Previous to the rain delay, Tahlia McGrath (3-23) was essential with the ball, attractive Tazmin Brits (31) into holing out to deep mid-wicket the place she was caught.
McGrath then gave Marizanne Kapp the identical remedy, the architect of Wednesday’s upset win going for a fourth-ball duck after discovering Darcie Brown within the deep.
“We bowled fairly good lengths and fielding was first rate as properly, we simply misplaced our means with the bat a bit,” Proteas captain Laura Wolvaardt mentioned.
The win places Australia again answerable for the multi-format collection forward of subsequent week’s one-off Take a look at in Perth. To attract the collection on factors mixture South Africa have to win that match.
Healy rode her luck after being dropped on 31 at deep backward sq. leg by Anneke Bosch, who had two different potential catches fall at her ft on a day of combined fielding for the vacationers.
Healy notched her seventeenth ODI half-century with back-to-back fours straight down the bottom off Nadine de Klerk, earlier than being caught at a lot the identical place Bosch dropped her.
When Healy went, McGrath (44) reignited the hosts by hitting younger fast Hlubi (0-41) for 5 consecutive fours however misplayed Chloe Tryon the following over and misplaced her center stump.
Healy notched her seventeenth ODI half-century.Credit score:
With a single to mid-wicket within the forty third over, slow-and-steady Mooney introduced up her sixteenth half-century earlier than a affected person knock started to modify gears.
After belting fast Masabata Klaas for consecutive sixes, King (17) stored the strike late and Mooney’s ton eluded her.
Australia completed with a a lot heftier complete than the 149 they managed in Wednesday’s loss.
“From a batting perspective, we simply didn’t adapt to the circumstances fast sufficient (within the second ODI),” Nitschke mentioned.
“(At the moment) we left some runs on the market nonetheless however we actually had been a bit extra measured.”
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