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AmaProteas anqobe usuku lokuqala lwe-test yawo eyodwa bedlala ne-England e-Taunton njengoba uMarizanne Kapp esize abesifazane bakuleli ukuthi balwe kulo mdlalo obunzima.
Abesifazane base-England bawine i-toss bakhethwa ukuthi baphose ibhola emdlalweni we-test wezinsuku ezine, kwabesifazane abayisishiyagalolunye kuma-Proteas abanikezwe thuba lokushaya i-bat okokuqala.
Abasingathi bomdlalo wekhilikithi baqale kahle ngebhola njengoba uKate Cross elande u-Andrie Steyn nge-over yesihlanu yosuku. ULaura Wolvaardt noLara Goodall balandela ngemuva nje kwalokho u-Isabelle Wong no-Natalie Sciver balandela.
Ama-Proteas abukeke engaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu njengoba ebeku-89/5 kodwa uKapp uqhamuke nezinye izinhlelo.
ULizelle Lee ukhishwe ngaphandle kokushaya igoli. Njengomunye umdlali oseqenjini ngaphandle kukaLee owake wadlala ikhilikithi yokuhlola phambilini uKapp usize elakuleli ukuthi lishaye u-150 emabholeni angu-213.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-32 ubudala ushaye imingcele engu-26 ngaphambi kokuthi akhishwe ezigabeni zokugcina zokudlala. BekunguLauren Bell omkhiphile, ngaphambi kokuthi uCross avale ama-innings kuma-overs ambalwa kamuva ebholeni lokugcina losuku.
Ama-Proteas azojabula ukuthola ama-runs angu-284 ebhodini, okuwumphumela othembisayo uma kubhekwa ukuthi bebekuphi ngesikhathi sesidlo sasemini.
I-England izophuma ihole abashaya ibhola kusasa kanti nenkundla isabukeka iyinhle kubadlali abazoshaya ibhola.