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INingizimu Afrika ithole indawo yesibili ngamaphuzu ahamba phambili emlandweni we-ICC Women’s World Cup e-Christchurch ngeSonto ekuseni.
I-India ibidinga ukuwina ukuze ingene kwabane bokugcina njengoba ama-Proteas evele esesigabeni sowandulela owamanqamu.
I-India ikhethe ukushaya kuqala futhi iqale kahle ngokuvula kahle indawo ngoSmriti Mandhana noShefali Verma, abathole isigamu sama-runs ayikhulu.
Ukaputeni uMithali Raj (68) noHarmanpreet Kaur (48) badlale ngokuzimisela kamuva bathola ama-overs enze i-India yafinyelela ku-274/7. Imiphumela ibingaba ngaphezu kuka-300 ukube bekungekhona ukuphosa kwabadlali bama-Proteas uShabnim Ismail (ngo-2/42) noMasabata Klaas (ngo-2/38).
Ama-Proteas alahlekelwe nguLizelle Lee ngaphambi kwesikhathi kwi-run out, kodwa umdlalo uqiniswe ukubambisana okuhle phakathi kukaLaura Wolvaardt (80) noLara Goodall (49).
Umdlali ovelele kulo mdlalo uMignon du Preez ungene ngemuva kokuthi kukhishwe abathathu futhi akazange aphume kuze kwaba sekupheleni komdlalo ukuze abuyisele iNingizimu Afrika ekhaya.
Bekuzoba izindaba ezihluke kakhulu ukube ukushawa kwebhola kokugcina kubaliwe.
UDu Preez uphakamise ibhola elide ezama ukuvala ama-runs amathathu abedingeka kuma-deliveries amabili futhi wabanjwa ngesikhathi i-India ibungaza.
UDeepti Sharma uye wajeziselwa ukuthi weqe umugqa wokugcina futhi udu Preez ugcine eseshaye umugqa ebholeni lokugcina ukuze alinqobe.
“Kusho lukhulu. Kube ngamasonto anzima njengoba bengingafakanga isandla ngendlela ebengingathanda ngayo. Ukukwenza ngesikhathi okubaluleke ngaso kakhulu, ukuthola umfutho ngize ngifinyelele kuma-semi final ngizowuthatha noma nini ngesonto,” kusho udu Preez ngemuva komdlalo.
INingizimu Afrika izodlala nompetha abavikela isococo i-England emdlalweni wabo wokugcina wesine ngoLwesine ngemuva kokuthi i-Australia ne-West Indies bebhekane emdlalweni wokuqala wama-semi-final ngoLwesithathu.
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