Published: Feb 21, 2017, 08:29 AM (IST)
Edited: Feb 21, 2017, 05:35 PM (IST)
Good Morning, शà¥à¤ पà¥à¤°à¤à¤¾à¤¤! Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of Final of the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2017. We will bring to you all the live updates and scores from the match. India and South Africa play in the coveted final, after having already qualified for the main tournament in England. India, are currently one-up against South Africa, having beaten them in Super Six tie. India Women and South Africa Women were a steps ahead of other sides in the 10-team tournament that not only took the top four outfits to the ICC Women’s World Cup but also earned them a place in the ICC Women’s Championship.
India is the only unbeaten team in the tournament while South Africa’s only loss was against Mithali Raj-led side. South Africa had defeated India in a practice match but the latter prevailed over them winning by 49 runs in the Super Six game. India defended a total of 205 with ease at the P Sara Oval, which is also the venue for the final. Mithali, heads the list of top run-scorers with 207 runs.
India is the only unbeaten team in the tournament while South Africa’s only loss was against Mithali Raj-led side. South Africa had defeated India in a practice match but the latter prevailed over them winning by 49 runs in the Super Six game. India defended a total of 205 with ease at the P Sara Oval, which is also the venue for the final.
Mithali added, “Our bowling looks good, especially the spin attack. But in batting our concern is the opening partnership, especially in the first 10 overs — whether we bat or field, we need a good start from the openers…it is also imperative that the middle-order batters be among the runs.â€
Mithali, also heads the list of top run-scorers with 207 runs.Â
Teams:
India: Mithali Raj (captain), Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Mansi Joshi, Harmanpreet Kaur, MD Thirush Kamini, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mona Meshram, Shikha Pandey, Deepti Sharma, Sushma Verma, Devika Vaidya, Poonam Yadav, Soni Yadav.
South Africa: Dane van Niekerk (captain), Trisha Chetty, Moseline Daniels, Yolani Fourie, Lara Goodall, Shabnim Ismail, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Marcia Letsoalo, Lizelle Lee, Sunne Luus, Mignon du Preez, Chloe Tyron, Laura Wolvaardt.
