Women's Cricket World Cup: Meg Lanning century keeps Australia unbeaten in five-wicket win over South Africa
Meg Lanning struck an unbeaten 135 from 130 balls to lead Australia a five-wicket prevail upon South Africa at the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup.
The outcome guaranteed Australia stay unbeaten in the competition, while simultaneously finishing the Proteas' investment.
South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt fell 10 runs shy of her very own hundred years as her side set an objective of 272 to win in Wellington, yet they were no counterpart for an imperious Lanning as she directed Australia to a predominant success which guaranteed they will complete no lower than second in the pool stage.
Having been placed in to bat, Wolvaardt and Lizelle Lee arrived at 88 runs for South Africa's most noteworthy opening organization of the competition before Lee fell lbw to Alana King.
Lara Goodall, who came into the side for a striving Tazmin Brits, planned the ball well yet could make just 15 preceding she furnished King with a normal catch off the bowling of Annabel Sutherland.
Wolvaardt and Sune Luus put on 91 for the third wicket as Wolvaardt contacted her fourth successive World Cup 50 years. Be that as it may, the previous would ultimately tumble to Ashleigh Gardner for 90.
Luus went not long in the wake of following a quickfire 52 from 51 balls, with Tahlia McGrath requiring her second catch of the day - this one a lot less difficult than the catch to excuse Wolvaardt.
Mignon du Preez was then excused for 14 following an eminent catch from Gardner, however Marizanne Kapp (30 not out from 21 balls) and Chloe Tryon (17 not out from nine balls) added important runs in the end arranges as South Africa arrived at 271-5 from their 50 overs.
Australia started their pursuit in a likewise certain way, taking 14 off the initial two overs before Alyssa Healy (5) was gotten behind by Trisha Chetty off Shabnim Ismail. That carried Lanning to the wrinkle however, and close by bad habit skipper Rachael Haynes set Australia in a solid situation at 45-1 after the powerplay. Haynes then, at that point, withdrew for 17, with du Preez taking a shocking catch off Tryon's bowling.
Lanning was ordinarily savage in her quest for driving her side to triumph, taking on World Cup debutant Tumi Sekhukhune as she raised 52 from 57 balls.
Sekhukhune set things straight in the field, creating an immediate hit to run out Beth Mooney - batting at four instead of the harmed Ellyse Perry - for 21, however Lanning raised her fifteenth ODI century with a four off Ayabonga Khaka, fortifying her grasp on the most hundreds in ladies' ODIs.
After two times being dropped, McGrath was at long last gotten by Kapp for 32 off Ismail's bowling and Gardner would then leave for 22 as Tryon snatched a subsequent wicket. Notwithstanding, Australia were generally agreeable at 241-5 with 10 overs remaining, and Lanning was there toward the end with Sutherland hitting the triumphant hurries to acquire their 6th dominate in as many matches.
