Laura Wolvaardt's Women T20I hundred sets up pounding South Africa win

Laura Wolvaardt struck her first T20I century as South Africa racked up their second-highest total in the format to start their series against Sri Lanka in emphatic fashion. They won the opening fixture of the three-match series by 79 runs, after posting 198 for 5 and bowling Sri Lanka out for 119 in the first meeting between these two sides since the last T20 World Cup. On that event, South Africa lost to Sri Lanka in the competition opener however proceeded to arrive at the last, and from that point forward, the groups have confronted differentiating fortunes. South Africa have played ten finished T20Is and lost seven; Sri Lanka have played 12 matches and won seven. In any case, late structure counted for no good reason when Sri Lanka sent South Africa in to bat on a level Benoni pitch. Tazmin Brits was excused in the third finished and Marizanne Kapp sent in to No.3, and capitalized on the chance for additional time in the center. Wolvaardt and Kapp shared a second-wicket stand of 116. Kapp kept her fourth 50 years in the organization in an innings bound with cut shots yet it was Wolvaardt who became the dominant focal point, with 12 fours and three sixes, including a stunning hit over additional cover. She arrived at fifty off 39 balls and a hundred off 61 to wrap up with a strike pace of 161.90 - well over her vocation strike pace of simply over 111.18. The main genuine frustration from the South African innings was the run-out of Sune Luus, who was playing in her 115th T20I - the most by any South African - however had an excursion to neglect. Luus left the field in the second over of Sri Lanka's innings after she dug her knee into the turf while pursuing a ball to the limit. She returned in the fifth over. Sri Lanka utilized six bowlers, all costly, and Achini Kulasuriya was the best. Her 2 for 39 incorporated the wickets of Wolvaardt and Kapp, comfort for an unfortunate handling exertion. Both Wolvaardt and Kapp were dropped in their innings - Wolvaardt during the 60s and Kapp during the 20s, and they made Sri Lanka pay. Sri Lanka have never scored over 182 in a T20I, not to mention pursue that much and they experienced a gigantic early difficulty as they started their errand. Kapp had Chamari Athapaththu gotten behind off the last chunk of the opening over, with a conveyance that molded away and took the edge. Kapp bowled just two overs as Wolvaardt shared the responsibility around one or the other side of a downpour break. Sri Lanka's innings was intruded on after seven overs, with their score on 48 for 2, however no overs were lost. On resumption, they required 151 runs in 13 overs and just Harshita Samarawickrama and Hasini Perera, who scored 38 and 30 separately, and put on 44 runs for the third wicket allowed them any opportunity. Sri Lanka were bowled out inside 19 overs to give South Africa a series lead.