Published: May 19, 2017, 12:45 PM (IST)
Edited: May 19, 2017, 05:58 PM (IST)
Good afternoon/morning! Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog of the Women’s Quadrangular series 2017. I am Shruti Hariharan and I will be bringing you the live cricket updates of the day’s play. These will be the final two matches of the group stage before matches for the top three spots commence on Sunday, May 21. India Women will be taking on Zimbabwe Women at Senwes at Potchefstroom in second match of the day and South Africa Women will face Ireland Women at North-West University No.1 Ground at Potchefstroom in the first match. India and South Africa are equal in points, but the former is at No. 1 thanks to a superior run-rate, Zimbabwe are placed at No. 3 with Ireland down at No. 4.
India are coming off a narrow 8-run defeat at the hands of South Africa. Chasing 270 to win, it was South Africa’s Shabnim Ismail’s strikes that downed India’s great start after Deepti Sharma and skipper Mithali Raj struck fifites. It was only Shikha Pandey in the end who kept India in hunt. India’s opponents in the match on Friday, Zimbabwe, hammered Ireland by 5 wickets.
Batting first, Ireland could only manage 150 runs out of which 29 runs came from extra. It was Tasmeen Granger that rocked their opponents into submission picking 4 wickets. Zimbabwe’s reply was solid after Chipo Mugeri, Modester Mupachikwa and Anesu Mushangwe hit quick 30s. India, earlier in the series, had defeated Zimbabwe by 9 wickets, while South Africa thrashed Ireland by 178 runs. If India and South Africa both win on Friday the former will remain at No.1 position with a superior net run rate.
Squads:
India Women: Mithali Raj (c), Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Nuzhat Parween (wk), Mansi Joshi, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mona Meshram, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Poonam Raut, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Sushma Verma
Ireland Women: Laura Delany(c), Mary Waldron (wk), Aoife Beggs, Laura Boylan, Jennifer Gray, Shauna Kavanagh, Amy Kenealy, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Sophie MacMahon, Lara Maritz, Leah Paul, Rachel Delaney, Rebecca Stokell
South Africa Women: Sune Luus(c), Andrie Steyn, Trisha Chetty (wk), Lizelle Lee, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Mignon du Preez, Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Moseline Daniels, Raisibe Ntozakhe, Nadine de Klerk
Zimbabwe Women: Sharne Mayers (c), Precious Marange, Modester Mupachikwa (wk), Chipo Mugeri, Esther Mbofana, Josephine Nkomo, Pellagia Mujaji, Chiedza Dhururu, Nomatter Mutasa, Loren Tshuma, Tasmeen Granger, Nomvelo Sibanda, Mary-Anne Musonda, Anesu Mushangwe, Audrey Mazvishaya
