TestNo. 150WomenUpset 31

England v South Africa

England won by 286 runs

England Women tour of South Africa15 December 2024 to 17 December 2024Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein

Englandbatted first

395/9d & 23674.1 ov

South Africa

281 & 64/919.4 ov

England won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match LK Bell

England innings

395/9d92 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TT Beaumont	c S Luus b A Hlubi	21	36	4	0	58.3
ME Bouchier	c S Luus b N Mlaba	126	154	22	2	81.8
HC Knight	lbw b TS Sekhukhune	20	50	4	0	40.0
NR Sciver	run out (N Mlaba)	128	145	18	0	88.3
DN Wyatt	c S Jafta b N Mlaba	12	20	1	0	60.0
AE Jones	c M Kapp b N Mlaba	39	85	6	0	45.9
CE Dean	b N Mlaba	8	13	1	0	61.5
S Ecclestone	b A Hlubi	21	28	3	0	75.0
R MacDonald-Gay	b M Kapp	2	17	0	0	11.8
L Filer	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.0
LK Bell	not out	0*	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 13, w 4	18
Total	9 wickets, 92 overs, run rate 4.29	395

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400

1-53 TT Beaumont2-103 HC Knight3-277 ME Bouchier4-299 DN Wyatt5-357 NR Sciver6-368 CE Dean7-371 AE Jones8-391 R MacDonald-Gay9-395 S Ecclestone

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
M Kapp	7	2	20	1	2.86	32	3	0	0
A Hlubi	12	3	40	2	3.33	55	7	0	2
A Dercksen	8	2	41	0	5.13	36	9	0	1
N de Klerk	9	2	39	0	4.33	40	8	0	1
TS Sekhukhune	7	0	37	1	5.29	30	5	2	0
N Mlaba	20	2	90	4	4.50	81	15	0	0
CL Tryon	5	0	36	0	7.20	13	6	0	0
S Luus	24	1	78	0	3.25	87	6	0	0

South Africa innings

28188.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
L Wolvaardt	lbw b S Ecclestone	65	147	11	0	44.2
A Bosch	c AE Jones b LK Bell	6	22	1	0	27.3
A Dercksen	c S Ecclestone b L Filer	41	77	8	0	53.2
S Luus	c AE Jones b L Filer	56	148	8	0	37.8
M Kapp	b R MacDonald-Gay	57	74	11	0	77.0
N de Klerk	c AE Jones b R MacDonald-Gay	0	2	0	0	0.0
CL Tryon	c TT Beaumont b LK Bell	20	33	4	0	60.6
S Jafta	b LK Bell	8	16	1	0	50.0
TS Sekhukhune	not out	7*	9	1	0	77.8
N Mlaba	b LK Bell	0	1	0	0	0.0
A Hlubi	lbw b NR Sciver	1	3	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 12, lb 7, w 1	20
Total	all out, 88.4 overs, run rate 3.17	281

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400

1-21 A Bosch2-113 A Dercksen3-138 L Wolvaardt4-237 M Kapp5-237 N de Klerk6-259 S Luus7-271 CL Tryon8-278 S Jafta9-278 N Mlaba10-281 A Hlubi

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd
L Filer	17	1	53	2	3.12	78	9	1
LK Bell	13	2	49	4	3.77	59	10	0
S Ecclestone	25	9	40	1	1.60	130	6	0
NR Sciver	7.4	1	25	1	3.26	32	4	0
R MacDonald-Gay	15	4	50	2	3.33	61	7	0
CE Dean	11	1	45	0	4.09	47	9	0

England innings

23674.1 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Bouchier	c S Jafta b A Hlubi	0	19	0	0	0.0
TT Beaumont	lbw b TS Sekhukhune	12	55	1	0	21.8
HC Knight	lbw b N Mlaba	90	191	10	0	47.1
NR Sciver	b N Mlaba	37	58	6	0	63.8
DN Wyatt	c A Bosch b TS Sekhukhune	23	23	4	0	100.0
AE Jones	c L Wolvaardt b N Mlaba	24	32	4	0	75.0
CE Dean	c TS Sekhukhune b N Mlaba	1	10	0	0	10.0
S Ecclestone	lbw b N Mlaba	16	23	0	1	69.6
R MacDonald-Gay	b N Mlaba	4	12	1	0	33.3
L Filer	c M Klaas (sub) b N de Klerk	3	13	0	0	23.1
LK Bell	not out	3*	9	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 20, lb 3	23
Total	all out, 74.1 overs, run rate 3.18	236

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400

1-3 ME Bouchier2-42 TT Beaumont3-109 NR Sciver4-140 DN Wyatt5-182 AE Jones6-188 CE Dean7-224 S Ecclestone8-229 HC Knight9-232 R MacDonald-Gay10-236 L Filer

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
M Kapp	4	3	2	0	0.50	23	0	0
A Hlubi	3	2	1	1	0.33	17	0	0
A Dercksen	5	1	24	0	4.80	20	5	0
N Mlaba	26	4	67	6	2.58	114	8	0
TS Sekhukhune	12	3	35	2	2.92	51	5	0
N de Klerk	10.1	2	24	1	2.36	46	3	0
CL Tryon	5	0	28	0	5.60	13	4	0
S Luus	9	0	32	0	3.56	31	1	1

South Africa innings

64/919.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
L Wolvaardt	lbw b LK Bell	4	12	1	0	33.3
A Bosch	lbw b L Filer	4	14	1	0	28.6
A Dercksen	c TT Beaumont b LK Bell	9	21	2	0	42.9
S Luus	b LK Bell	1	10	0	0	10.0
M Kapp	c TT Beaumont b S Ecclestone	21	28	4	0	75.0
N de Klerk	run out (DN Wyatt, AE Jones)	0	4	0	0	0.0
CL Tryon	lbw b S Ecclestone	0	7	0	0	0.0
S Jafta	lbw b LK Bell	0	3	0	0	0.0
TS Sekhukhune	not out	5*	10	1	0	50.0
N Mlaba	run out (LK Bell)	14	9	3	0	155.6
Extras	b 5, lb 1	6
Total	9 wickets, 19.4 overs, run rate 3.25	64

Did not batA Hlubi

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 400

1-8 L Wolvaardt2-12 A Bosch3-22 A Dercksen4-31 S Luus5-31 N de Klerk6-33 CL Tryon7-44 S Jafta8-44 M Kapp9-64 N Mlaba

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
LK Bell	9	4	27	4	3.00	43	5
L Filer	5	3	12	1	2.40	26	3
S Ecclestone	4.4	3	7	2	1.50	25	1
R MacDonald-Gay	1	0	12	0	12.00	2	3

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Upset

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Player of the match

LK BellEngland

4-49in 13 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 150
Competition: England Women tour of South Africa
Toss: England, chose to bat
Umpires: K Klaaste and Lauren Agenbag
TV umpire: BP Jele
Match referee: SA Fritz
Season: 2024/25

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 35 / 17°C, 1.8 mm rain
Day 2: 37 / 20°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 3: 35 / 15°C, dry

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