2 hours ago T20 World Cup, Group 1, Edgbaston
Australia 172-8 (20 overs): Litchfield 50 (24), Perry 36 (26); Mlaba 2-22
South Africa 107 (16.4 overs): Wolvaardt 44 (39); Wareham 3-13
Australia won by 65 runs
Australia opened their T20 World Cup run with a important 65-run triumph implicit chap contenders South Africa to laic down an aboriginal marker successful Group One.
With 50-over champions India besides successful this pool, making a pugnacious conflict for the 2 semi-final spots likely, Australia struck an aboriginal stroke by warring to 172-8 and confidently defending the total.
They removed Sune Luus, Annerie Dercksen and Nadine de Klerk successful the archetypal 7 overs and applied the compression arsenic Laura Wolvaardt attempted a rebuild with Marizanne Kapp.
Australia had dropped De Klerk successful the powerplay but 2 interventions successful the tract from Georgia Wareham, who besides took 3-13 and contributed an important 32, proved decisive.
She ran retired the unsafe all-rounder Kapp for 12 with an close propulsion from the heavy and past took a astute debased drawback astatine screen to spot disconnected Wolvaardt for 44.
Afterwards, Australia clinically knocked implicit the little bid to disregard the Proteas, who person reached the past 3 satellite finals crossed formats, for 107
Australia, successful their archetypal tourney nether caller skipper Sophie Molineux, were beneath their champion with the bat, losing regular wickets, but their awesome extent meant they inactive posted a investigating score.
Wareham's sound came aft 50 from Phoebe Litchfield. Ellyse Perry besides contributed 36.
South Africa whitethorn present person to bushed India erstwhile the sides conscionable connected Sunday, 21 June connected the aforesaid ground.
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