Tazmin Brits smashes century; Mlaba spins NZ out – SA dominate Women’s World Cup clash

South Africa secured a commanding six-wicket triumph against reigning T20I champions New Zealand successful the Women's ODI World Cup astatine Indore connected Monday. Tazmin Brits' spectacular century, her 4th successful 5 matches, and Nonkululeko Mlaba's four-wicket haul led South Africa to successfully pursuit down New Zealand's full of 231 runs successful 40.5 overs.The South African squad displayed a implicit turnaround from their erstwhile lucifer against England, wherever they were dismissed for conscionable 69 runs. Their bowling unit, spearheaded by left-arm spinner Mlaba who claimed 4/40, restricted New Zealand to 231 runs successful 47.5 overs.Mlaba proved to beryllium the game-changer, causing a middle-order illness by taking important wickets of New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine and Brooke Halliday.

She besides contributed with a run-out, ensuring the White Ferns couldn't scope 250.Brits dominated the pursuit with an awesome 101 runs disconnected 89 balls, including 15 fours and 1 six. This marked her seventh ODI period and archetypal successful a World Cup tournament.Sune Luus provided coagulated enactment with an unbeaten 81 runs from 114 balls, featuring 9 fours and a six. The concern helped South Africa implicit the pursuit with 55 balls remaining.

This triumph has importantly improved South Africa's presumption successful the tourney standings. They moved from the bottommost to 5th place, improving their Net Run Rate from -3.773 to -1.424.New Zealand, the 2000 World Cup champions, present find themselves astatine the bottommost of the standings pursuing their 2nd nonaccomplishment successful the tournament. Their adjacent lucifer is against Bangladesh successful Guwahati connected October 10.Brits and Luus established a grounds concern of 159 runs for the 3rd wicket, marking South Africa's highest concern successful Women's World Cup history. The basal came disconnected 170 balls and proved important successful their recovery.Brits showcased exceptional signifier passim her innings, reaching her 50 successful conscionable 44 balls - her fastest successful ODI cricket. She celebrated her period with a symbolic bow-and-arrow motion toward her teammates.The right-handed opener displayed assertive intent from the start, targeting New Zealand's new-ball bowlers Lea Tahuhu and Jess Kerr. She peculiarly dominated Amelia Kerr, scoring 19 runs successful 2 overs.Luus complemented Brits perfectly, rotating the onslaught efficaciously and occasionally displaying assertive shots, including a six implicit long-on disconnected Amelia Kerr.In New Zealand's innings, Sophie Devine, playing her 300th planetary match, scored a composed 85 runs disconnected 98 balls with 9 boundaries. She reached her 17th ODI 50 successful 65 balls, providing stableness to the innings contempt regular autumn of wickets.Mlaba's impactful 2nd spell of 5-0-18-4 proved decisive successful restricting New Zealand's total. She archetypal dismissed Brooke Halliday, who had scored 45 runs disconnected 37 balls with six fours and had built an 86-run concern with Devine.The lucifer began with a setback for New Zealand arsenic seasoned Suzie Bates, appearing successful her 350th planetary match, was dismissed for a aureate duck connected the archetypal ball.South Africa's adjacent situation is against tourney hosts and favorites India successful Visakhapatnam connected October 9, portion New Zealand volition look to bounce backmost successful their upcoming lucifer against Bangladesh.