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India Women vs South Africa Women, 2nd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Sri Lanka Womens Tri-Nation Series, 2025 Venue: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Date & Time: Apr 29, 10:00 AM LOCAL

Smriti Mandhana 36(54)

18.3
W
Annerie Dercksen to Mandhana, out Caught by Karabo Meso!! Gets the breakthrough eventually. Slightly unlucky for Smriti, but South Africa aren't complaining. Short and angling down the leg-side, Smriti looks to help it away with a swivel-pull and ends up getting a glove to the right of the keeper. Soon as the debutant Meso took the catch, she was up in her celebratory appeal. Mandhana c Karabo Meso b Annerie Dercksen 36(54) [4s-5]
18.3
Annerie Dercksen to Mandhana, wide, short and angling away wide of off, Smriti looks to slap it on the off-side and gets beaten on the top-edge
18.1
Annerie Dercksen to Mandhana, 1 run, short outside off, Smriti stabs it off the back foot to the right of backward point
17.6
Mlaba to Mandhana, 1 run, short and pitched outside leg, Smriti flicks it to the left of deep backward square leg
17.2
Mlaba to Mandhana, 1 run, slider just outside off, worked away to deep mid-wicket
16.6
de Klerk to Mandhana, no run, advances and drives the pitched up delivery to extra cover
16.5
de Klerk to Mandhana, no run, full and curving in towards off, Smriti drives and picks out mid-off
16.4
de Klerk to Mandhana, no run, good length just outside off, Smriti punches to the left of mid-off
16.3
de Klerk to Mandhana, no run, short of length outside off, Smriti mistimes the punch to the right of cover
15.3
Mlaba to Mandhana, 1 run, direct hit would have been curtains for Smriti Mandhana. She got an inside edge on the flick to the right of the keeper. A bit of yes-no between the duo and thankfully for India, the keeper missed the target by a long way. Smriti wasn't even in the frame...
14.1
de Klerk to Mandhana, 1 run, advances and moves leg-side to punch on the rise to the right of mid-off for a quick single
13.6
Luus to Mandhana, 1 run, jogs down the track and drives along the ground to sweeper cover
13.4
Luus to Mandhana, 1 run, short of length outside off, punched to sweeper cover
13.3
Luus to Mandhana, no run, flatter in trajectory and that's been patted to cover
13.2
Luus to Mandhana, no run, flighted offie, overpitched and Mandhana drives to extra cover
12.4
de Klerk to Mandhana, 1 run, short of length outside off, pulled to deep midwicket
11.3
Luus to Mandhana, 1 run, jogs down to drive this flighted delivery to sweeper cover
11.2
Luus to Mandhana, no run, length ball around off, knocked back to the bowler
10.6
de Klerk to Mandhana, no run, full again, blocked back at the bowler
10.5
de Klerk to Mandhana, no run, full ball, Mandhana drives to extra cover
10.2
de Klerk to Mandhana, 1 run, pad-lined, worked through backward square leg
10.1
de Klerk to Mandhana, no run, length ball from over the wicket, driven back to de Klerk
9.1
Luus to Mandhana, 1 run, short of length, a lazy flick to deep midwicket off the back foot follows
8.5
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, 1 run, leg-lined length ball, turned to square leg
8.4
4
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, FOUR, back of a length outside off, Mandhana stands tall and cuts past the diving cover fielder. The ball has the legs to run away to the fence
7.5
Luus to Mandhana, 1 run, skids off the deck and keeps a shade low, Mandhana forces it to sweeper cover
7.4
4
Luus to Mandhana, FOUR, Mandhana shimmies down the pitch and just pushes this flighted to the left of a diving extra cover. Mid-off gives the chase but the ball wins the race. Superb timing from Mandhana!
7.3
Luus to Mandhana, no run, length ball on middle, blunted into the leg-side
7.2
4
Luus to Mandhana, FOUR, non-turning length ball on middle, Mandhana shuffles across and flicks it away to fine leg. Had she not made contact, Mandhana would have been a goner
7.1
Luus to Mandhana, no run, in-drifter from round the wicket, Mandhana defends
5.6
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, no run, very full outside off, Mandhana leans forward to drive and inside-edges back towards the bowler. Maiden over
5.5
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, no run, short ball, Mandhana is early into her swivel pull and misses it completely
5.4
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, no run, full on off, driven to mid-off
5.3
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, no run, Mandhana stays back to a fairly fullish delivery. Mandhana brings her bat down at an angle and gets an inside edge onto her pad
5.2
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, no run, stays back and punches this length ball towards the mid-off region
5.1
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, no run, back of a length, Mandhana defends it to mid-on
4.4
Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, 1 run, leans forward to drive this full delivery to sweeper cover
4.2
Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, 1 run, fullish on off, eased through the covers off the front foot
4.1
Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, no run, pitched up, Mandhana shuffles and drives to mid-off
3.5
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, 1 run, short ball, Mandhana swivels and pulls well through square leg. There's protection in the deep
3.4
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, no run, full outside off, driven straight to extra cover
3.3
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, no run, Klaas pulls her length back by a fraction, chopped to backward point
3.2
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, no run, fuller than a length, Mandhana drives straight to cover
2.6
Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, no run, away-angling length ball wide of off, Mandhana leaves it alone
2.5
Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, no run, outswinger, Mandhana pushes with hard hands, the outside edge goes towards backward point
2.4
Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, no run, very full, Mandhana drives but can't find the gap through extra cover
2.3
4
Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, FOUR, pad-lined, Mandhana is late on the flick, gets an inside edge that brushes the pad and beats the diving keeper to her right
2.2
4
Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, FOUR, Mandhana gets off the mark with a boundary! Pitched up ball, Mandhana gets forward and opens the bat-face steer-drive it with the swing between short third man and backward point
1.6
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, no run, length ball on off, driven to extra cover
1.5
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, no run, full on leg, hint of swing towards middle, Mandhana watchfully defends back to the bowler
1.4
Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, no run, short of length, punched to extra cover
0.6
Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, no run, full ball, gentle inswing, Mandhana knocks it to mid-on
0.5
Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, no run, fuller and wider, Mandhana shoulders arms
0.4
Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, no run, pitched up ball, pushed to mid-off
0.3
Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, no run, full on leg, clipped to midwicket
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