, who made 106\/3. That lack of discipline also played its part in the net run rate slump. Chloe Tryon bowling four wides as a spinner was especially egregious.<\/p>\n

Wolvaardt described the number of extras as \u201cconcerning\u201d and should the Proteas reach the semifinal it is an area they will need to clean up.<\/p>\n

Once more the left-arm spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba impressed, not only keeping a rein on the scoring, but picking up another wicket, to raise a tournament-leading tally to nine.<\/p>\n

The run chase was a struggle. The Proteas certainly showed a willingness to be aggressive, but the nature of the pitch and the smart tactics of Bangladesh made batting hard.<\/p>\n

Wolvaardt herself was stumped, charging at the leg-spin of Fahima Khatun, but the rest of the innings made for frustrating viewing as Tazmin Brits and Anneke Bosch consistently hit the field during their second wicket partnership of 53.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very difficult wicket to bat on,\u201d said Brits, who was named player of the match for innings of 42. \u201cThey bowled so slowly, which was the right thing to do on that pitch, and I just kept hitting it to fielders.\u201d<\/p>\n

That it took her 41 balls to reach that score, underlines just how much she struggled, while Bosch took 25 balls to make the same score.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would have liked to have chased that quicker and that was the message that was going out there to the batters, but we didn\u2019t get there. But the win was the main thing,\u201d Wolvaardt remarked.<\/p>\n

She added that she was a nervous watcher. \u201cNow we wait for the other results, hopefully we\u2019ve done enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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