India Women vs South Africa Women Highlights, Day 3 One-off Test: Luus, Wolvaardt take SA to 232/2 at Stumps

Last over of the day. Deepti to bowl. Kapp to face. Dropped!! Full toss outside off. Kapp hits it right back at Deepti who puts it down again! Outside edge this time, runs past first slip for a couple of runs. A couple to point will finish a productive day for South Africa. 

SA 232/2 in 85 overs. Trails IND by 105 runs.

India has taken the new ball! Deepti to bowl. Three overs left in the day. Four!! Too wide from Deepti, Kapp wait for it and cuts it through point for a boundary. 

Rana continues. Dropped!! Was tosses up full, Kapp prods forward to defend, takes the edge but Deepti puts it down at first slip. 

Second new ball is now available. Deepti continues with the old one. An extra off a front-foot no ball is the only run scored in the over. Rana from the other end. Full and wide, Kapp carves it through point for a couple. 

Deepti into the attack. Wolvaardt punches one to deep cover to take a single off the last ball and keep strike. Rana into the attack. Short ball, pulled to deep square for a single. Big appeals as Rana gets one to spin and beat the inside edge. Not given by the umpire and India decide against the review. Hit the pads but it was well outside off. 

Gayakwad finds the outside edge of Kapp’s bat but it trickles through point for a single. Harman bowls one wide outside off to Wolvaardt, cuts it to deep cover for a single. Not long to go for the new ball. India will be hopeful of scalping a couple then. A slight misunderstanding on the last ball but Wolvaardt gets across. 

Gayakwad continues. Kapp plays out a maiden over. Harman continues, Wolvaardt clips a length ball to short fine and takes a single. Just the one from the over. 

Rajeshwari Gayakwad into the attack. Four!! Luus looks to go down the ground, doesn’t get the timing right but has enough to run to the fence. 

Harman again. WICKET!! Finally! India gets the breakthrough it desperately needed. Kept low as Luus tried to pull, goes under the bat and removes offstump off its groove. 

Luus b Kaur 109(203)

What an innings from Luus, just the second South African to hit a century against India in India after Mignon du Preez

SA 209/2 in 74 overs

Rana continues. Luus almost hands a catch to Uma Chetry at short leg. Tried to pull, hits it straight at the fielder who can’t hang on. Luus misses the paddle but is struck outside off. 

Harmanpreet continues from the other end. Four!! Over pitched wide outside off, Wolvaardt drives through point to the boundary. 200 up for South Africa!!

Deepti continues. Wolvaardt tries to steal a quick single to cover but Rana’s throw unfortunately hits her in the hand. 

Rana continues. Full on the pads, Wolvaardt clips it to deep square for a single. Extra bounce, almost carries to short leg after taking Luus’ gloves. 

Harmanpreet returns to the attack. Just two from the over.

A misfield at midwicket hands Sune Luus her maiden Test hundred! Only the fifth cricketer from South Africa to reach three figures in Women’s Tests. 

SA 190/1 in 67 overs

Deepti continues. Tossing it up to Luus who’s on the brink of a landmark. The SA batter not falling for the bait so far. Nudges one to the legside and picks up a single. Four!! Slightly short, Wolvaardt pulls it through backward square for a boundary.

Deepti continues. Short to Luus who’s batting on 96, pulls it to square leg to take a single a retain strike. Rana into the attack, Luus drives one to long on for a single. Wolvaardt rocks back and punches one to deep midwicket for two. 

Luus’ tally of 140+ runs in this match is the most by a visiting batter against India!

Four!! Rajeshwari goes wide, Luus punches off the back foot through cover for a boundary. 

Four!! Luus pulls a short one through legside for a boundary. Four!! Short to Wolvaardt this time, pulled to deep square where a misfield from Smriti takes it to the boundary. 

Vastrakar again. Four!! Short and wide, Wolvaardt cuts it through the offside for a boundary. 

Just two runs conceded from the next three overs.

Vastrakar into the attack. A length ball in line with the stumps keeps low but Luus manages to keep it out. Maiden over. 

