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Laura Wolvaardt and Lizille Lee guide Protea women to commanding win over India
The Proteas Women’s team’s tour of India got off to a breathtaking start on Sunday with Sune Luus’s side completing a crushing eight-wicket win in the first ODI in Lucknow.Laura Wolvaardt and Lizille Lee’s record opening partnership of 169 ensured the visitors’ chased down the paltry target of 178 with 59 balls to spare.
Wolvaardt engineered a smart 80 off 110 balls with 12 boundaries before she was harshly adjuded LBW off Jhulan Goswami (2/38), while Lee stroked a powerful 83 off 102 balls (11×4, 1×6).
In the process, Wolvaardt became the youngest South African Women’s batter to pass 2000 ODI runs.
The Cape Cobras are banking on talented rookies to fire in the Momentum One-Day Cup
CAPE TOWN – Sometimes hitting rock bottom allows for the script to be torn up and a new positive culture to be developed.
This clearly what the Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras, who have not won a game all season in the 4-Day Domestic Series, are hoping for as they spread their net far and wide in the hope of discovering some unpolished gems ahead of their Group B Momentum One-Day Cup opener against the Highveld Lions in Potchefstroom on Friday.