Published: May 07, 2017, 01:25 PM (IST)
Edited: May 07, 2017, 06:18 PM (IST)
Good Afternoon/Morning, नमस्कार, Goeie middag & Tráthnóna maith! Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog of the Women’s Quadrangular series 2017. There will be two matches played in the tournament today, with India Women taking on Ireland Women at North-West University No1 Ground, Potchefstroom in first match of the day and South Africa Women facing Zimbabwe Women at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom in the other match. India Women are in a very good form currently and had beaten Zimbabwe Women in the warm-up game convincingly. South Africa Women will be the favourites of the other match as they defeated Ireland Women with ease in their warm-up game and are in a good form as well. FULL CRICKET UPDATES: Women’s Quadrangular series 2017, IND vs ZIM, SA vs IRE: IND, SA win
This quadrangular series is a good way to prepare for the umcoming ICC Women’s World Cup, which begins towards the end of June. India and South Africa will begin that tournament as prime contenders, but cannot afford to take other teams lightly. However, the team winning this turnament will have the psychological edge in the World Cup. Mithali Raj-led India will look to win today’s match and march on to the rest of the tournament with a positive frame of mind.
Squads:
India Women: Mithali Raj (c), Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sushma Verma (wk), Jhulan Goswami, Mansi Joshi, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mona Meshram, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Nuzhat Parween, Poonam Raut, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya.
Zimbabwe Women: Tasmeen Granger, Precious Marange, Sharne Mayers (c), Chipo Mugeri, Chiedza Dhururu (wk), Esther Mbofana, Josephine Nkomo, Pellagia Mujaji, Modester Mupachikwa, Nomatter Mutasa, Loren Tshuma, Nomvelo Sibanda, Mary-Anne Musonda, Anesu Mushangwe, Audrey Mazvishaya.
South Africa Women: Andrie Steyn, Trisha Chetty (c & wk), Lizelle Lee, Sune Luus, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Mignon du Preez, Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Moseline Daniels, Raisibe Ntozakhe, Nadine de Klerk.
Ireland Women: Aoife Beggs (c & wk), Laura Boylan, Laura Delany, Jennifer Gray, Shauna Kavanagh, Amy Kenealy, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Sophie MacMahon, Lara Maritz, Leah Paul, Rachel Delaney, Rebecca Stokell, Mary Waldron.
