The strong bowling and the dominant chase of South Africa provided a self-assured victory, which recovered well after a difficult start to their World Cup campaign.
New Zealand won the Toss and chose to be the first to batter.
Marizanne Kapp provided a perfect start to South Africa and took a wicket with the very first ball of the game. Her early breakthrough set the tone for the rest of the innings.
New Zealand ended 231-10.
Nonkululeko Mlaba was the striking bowler and ended with impressive figures of 4-40 from her 10 overs. She helped to keep things tight and caused constant problems for the New Zealand batters.
Captain Sophie Devine was the striking batter for the White Ferns and scored 85 from 98 balls.
It was a very comfortable chase for South Africa. Tazmin Britten and Sune Luus had an incredible collaboration of 159 out of 170 balls, making the Proteas their goal.
Tazmin British played an incredible blow and scored 101 from 89 balls. She became the first woman to score five odi centuries in a calendar year.
Sune Luus was the other striking Slagman and scored 81 out of 114.
This was an important victory for South Africa, because they had to recover after their considerable loss against England.
South Africa won with 6 wickets.
Written by: Aneeq Poole
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