Deepti into the attack. Wolvaardt clips it to the legside for a couple, bringing up the 150 in the process. 

Renuka continues. On the pads to Wolvaardt, she clips it to the legside to complete her maiden Test fifty!

Rana continues from the other end. Four!! Short and wide, cut through point and the ball just has enough legs to beat the chasing fielder to the fence. Four!! On leg stump now, swept through square leg for another four. 

SA 149/1 in 54 overs

Four!! Luus cuts a short one from Rana to the fence right after Tea. Renuka from the other end. Four runs from the over. 

Four!! Luus drills a full one straight down the ground, Rana dives but can’t get anything on it. Appeals for lbw but the umpire is unmoved. India review. Wickets missing says ball tracking. India loses its second review. 

Renuka continues. Four!! Bowls one full and on leg stump, driven through mid on for a boundary. Tea Day 3

Harman turns to pace with Renuka returning. Four!! Finds Luus’ edge but it runs behind through third man for a boundary. Full on the stumps, driven to mid on to bring up the 100-run partnership between the two. 

Four! Deepti concedes a boundary off the last ball as Luus sweeps a full ball to the fence. 

Deepti into the attack. Appeals for lbw but the umpire says no. Looks like Luus got an inside edge on it. Maiden over. Gayakwad continues. Back to back maidens. Luus gets a double to midwicket. Four!! Down leg and short, Wolvaardt pulls it behind square for a boundary.

Four!! Wolvaardt paddles a length ball from Rajeshwari through fine leg for a boundary. Sneh Rana returns into the attack. Concedes just two off it.

Another maiden from Gayakwad. Chance! Wolvaardt defends a Rana delivery to the legside, falls just short of Subha at short-leg. 

Rajeshwari back into the attack. Luus gets a couple, punching one off the back foot through covers. 

Harmanpreet with her third. Luus drives a full one through the covers to bring her up second fifty of the match.

SA 92/1 in 38 overs

Skipper Harmanpreet comes into the attack after drinks. A cover drive from Wolvaardt off the final ball is the only runs conceded off the over. Shafali continues. Luus looks to pull but hits it straight to short leg who can’t hold on. Subha needing some medical attention after that. 

Four!! Full on the pads, swept away through fine leg for a four. A couple more to cover to round out the over. Three runs off Harmanpreet’s next.

Deepti changes the line of attack to round the stumps, Wolvaardt keeps it out. Shafali into the attack. Bowls one short and wide, cut away through point for a couple. 

Sharp turn for Deepti, Luus edges it behind to get a couple through fine leg. Gayakwad replaces Rana from the other end. Maiden over from her. 

A couple to midwicket by Luus rounds out Deepti’s over. Four!! Full and wide, Wolvaardt drives it through the covers for four. Fifty partnership up between the pair. 

Four!! Luus hits Rana through long on for four to start the over on the perfect note. Four!! Full in the slot, lofted straight down the ground for four more. 

Just the three runs of Deepti’s following over. Rana follows up with a maiden. 

Vastrakar bowls one on the pads, Luus clips it past square leg to the boundary for four. A couple more fours for Luus off Gayakwad through both sides of the wicket. 

A single off Deepti’s over takes SA past fifty.

Vastrakar continues after Lunch. Two perfect yorkers in the over, Luus manages to keep it out. Gayakwad from the other end. Maiden over. 

So, Laura Wolvaardt is itching back into old habits. She wasn’t allowed the luxury to whip out her cover drives. The minute she managed to, she’s been trying to replicate. It’s making her reading of the line very wonky. Sune Luus had spent much of yesterday centering Marizanne Kapp’s mindset in her innings. She may need to pull a similar shift for her captain too.

Maiden over for Vastrakar. Gayakwad replaces Deepti. Manages to find the edge but it falls short of the fielder at slip.

Deepti with a loud appeal for LBW against Luus. Not given and India opts to review. Missing the stumps, ball tracking says. Four!! Luus lofts one straight down the ground off the last ball. Lunch Day 3

Vastrakar to Luus. Ball keeping low regularly. but the line has been outside offstump. Maiden over. 

