17-12-2024, 16:37
The lasses win their first Test for over a decade - since beating Australia in January 2014 - with an absolute shellacking of South Africa in Bloemfontein by 286 runs. It's the third-biggest win in female Test history, just twelve months after England sank to the worst-ever defeat in Mumbai this time last year, but not without controversy: in a match played without DRS (due to Cricket South Africa being unable to justify the expense) the hosts were on the receiving end of several poor umpiring decisions, culminating in their batter Annerie Dercksen being dismissed this afternoon after England seemingly leaned on the umpires to make a discretionary review of a clean catch that they'd initially adjudged not to have come off the bat.
But a great win nevertheless, and though Dercksen's wicket may have precipitated the South African collapse, they were still second-best over the three days.
But a great win nevertheless, and though Dercksen's wicket may have precipitated the South African collapse, they were still second-best over the three days.
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