South Africa see off Bangladesh, climb to top of Group B standings

South Africa came up with a superb bowling performance as they climbed to the top of Group B with a comfortable sevenwicket victory over Bangladesh in the ICC Womens T20 World Cup here on Saturday The Proteas restricted the Tigresses to 1063 as Marizanne Kapp starred with the ball taking a wicket and going for just 10 runs from her four oversTazmin Brits 42 and Anneke Bosch 25 led their side to the cusp of victory leaving Kapp and Chloe Tryon to finish the job and leave last yearrsquos runnersup wellplaced for another semifinal appearanceBangladesh opted to bat but lost their first wicket after just two balls with Dilara Akter caught behind without scoring off the bowling of Kapp Shanthi Rani and Sobhana Mostary began the recovery with a flurry of boundaries notably a powerful six from the former Still she was dismissed for 19 just two balls later when Bosch pouched a good catch on the slide reports ICCAlso Read Well keep focus on it Shafali Verma on maintaining net run rate during clash against AustraliaSobhana and captain Nigar Sultana put on 45 for the fourth wicket the Tigresses best partnership of the tournament Still Sobhanas defiant knock ended emphatically when she was clean bowled for 38 by leading wickettaker Nonkululeko MlabaNigar battled bravely to end the innings finishing 32 not out and helping her side pick up 23 runs off the final two overs and set the Proteas 107 for victorySouth Africa made a first start in reply with a succession of early fours but a welcome wicket arrived for Bangladesh when Laura Wolvaardt 7 was stumped off the bowling of Fahima KhatunJust four runs came off the next two overs as Bangladesh threatened to reel South Africa in before a timely boundary arrived from Bosch with the final ball of the sixth over to keep her side ahead of the required run rate Bangladesh needed to take their chances but spurned a big one when Brits was dropped in the deep on 21 an error which also yielded a four for the Proteas to add insult to injurySouth Africa were coasting by this stage and Brits and Bosch carved out a 53run partnership before the latter was caught out trying to finish things off quickly with Fahima once again responsible for a big scalpBrits then followed Bosch back into the hut as Ritu Moni struck to offer Bangladesh some late hope but the foundations for victory had already been laid Kapp and Tryon ensured there was no late drama and clinched victory with 16 balls to spare South Africa will now wait to see how the other results in their group pan out before making plans for the knockout stagesBrief scoresBangladesh 1063 in 20 overs Sobhana Mostary 38 Nigar Sultana 32 not out Annerie Dercksen 17 Marizanne Kapp 110 lost to South Africa 1073 in 172 overs Tazmin Brits 42 Anneke Bosch 25 Fahima Khatun 219 Ritu Moni 122 by seven wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever