India Women vs South Africa Women, Final - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, out Caught by Annerie Dercksen!! Thankfully for South Africa, that drop didn't cost much. It was the slower full delivery on leg stump. Richa played the pick up flick and hit it flat to deep square. Dercksen didn't rush towards the ball, just stood still and caught it with both hands with an air of calmness. Richa Ghosh c Annerie Dercksen b Ayabonga Khaka 34(24) [4s-3 6s-2]

Ayabonga Khaka to Deepti Sharma, 1 run, another full toss and this one is at the pads, Deepti whips but picks out Kapp at deep square

Ayabonga Khaka to Deepti Sharma, FOUR, juicy full toss outside off, Deepti made room early and crouched at the last minute to power the lofted drive up and over extra cover. India inching closer to 300...

Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, 1 run, saunters down the pitch and biffs the full delivery down to long-on

Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, no run, full and once again no room on offer for the backing away Richa Ghosh, driven off the toe end back to the bowler

Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, no run, wobble seam yorker following the backing away batter, Richa can only dig it into the surface

Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, FOUR, both fielders converge and make a meal of it. Full on leg stump, Richa flicks and hits it in the gap between long-on and deep mid-wicket. de Klerk to her right from long-on and Bosch to her left from deep mid-wicket came running in and a hint of indecision at the last moment cost them...

Ayabonga Khaka to Deepti Sharma, 1 run, slow and full outside off, Deepti leans across and drives to Dercksen at sweeper cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, 1 run, full and attacking the stumps, Richa drives it away to long-on

Ayabonga Khaka to Deepti Sharma, 1 run, slower ball on off, wristed away to Tryon's left at deep mid-wicket

Ayabonga Khaka to Richa Ghosh, 1 run, a bit too full from Ayabonga Khaka, Richa chips the drive off the toe end and manages to get it wide of the bowler's left and down to long-off

Ayabonga Khaka to Deepti Sharma, 1 run, fullish length outside off, Deepti leans into the punch-drive and places it to the right of sweeper cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Kaur, no run, short of length and tight on the stumps, Kaur goes on the back foot to defend to the right of Ayabonga Khaka

Ayabonga Khaka to Kaur, no run, again Kaur tries the cute lap. But this time she doesn't connect. Anyway Sinalo Jafta fumbles. Not sure if there was anything on that. Need UltraEdge to confirm

Ayabonga Khaka to Kaur, no run, good length and tight on middle, Kaur goes on the back foot and turns it to mid-wicket, wants a quick single, but Deepti Sharma sends her back

Ayabonga Khaka to Deepti Sharma, 1 run, slower-ball leg-cutter and floaty just outside off, Deepti Sharma gets forward to flick to deep mid-wicket

Ayabonga Khaka to Deepti Sharma, wide, down leg, Deepti Sharma flicks and misses, excellent take by Sinalo Jafta

Ayabonga Khaka to Deepti Sharma, no run, full outside off, Deepti Sharma gets forward and drives straight to the fielder at backward point

Ayabonga Khaka to Deepti Sharma, no run, short of length outside off, Deepti Sharma goes on the back foot to cut, chops it down off a thick under-edge

Ayabonga Khaka to Kaur, no run, full on off, Kaur gets forward to defend solidly to short cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Deepti Sharma, 1 run, full outside off, angling away, Deepti Sharma gets forward and drives wide of backward point, opened the face to get it into the gap

Ayabonga Khaka to Rodrigues, out Caught by Wolvaardt!! Wolvaardt is claiming that at cover. It's a low catch and they are going upstairs. Fingers are down and they are under the ball says the third ump. She wants some other angle. This one is pixelated she feels. Gone. Clearly fingers under the ball. Three dots and Rodrigues picks out cover. Full outside off, she times the cover drive but can't keep it down, it's a good low catch as the South Africa captain has the fingers under the ball. The third ump is happy after a couple of angles. In the end just caught with the left hand even though initially Wolvaardt went with two hands. Rodrigues c Wolvaardt b Ayabonga Khaka 24(37) [4s-1]

Ayabonga Khaka to Rodrigues, no run, good length on off, Rodrigues gets forward to defend to short cover, slight shuffle as she played that

Ayabonga Khaka to Rodrigues, no run, full on middle, Rodrigues gets forward to drive and it's just short of Ayabonga Khaka

Ayabonga Khaka to Rodrigues, no run, full on middle, Rodrigues gets forward to drive it back to Ayabonga Khaka who can't stop it cleanly, she wants a run, but Kaur is not interested

Ayabonga Khaka to Kaur, no run, full and shapes back in to off, a forward defence to the left of Ayabonga Khaka

