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Ngemuva kokuqala kochungechunge lo mdlalo we-ODI yabesifazane ama-Proteas ne-England aqhubekile nomdlalo wokuqala kwemithathu ye-T20 e-Chelmsford namhlanje ebusuku.
Ngemuva kokuwina i-toss nokukhetha ukuphosa kuqala abasingathi bomdlalo badlale ngokuzimisela okuholele ukuthi uKatherine Brunt akhiphe uLara Goodall nge-over yokuqala ngaphambi kokuthatha ukaputeni uSune Luus kuma-overs amabili.
U-Anneke Bosch ufike ku-18 kuma-delivery angu-21 ngaphambi kokuwela kuSarah Glenn futhi uLaura Wolvaardt ugijime ama-runs angu-100 emzamweni wokusimamisa umkhumbi ocwilayo.
UBosch kanye noWolvaardt ibona kuphela abashayayo abathole amaphuzu amabili kuleli nokho konke okusele kuhambisana nokuphosa kwe-England.
USophie Ecclestone ulande uChloe Tyron noSinalo Jafta kwathi uBrunt wathola uWolvaardt noDelmi Tucker ukuthi baqedele amawikhethi amane futhi kube nguyena umdlali oshaya i-bat ohamba phambili.
Ama-Proteas akwazile ukufinyelela ku-111/9 kuphela ngama-overs angu-20 okwenze abadlali be-England bajabula kakhulu ukubona umphumela.
U-Ayabonga Khaka ukhiphe uDanni Wyatt kusenesikhathi nokho uSophia Dunkley ubenolaka phezu kwe-England washaya u-59 kuma-deliveries angu-39 no-4 abahlanu no-6 abathathu ukuphuca umdlalo kwizivakashi.
UKhaka uthole uBryony Smith kanye noNatalie Sciver futhi bashaya amawikhethi amathathu ancomekayo, nokho ukaputeni uHeather Knight (24 off 18) udlale kahle phakathi nendawo ukuze abuyisele abasingathi bomdlalo kusele ama-overs amahlanu.
Ukunqoba kwe-England ngamawikhethi ayisithupha kushiya elakuleli linomsebenzi okufanele liwenze ngaphambi komdlalo wesibili we-T20 e-Worcester ngoMgqibelo.