India Women vs South Africa Women, 2nd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Mlaba to Kaur, FOUR, width on offer outside off, Harmanpreet jumps on the back foot and slaps the drive past the diving left hand of extra cover to her left

Mlaba to Kaur, FOUR, slower and wider of off, Harmanpreet looks to go over extra cover and manages to slice it with an open bat face at the last moment. The ball flies over the infield to the left of backward point

de Klerk to Deepti Sharma, out Caught by Chloe Tryon!! Pacy full toss at the pads, Deepti comes shuffling down the track and was cramped for room at the last moment. Goes through with the heave and picks out the fielder at deep mid-wicket. Deepti Sharma c Chloe Tryon b de Klerk 9(8) [4s-1]

de Klerk to Deepti Sharma, FOUR, slower full delivery bowled well wide of off, Deepti throws her hands on the loft and gets a thick bottom edge that runs away in the gap between the keeper and short third

Masabata Klaas to Kaur, 1 run, goes on the back foot and drags the pull to the left of deep square leg

Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, out Caught by Luus!! Overpitches the full delivery and Richa holes out to long-off. Looks to go big straight down the ground, but mistimes the loft off the cue end of the bat. Catching practice for the former South African skipper. Richa Ghosh c Luus b Ayabonga Khaka 24(14) [4s-3 6s-1]

Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, SIX, attempted slower delivery ends up as a juicy full toss at the hip, Richa accepts the gift and clears deep backward square fence with a cracking pull shot

Mlaba to Richa Ghosh, FOUR, excellent placement from Richa Ghosh. Quicker and wider, Richa opens the bat face and steers it in the gap between backward point and short third

de Klerk to Richa Ghosh, FOUR, horrible fumble at long-on. Length delivery on the stumps, Richa heaves the pull to the left of long-on and Mlaba makes a meal of it. Got behind the ball. but fumbled at the last moment for the ball to sneak through her palms

de Klerk to Richa Ghosh, FOUR, too full once again and Richa makes full use of it. Biffs the drive and gets it over the leaping fielder at mid-off to her left

Masabata Klaas to Kaur, FOUR, overpitched outside off, Harmanpreet gets under it and bashes the drive over extra cover with superb timing. Raced away...

Masabata Klaas to Rodrigues, out Caught by Ayabonga Khaka!! Superb catch from Khaka. Jemimah went across to play the scoop, but got it off the inside half of the bat. The fielder at short fine put in a full length dive to her right to complete a fine catch. Rodrigues c Ayabonga Khaka b Masabata Klaas 41(32) [4s-4]

Ayabonga Khaka to Rodrigues, FOUR, low full toss outside off, Rodrigues walks across and stays low before sweeping it fine past the keeper to her left

Chloe Tryon to Rodrigues, 2 runs, opens the bat face and steers the quicker delivery to the left of short third

Chloe Tryon to Rodrigues, FOUR, tossed up wide of off, Jemimah stays leg-side of the delivery and thumps the drive up and over extra cover with terrific timing

Annerie Dercksen to Rodrigues, FOUR, successive boundaries! Rodrigues waits on the back foot and expertly back-cuts it to the left of backward point. No chance for third man to cut it off

Annerie Dercksen to Rodrigues, FOUR, Rodrigues shuffles across as she advances and glances this leg-lined ball away to fine leg

Annerie Dercksen to Kaur, FOUR, full and in the slot just outside off, Kaur clears her front leg and thumps it over mid-on

de Klerk to Kaur, 1 run, dropped! Full and wide of off, Kaur throws her arms and slices it over cover-point.
Lara Goodall comes in from deep cover and puts it down as she gets low to collect it with both hands. This could be costly

de Klerk to Rodrigues, no run, pitched up, Rodrigues drives down the pitch after walking forward and across, de Klerk dives to her right and parries it towards the non-striker. Rodrigues is almost halfway down and gets sent back. She has enough time to get back though

Mlaba to Harleen Deol, out Bowled!! Second wicket for Mlaba! Flighted delivery that dips on the batter, Harleen Deol comes down the track premeditatively and yorks herself. Fails to dig it out and pays the price as the ball hits the off-stump. Harleen Deol b Mlaba 29(47) [4s-4]

Mlaba to Pratika Rawal, out Bowled!! Nonkululeko Mlaba breaks the 68-run stand! A wicket against the run of play and a much-needed one for the South Africans. Flighted ball from round the wicket that drifts in, lands on a length around middle and spins away. Pratika Rawal hangs back to defend and doesn't account for the spin. The turning ball beats the outside edge to hit the off-stump. End of another good knock from Rawal - six 50+ scores in eight ODI innings. Pratika Rawal b Mlaba 78(91) [4s-7 6s-1]

