{"id":19885,"date":"2024-11-30T19:03:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T19:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19885"},"modified":"2024-11-30T19:03:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T19:03:21","slug":"england-crush-south-africa-for-t20-series-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19885","title":{"rendered":"England crush South Africa for T20 series sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">England secured a dominant clean sweep in the three-match T20 series against South Africa with a nine-wicket win in Centurion.   <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The tourists raced to their below-par target of 125 in 10.5 overs, with opener Danni Wyatt-Hodge finishing unbeaten on 53 and Sophia Dunkley making 24 not out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wyatt-Hodge faced just 31 balls for her second successive T20 half-century in a brutal assault on South Africa&#8217;s depleted bowling line-up, while the hosts also dropped five catches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Maia Bouchier was England&#8217;s only wicket to fall, brilliantly caught by Nondumiso Shangase for 35 from 21 balls, after a ruthless opening stand of 56 in 5.4 overs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The hosts, who were without captain Laura Wolvaardt because of illness, slumped to 45-5 before they were rescued by a stand of 52 between all-rounders Nadine de Klerk and Nondumiso Shangase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They eventually scrambled to 124 from their 20 overs, off-spinner Charlie Dean leading England&#8217;s fine all-round effort with 3-26 and a run out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After England captain Heather Knight chose to bowl first, seamers Lauren Filer and Lauren Bell exposing a weakened South Africa line-up by removing openers Anneke Bosch and Faye Tunnicliffe in the first two overs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The promising Annerie Dercksen and experienced Sune Luus both wasted promising starts before stand-in captain Chloe Tryon fell softly for just one, with Shangase and De Klerk saving their side from a complete collapse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The series continues with three one-day internationals, starting on Wednesday, 4 December in Kimberley. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/cricket\/articles\/cq525qyx71xo\">www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England secured a dominant clean sweep in the three-match T20 series against South Africa with a nine-wicket win in Centurion. The tourists raced to their below-par target of 125 in 10.5 overs, with opener Danni Wyatt-Hodge finishing unbeaten on 53 and Sophia Dunkley making 24 not out. Wyatt-Hodge faced just 31 balls for her second [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}