Summary

  • ICC Women's World Cup, Visakhapatnam - SA win toss & bowl

  • De Klerk hits stunning unbeaten 84 off 54 balls to lead Proteas to target of 252

  • South Africa win by three wickets with seven balls to spare

  • India 251 (49.5 overs): Ghosh 94 (77); Tryon 3-32

  • India slip from 83-1 to 102-6 before Ghosh counters brilliantly

  • SA go level with India on four points after three matches each

Live Reporting

by Elizabeth Botcherby & Sam Drury

  1. WinViz isn't giving South Africa much of a chance...

    WinViz gives India 91% chance of winning, South Africa 9%CricViz

  2. SA 171-6

    Target 252

    Deepti Sharma has her hands on her head as Chloe Tryon hits her for four.

    There's more frustration later in the over as Nadine de Klerk chips the ball up into the air and lands it in a gap at mid-wicket.

    With 10 overs remaining, South Africa need 81 runs.

  3. Shachi Pai
    Former Lancashire batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    South Africa are hanging on by one arm.

    India are slightly ahead.

  4. SA 163-6

    Target 252

    Shree Charani pulls it back: two singles and four dot balls.

    Her penultimate delivery beats Nadine de Klerk and whistles past her off-stump.

  5. SA 161-6

    Target 252

    Now then... are Chloe Tryon and Nadine de Klerk winding up for something special?

    De Klerk runs hard to pick up three after a sharp diving stop from Harleen Deol denies her a boundary. Then, Tryon pounces on a poor delivery from Kranti Gaud and smashes her through cover for four.

    There's a wide in between and three singles scattered around as South Africa take 11 runs off the over.

  6. SA 150-6

    Target 252

    Nadine de Klerk has a boundary, getting down on one knee and powering Shree Charani fine for four.

    With a single and a wide, South Africa knock six runs off their chase but the required rate is dangerously close to eight an over.

  7. SA 144-6

    Target 252

    Four runs conceded and the big wicket of Laura Wolvaardt.

    Kranti Gaud will be pretty happy with her first over since the powerplay.

  8. Shachi Pai
    Former Lancashire batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Wolvaardt has played so well in this innings.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Wolvaardt b Gaud 70 (SA 142-6)

    Kranti Gaud makes the breakthrough for India!

    She yorks Laura Wolvaardt and the ball splats into her middle stump. The South Africa skipper departs for 70 (111).

    Is that game over?

  10. SA 140-5

    Target 252

    Textbook Laura Wolvaardt, driving through the covers for four. Harmanpreet Kaur attempted a diving stop and hurt herself in the process. She receives some treatment on her neck before carrying on.

    Eight runs off the over. South Africa are ticking along.

  11. SA 132-5

    Target 252

    Four singles off an over for the fourth time in five overs.

    India exploded into life in the final 10 overs of their innings. South Africa - who need 120 runs - have 16 overs at their disposal.

  12. Shachi Pai
    Former Lancashire batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Chloe Tryon has got herself in a good position there, got herself back in the crease.

    Chloe TryonGetty Images

  13. SA 128-5

    Target 252

    Lovely placement. Chloe Tryon bisects the fielders in the covers and collects four.

    Seven runs off the over. South Africa's sixth-wicket pair have put on 47 (80).

  14. And for the South Africa fans, here are the highlights from Laura Wolvaardt's innings (so far).

  15. Here are the five South Africa wickets to fall...

  16. SA 121-5

    Target 252

    Oh, was that a missed stumping from Richa Ghosh?

    Chloe Tryon danced down but failed to connect with her wild swing. However, she's saved by the ball grazing her thigh pad, which diverts it in the opposite direction to the off-balance wicketkeeper. She'd have been comfortably out had it been taken.

    South Africa score four singles for the third consecutive over.

    Chloe Tryon and Richa GhoshGetty Images

  17. SA 117-5

    Target 252

    Laura Wolvaardt beats a diving fielder at mid-on, the ball is tidied up at long-on, and South Africa take a single. Bowler Harmanpreet Kaur is NOT happy.

    It's one of four singles conceded off her fourth over.

  18. SA 113-5

    Target 252

    Chloe Tryon and Laura Wolvaardt rotate the strike and pick off four singles. The required rate is hovering around seven.

    Chloe Tryon and Laura WolvaardtGetty Images

  19. Shachi Pai
    Former Lancashire batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    South Africa are not too far from what India were, it's just that crucial partnership they need.

  20. SA 109-5

    Target 252

    South Africa's batters finally get a read on Harmanpreet Kaur's bowling, taking the India skipper for nine runs.

    Chloe Tryon pulls her away to the rope for four - only South Africa's third boundary since the 20-over mark.