-Vinay Kumar
In the 21st match of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup-2022, on Tuesday, Australia registered a big easy win against South Africa (AUS W vs SA W). With this refresh, Australia’s women’s team continued their winning streak in the latest tournament of the World Cup. Australia registered their sixth consecutive win in the latest tournament. Talking about the overall men’s and women’s World Cup, under the captaincy of Meg Lanning, Australia also broke the record of the Indian team under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid in 2005-06. This Australian women’s team has reached the top in terms of winning the most while chasing the target.
Australia’s women’s team has never lost while chasing the target since 2018. Australia have registered their 18th consecutive win while chasing the target. During the year 2005-06, under the captaincy of the then Indian team captain Rahul Dravid, Team India won 17 consecutive matches while chasing the target.
Looking at the history of overall men’s and women’s international cricket matches, one thing is clear that the women’s team of England and New Zealand are at the third position in terms of winning most matches in a row. The England women’s team won 15 matches in a row during 2008-09. And the New Zealand women’s team had won the same number of wins while chasing the target during 2015-17. The West Indies Men’s Cricket Team 80s of the 1980s is in fourth place. That team won 14 matches in a row while chasing the target during 1985–86.
Talking about today’s latest World Cup match between Australia and South Africa, Australia won the toss and took the bowling. The South African team, who came to the field to bat first, scored 271 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 50 overs. But, thanks to Meg Lanning’s scintillating batting, Australia won the match by scoring 272 for 5 in 45.2 overs with 28 balls to spare.
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Meg Lanning scored her third century in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. And it was his 15th century in One Day Internationals. In this latest match, his bat hit 15 fours and a six in the next. With the help of which he scored 135 runs in 130 balls and remained not out. His poor fielding played a big role in South Africa’s defeat. South African players dropped 7 catches this March. Misfielding was also seen a lot.
After getting this fresh win, Australia has further strengthened its position while remaining at the top. They have won 12 points by winning all the 6 matches played so far. Now their last match in the league stage is against Bangladesh. This is South Africa’s first defeat in this World Cup. He is second in the points table with 8 points with 4 wins in 5 matches played so far. If South Africa loses to West Indies and India in their next two matches, they could be out of the race for the semi-finals.
South Africa’s Laura Wolvaart’s best form
Earlier, South Africa’s opener batsman Laura Wolwart continued her excellent form. Laura Wolvaart scored 90 runs in today’s match off 134 balls, while captain Sun Luss scored 52 runs. However, chasing the target, Australia won the match.