Mlaba to Harleen Deol, 2 runs, full on off, swept to fine leg for a brace

Chloe Tryon to Harleen Deol, FOUR, steps down the pitch and wallops the tossed up delivery back over the bowler's head. Mid-on inside the circle and that is easy pickings for Harleen

Masabata Klaas to Pratika Rawal, 1 run, the bails were not completely dislodged there, and that is what saved Harleen. It was driven to mid-on and there was slight hesitation between the duo before rushing for a quick single. A sharp throw at the batter's end, but the keeper didn't go full throttle while trying to remove the bails. More of a glancing push and the bails only came off when the batter had crossed the line....

Masabata Klaas to Pratika Rawal, FOUR, dropped. Full on the pads, Pratika whips and doesn't bother to keep it along the ground. Was in the air for a long time and the fielder at deep square ran to her right, only to get both hands and spill it down eventually. Tryon was the fielder there. She ran and put in the dive, but to no avail...

Ayabonga Khaka to Pratika Rawal, FOUR, this one sits up wide of off stump, Pratika slaps it over the leaping fielder at cover and the timing on the shot takes care of the rest

Ayabonga Khaka to Harleen Deol, FOUR, full on off, Harleen whips aerially and gets it in the gap wide of mid-wicket to claim her third boundary

Chloe Tryon to Pratika Rawal, FOUR, short and wide of off, Pratika is quick to latch onto that. Goes deep inside the crease and slices it past the diving right hand of backward point

Mlaba to Harleen Deol, FOUR, looped up on middle and leg, Harleen gets a thick top-edge on the sweep and the fielder at deep backward square got into a tangle trying to stop the ball. Was done in by the late spin there...

Mlaba to Harleen Deol, FOUR, advances, gets close to the pitch of the delivery and drills the drive past the diving fielder at cover to her right. First boundary for Harleen Deol

Annerie Dercksen to Pratika Rawal, SIX, first six of the game and that is some way to get to your fifty. A gentle length delivery in the slot outside off, Pratika clears her front leg and smokes it over cow corner to bring up her fifth successive fifty in ODIs...

Annerie Dercksen to Mandhana, out Caught by Karabo Meso!! Gets the breakthrough eventually. Slightly unlucky for Smriti, but South Africa aren't complaining. Short and angling down the leg-side, Smriti looks to help it away with a swivel-pull and ends up getting a glove to the right of the keeper. Soon as the debutant Meso took the catch, she was up in her celebratory appeal. Mandhana c Karabo Meso b Annerie Dercksen 36(54) [4s-5]

Annerie Dercksen to Pratika Rawal, FOUR, length ball drifting down the leg-side, Pratika looks to heave and gets a thick top-edge that flies over the keeper and beats the fielder at fine leg to her right

Mlaba to Mandhana, 1 run, direct hit would have been curtains for Smriti Mandhana. She got an inside edge on the flick to the right of the keeper. A bit of yes-no between the duo and thankfully for India, the keeper missed the target by a long way. Smriti wasn't even in the frame...

de Klerk to Pratika Rawal, FOUR, first boundary of the second powerplay! It's a length ball outside off and Pratika Rawal hacks across the line to send it to deep midwicket. Off the inner part of the bat but the ball has the legs to go to the fence

Luus to Pratika Rawal, 1 run, too full and Rawal eases the drive to sweeper cover

Luus to Pratika Rawal, FOUR, dropped short and the line is outside off, Pratika Rawal quickly rocks back and slaps the cut into the gap through the covers

Masabata Klaas to Pratika Rawal, FOUR, shortish ball, the line is a bit too straight, Pratika Rawal pulls and the ball runs away to fine leg off her glove. 10 runs off the over

Masabata Klaas to Mandhana, FOUR, back of a length outside off, Mandhana stands tall and cuts past the diving cover fielder. The ball has the legs to run away to the fence

Luus to Mandhana, FOUR, Mandhana shimmies down the pitch and just pushes this flighted to the left of a diving extra cover. Mid-off gives the chase but the ball wins the race. Superb timing from Mandhana!

Luus to Mandhana, FOUR, non-turning length ball on middle, Mandhana shuffles across and flicks it away to fine leg. Had she not made contact, Mandhana would have been a goner

Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, FOUR, pad-lined, Mandhana is late on the flick, gets an inside edge that brushes the pad and beats the diving keeper to her right

Ayabonga Khaka to Mandhana, FOUR, Mandhana gets off the mark with a boundary! Pitched up ball, Mandhana gets forward and opens the bat-face steer-drive it with the swing between short third man and backward point