The women’s side won their first game against England, and have not been shy to admit they have what it takes to win the T20 World Cup
When the Proteas men’s team travel to an International Cricket Council tournament, they almost always shoulder great expectations. And with not nearly enough focus on the women’s side, there’s little of that pressure when they jetted of to Australia to compete at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
However, after their victory on Sunday, Proteas batswoman and former captain Mignon du Preez was quick to get through the questions related to the match before focusing on the bigger picture, which is bringing a maiden ICC trophy back to South Africa. Much like du Preez, Proteas bowler Ayabonga Khaka, who tore through the England batting lineup on Sunday, told the Mail & Guardian that she is very much focused on having the trophy in the seat next to her on the plane back to South Africa.
There are a number of teams who will share the same sentiments as the Proteas. The Indian women have also failed to live up to their hype in previous tournaments, but made a huge statement on the opening day by defeating hosts and four-time winners Australia. “We’ve been preparing since we were in New Zealand before the tournament, and there, our T20 games did not go the way we wanted [them] to go, but we knew that we were working hard with what we wanted to do and against England, it came off,” she said.
This was evident against England as Khaka finished with figures of 3/25, which included the critical wicket of batswoman Natalie Sciver at the death as she looked to be guiding England to a significant score. Kapp and van Niekerk took two wickets each and Ismail picked up a single wicket.
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