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, out Caught by Luus!! That last ball they took just one and now we see Shafali Verma hole out to mid-off. That's what good fielding can do. So so crucial in any format. Credit to Nadine de Klerk and Luus for keeping it to one last ball and also we have to say it was poor running. Shafali tried to loft a similar length delivery outside the leg-stump this over, almost holed out, this time she finds the reverse-cupped hands of Luus at mid-off. Sharp catch and that drop by Bosch has cost South Africa 31 runs. Bosch would be the one who would be most relieved. Just a bit more elevation from Shafali as she made room to loft and she would have got four. Still a fine knock and it has come in a World Cup final. Shafali Verma c Luus b Ayabonga Khaka 87(78) [4s-7 6s-2]

Ayabonga Khaka to Rodrigues, 1 run, again Nadine with superb stuff, she goes to her left from mid-on and dives to get a hand on it, takes pace off, rolls away and they take just one, as Luus goes and cuts it off, poor running

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, 1 run, on a length just outside off, Shafali Verma gets forward to loft, off the toe of the bat, falls in front of mid-off and Luus can't stop it cleanly, so they take one

Ayabonga Khaka to Rodrigues, 1 run, full just outside off, Rodrigues gets forward to drive and Luus at mid-off slides to her left to cut it off

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, 1 run, Ayabonga Khaka follows Shafali Verma with a length delivery outside the leg-stump, flicked to deep mid-wicket

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, FOUR, she makes use of the next one. A floaty slower-ball and full just outside off, Shafali Verma gets forward and lofts superbly over extra-cover, high elbow and all that, one bounce over the ropes

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, no run, nicely bowled, just inside the tramline, very full outside off, left alone and Shafali Verma can't believe it, she is standing on leg-stump and she felt it was too far

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, no ball, slower-ball leg-cutter on a length on leg-stump, Shafali Verma makes room and whacks it straight to the fielder at mid-off, wanted to go over the fielder, Ayabonga Khaka has overstepped

Ayabonga Khaka to Rodrigues, 1 run, short of length outside off, Rodrigues goes on the back foot and cuts well but Mlaba at square third man gets across and cuts it off to her right

Ayabonga Khaka to Rodrigues, no run, very full on off, Rodrigues gets forward to drive it back to Ayabonga Khaka

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, 1 run, short of length outside off, Shafali Verma gets forward and slashes it hard and straight to sweeper cover, lots of power behind that

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, no run, yorker length on middle, dug out back to Ayabonga Khaka, that tailed back in late

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, no run, punched from the crease to mid-on as Khaka adjusts her line to finish on off stump with the inswinger

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, no run, hangs back to this length ball and punches it to mid-off

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, 5 wides, oh she advances down and misses the inswinger down leg. Keeper is up to the stumps, remember. But Shafali escapes as the ball swings sharply and there's nothing Jafta can do about it

Ayabonga Khaka to Smriti, 1 run, full outside off, swinging away, Smriti knocks it crisply to sweeper cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Smriti, FOUR, now in front of square and into the boundary once more. Half-volley outside off, leans into it and drives crisply through the gap at extra cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Smriti, FOUR, there we go, her favourite place to score. Long after the world ends, Smriti will continue to exist behind backward point. Swinging away outside off, good length ball, she opens the face and guides it through the gap between short third and backward point

Ayabonga Khaka to Smriti, no run, full and swinging away outside off, Smriti continues to be cautious and take her time. Lets it go to the keeper who is standing up

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, no run, advances despite the keeper up. It's a good length ball bending in and Shafali punches to mid-off

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, wide, good take down the leg-side from Jafta! Error in line as the inswinger ends up down leg, Shafali misses and Jafta ensures it doesn't prove very costly

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, no run, swinging in on off, good length ball, Shafali hangs back and punches to mid-off

Ayabonga Khaka to Smriti, 1 run, pitched up and swinging away from off, she looks to drive and plays it elegantly to deep point

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, 1 run, swinging in on off, good length ball, Shafali is caught in the crease in defence and gets a thick inside edge through square leg

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, 2 runs, swinging in on middle and leg, Shafali clips it nicely through the gap at midwicket and is back for a couple of runs

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, FOUR, almost every ball she's advancing down, maybe to negate the inswinger. And the wristwork is brilliant on this occasion. Inswinger on the pads, Shafali picks it up and whips it behind square

Ayabonga Khaka to Smriti, no run, pitched up on off, gentle floater at 104kph, Mandhana punches off the front foot to cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, 1 run, swinging into the pads, Shafali flicks it through midwicket

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, no run, hint of inswing. Shafali again walks down, length isn't quite there to go after as it's on the shorter side, so she adjusts and defends

Ayabonga Khaka to Smriti, 1 run, pitched up on off, no great swing or movement, Mandhana opens the face and drives to deep point

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, leg byes, 1 run, slipping down leg, Shafali misses out, looks to clip it away and it goes off the pad past the keeper

Ayabonga Khaka to Shafali Verma, FOUR, Shafali is down the track straightaway! And she gets the scoreboard ticking for India! Takes a couple of steps down the pitch, goes after this length ball outside off and punches it through the gap at point. Despite the rain we've had, there's no stopping it