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

  • Match started one hour late because of rain and wet outfield, but no overs lost

Ghosh hits 94 off 77 balls to help India recover from batting collapse

Live Reporting

by Elizabeth Botcherby

  1. SA 91-5

    Target 252

    Harmanpreet Kaur doesn't keep herself on for a second over. Disappointing.

    Sneh Rana concedes a single and a wide.

    At the halfway stage, South Africa need 161 runs from 25 overs. India were 100-5 at the same stage but then came Richa Ghosh.

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

    Chloe Tyron is an aggressive player naturally. She needs to play like that.

  3. SA 89-5

    Target 252

    Oh my. Chloe Tryon is off the mark with a single but she nearly hoicked the ball straight to Smriti Mandhana in the deep. That would have been less than ideal for South Africa.

  4. SA 86-5

    Target 252

    Spinner Harmanpreet Kaur, bowling in an ODI for the first time in nearly a year and without an ODI wicket since July 2022, concedes a single from her first over.

  5. SA 85-5

    Target 252

    Chloe Tryon (0 off 8) is still waiting for her first run of the day. She went after a full toss from Shree Charani but could only pop it back to the bowler.

    A maiden for Charani... and now time for the captain herself as Harmanpreet Kaur enters the attack.

    Chloe Tryon of South Africa bats as wicket keeper Richa GhoshGetty Images

  6. SA 85-5

    Target 252

    Thanks Sam.

    It looked like it was going to be a maiden from Deepti Sharma but the final ball of the over is turned away to the boundary by Laura Wolvaardt.

    Deepti Sharma goes big with her appeal but no one else is interested.

  7. SA 81-5

    Target 252

    South Africa are in big trouble as Chloe Tryon comes in and India might fancy get this one wrapped up in a hurry.

    To see if they can manage that, it's over to Elizabeth Botcherby to take you through to the conclusion.

  8. Dani Hazell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    It's going to be challenging for all the batters to come against spinners of this ability.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Jafta lbw b Charani 14 (SA 81-5)

    'Plumb' - Charani dismisses Jafta lbw for 14

    Three reds!

    Sinalo Jafta always wants to go back to the spinners and, while it has worked well for her at times, it costs her this time.

    You can't afford to miss many if you want to play on the back foot and once she did, the South African was in trouble.

    Shree Charani was convinced, having fired this one in at the stumps, and ball-tracking backs her up. It was crashing into leg stump.

  10. Umpire review

    SA 81-4

    Sinalo Jafta goes back to Shree Charani and is hit in front.

    There is a huge appeal, Charani is almost angry that the umpire isn't giving it more quickly.

    Eventually the umpire's finger goes up but Jafta quickly reviews.

  11. SA 79-4

    Target 252

    Sinalo Jafta makes good contact with a slog-sweep but there is a fielder at deep mid-wicket so she has to settle for a single.

    It's one of four in the over, less than the required rate but more intent from South Africa.

  12. SA 75-4

    Target 252

    Angled down the leg side by Shree Charani and the ball brushes off Sinalo Jafta's thigh pad, beats the wicketkeeper and runs away for four.

    It's given as runs, too, so that's a bonus for Jafta.

  13. SA 70-4

    Target 252

    Another over goes by with just a couple from it.

    South Africa obviously have to be slightly wary with four wickets down already but the required rate is slowly creeping up as well.

    It's a touch over 5.5 an over now.

  14. Dani Hazell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    If anybody is going to catch it, it's Jemimah.

  15. dropped catch

    Jafta dropped on 5

    SA 69-4

    Nearly a stunning catch from Jemimah Rodrigues at mid-wicket!

    A careless shot from Sinalo Jafta through mid-wicket, just chipping the ball into an area where she was only ever going to get a single.

    Rodrigues flings herself to her right and gets a hand to it but can't quite hold on. It goes down as a drop but it would have been a blinding catch.

  16. Game over? WinViz thinks so.

    WinViz gives India 95% chance of winning, South Africa 5%CricViz

  17. SA 68-4

    Target 252

    Super shot from Laura Wolvaardt.

    Great use of the feet from the South Africa skipper and a lovely drive through point that just beats the dive of the India fielder in the deep.

    That's just the second boundary that Sneh Rana has conceded after five overs.

  18. SA 62-4

    Target 252

    Sinalo Jafta comes in for South Africa and gets off the mark with a lovely late cut that races away for four.

    The wicketkeeper-batter is nearly trapped in front next ball as she goes back to Deepti Sharma but is saved by an inside edge.

    The momentum that was swinging in the Proteas' favour not long ago is now firmly with India.

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

    You were really hoping that Anneke Bosch came off here. An easy catch for Deepti Sharma. South Africa now in big big trouble.

  20. wicket

    WICKET

    Bosch c & b Deepti 1 (SA 58-4)

    Bosch caught and bowled by Deepti for one

    Thumped straight back at Deepti Sharma.

    Anneke Bosch gets caught in two minds as to whether to really go after this full ball from Deepti or just push it for a single.

    In the end, it's neither. Hit relatively firmly but in the air to give the bowler a straightforward return catch.