Big appeals from Deepti after Wolvaardt is trapped in front by another one that doesn’t bounce. Given out. SA review. Ball tracking shows it to be missing leg. Four!! Wolvaardt drives one through mid on for a boundary to relieve some pressure. 

Four!! Full on the pads, Wolvaardt drives it through mid on, Shafali gives chase but can’t keep it in. Four from the Vastrakar over. 

Luus paddles one onto the legside and sets off for a single, Wolvaardt just about makes it in at the striker’s end. 

Vastrakar into the attack. Four!! Starts off with a wide one that Bosch guides behind backward point for a boundary. 

Deepti replaces Rana from the other end. Four!! Bosch sweeps a full one through square leg for a couple. WICKET!! Ball stays low again and Bosch falls to Deepti.

Bosch lbw b Deepti Sharma 9(18)

Luus in at 3. Extra bounce and Luus almost hands a catch to slip. 

SA 16/1 in 8 overs

A single to square leg off the last ball of the over from Wolvaardt in Renuka’s over. Will put her on strike against Rana. Safely navigates the over. 

Four!! First runs of the innings. Renuka overpitched and Wolvaardt drives it through the gap on the offside.

Appeal for lbw from Rana. Not given. Looked very close but the review is not taken. Another maiden. Replays show the previous ball would have bounced above the stumps. 

Wolvaardt and Bosch open for SA in its second innings. Renuka with the new ball in hand. Maiden over to start. 

Rana to start with the new ball from the other end. Huge appeals for lbw as Rana gets one to turn into Bosch. Not given, might have been going down leg. Beaten on the outside edge this time. 

Rana continues in pursuit of her eighth. Klaas looks to go big, no timing but falls in no-man’s land. WICKET!! Another lofted shot attempt, Rana cleans her up this time. 

Mlaba b Sneh Rana 2(6)

WICKET!! It’s seven for Rana! Gets one to turn sharply from outside off and Klaas sees her stumps disturbed. 

Masabata Klaas b Sneh Rana 1(6)

Four!! Four byes down leg side from Deepti, passes through the legs of Richa. 

SA 263/9 in 84 overs

WICKET!! Number 6 for Rana. Swept straight into the hands of square leg. Gayakwad completes a good low catch. 

de Klerk c Gayakwad b Sneh Rana 39(44)

Klaas in at 10. Sekhukhune yorks herself against Deepti. No damage as the ball is outside the line of the stump. 

Dercksen defends off the backfoot after some extra bounce from Rana. Four!! Slightly overpitched, the debutante creams the drive past mid off to the boundary. 

WICKET!! Loud appeals for LBW and the umpire raises her finger. Kept extremely low after pitching outside off. SA review. Three reds and Dercksen has to go. 

Annerie Dercksen lbw b Deepti Sharma 5(13)

WICKET!! Rana strikes again! Kapp goes back to a fuller one, didn’t spin as much and beats her outside edge before rattling the stumps. 

Kapp b Sneh Rana 74(141)

Jafta is the new batter in. Appeals for a catch at short-leg. Umpire is unmoved. India reviews. WICKET!! Replays show a clear edge. Jafta has to depart for nought.

Sinalo Jafta c Shubha Satheesh b Sneh Rana 0(4)

SA 252/5 in 78 overs

Rana replaces Gayakwad after a solitary over. Kapp flicks one through fine leg, doesn’t have the legs to get to the boundary and the batters run three. Four!! Fine leg remains vacant and Kapp tucks it behind for a boundary. 50-run partnership between the two.

Chance!! Tight over from Deepti. The last ball lobs up off the bat-pad but falls in between Subha and Shafali at short leg. 

Rajeshwari Gayakwad to get things underway. De Klerk punches one through mid off to get a couple. Kapp keeps out the last four balls.

Deepti from the other end. De Klerk tucks one through the legside for a single off the backfoot. Kapp slow off the mark after defending to cover, just about manages to get back in time. 

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