Winning the toss and electing to bat first Sophie Divine, the New Zealand captain the centurian against Australia in her last outing was in for a rude shock as her team lost the last 6 wickets for 44 runs and could not even bat the 50 overs and were bowled out for 231 in 47.5 overs.
They were sitting pretty after electing to bat first with Brook Halliday and Sophie Divine at the wickets with the score on 187 for 4 wickets in 38.1 overs, targeting a score of well over 275 at that stage.
Unfortunately for the Kiwi batters disaster stuck, the dismissal of Brook Haliday for 45, and Sophie Divine for 85, saw the Kiwis fold up for 231 a below par score at the Indoor grounds.
Malaba, the South African left arm orthodox spinner, was unplayable claiming 4 for 40 in simply denting the Kiwi batters who were guilty of not using their feat against quality spin.
Sussie Bates, the opening batter and senior player of New Zealand, was dismissed in the very first ball she faced LBW, to Marrizone Kapp . Guess that wicket upfront got South African bowling reach excellence as was their fielding and catching.
South Africa got to the target with 9.5 overs to spare with Tazmin Brits making a super 101 whilst Suno Lunus made an unbeaten 83.
Big win by the Protease by 6 wickets. The 2nd wicket partnership of 159 runs between Brits and Suno Lunus was breathtaking.
New Zealand must improve their ground fielding because they looked mediocre yesterday in all three departments of the game. 13 wides tells a story.