Summary

  • ICC Women's World Cup, Indore - New Zealand win toss & bat

  • South Africa chase 232 to win by four wickets with 55 balls remaining

  • SA 232-4 (40.5 overs): Brits 101 (89), Luus 81* (114)

  • NZ 231 (47.5 overs): Devine 85 (98); Mlaba 4-40

  • SA bounce back from England thrashing to register first win

  • NZ have lost both their matches so far

Live Reporting

by Timothy Abraham & Matthew Henry

  1. 50 runs

    Fifty for Luus

    Sune Luus has been a calm presence for South Africa at the top of the order.

    She brings up her half-century of 76 balls with a punch off Jess Kerr through mid-on for a single.

  2. SA 156-1

    Sune Luus and Tazmin BritsGetty Images

    Melie Kerr wheels away but it's all too easy for Sune Luus and Tazmin Brits as they poke and prod the ball into the gaps and edge closer to the target of 232.

    Just 76 runs needed off 150 balls.

  3. Thanks, Matthew.

    Indeed it does.

    WinViz currently has South Africa on 93% while New Zealand are on 7%.

  4. SA 151-1

    Target 232

    Is this now the time South Africa take a look at improving their net run-rate?

    Timothy Abraham will take you through the rest of this match. It looks to be going only one way.

  5. SA 150-1

    Crashed down the ground by Brits. That's one you just want to get out of the way of as a bowler.

    Tazmin BritsGetty Images

  6. SA 145-1

    A proper edge for four by Sune Luus. Nothing is going New Zealand's way.

  7. SA 140-1

    Brits 71, Luus 40

    This is turning into quite the knock from Tazmin Brits as she lifts Bree Illing back over her head for four. Brits has six ODI hundreds so we shouldn't be surprised. Her 71 runs here have taken just 59 deliveries.

  8. SA 131-1

    Need 101 runs from 28 overs

    New Zealand play Bangladesh in their next game. They'll be favourites for that one but it's not guaranteed.

    Here's how Brits reached her fifty...

  9. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Big six, it was a filthy full-toss. Now after that shot some of the heads are dropping for New Zealand.

  10. 6 runs

    SA 129-1

    A full toss flogged for six by Tazmin Brits! That brings up the hundred partnership too.

  11. SA 122-1

    Brits 59, Brits 36

    Still no breakthrough for New Zealand, despite the return of Bree Illing. I still go back to all of those dot balls at the start of their innings.

  12. How's stat?!

    Should South Africa pull of this run chase it would be their fourth biggest against New Zealand in ODIs behind their:

    • 260 at Auckland - January 2020
    • 254 at Pietermaritzburg - September 2023
    • 236 at Potchefstroom - September 2023

  13. SA 119-1

    Need 113 runs from 30 overs

    A four off the first ball of Eden Carson's over is all South Africa need from this over. They sit back and milk it afterwards. This is looking like a complete performance.

  14. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Maybe it was a bit safe for New Zealand to win the toss and bat first to get points on the board.

  15. SA 114-1

    Remember both of these two teams lost their opening game. India, Australia and, to a lesser extent England, are the three big favourites for a semi-final place. That only leaves one space. Both of these two would have fancied making that spot their own before the tournament began.

  16. 50 runs

    50 for Tazmin Brits

    Driven over mid-off for four! Tazmin Brits has batted beautifully. Now she has her fifty.

  17. SA 107-1

    Required run-rate: 3.91

    New Zealand's experienced duo Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine chat again at the end of Eden Carson's over. There's so much experience for them there. What can they muster?

  18. SA 106-1

    Target 232

    Sune LuusGetty Images

    As we get back under way, a misfield gifts Sune Luus a second run and she takes full advantage of keeping the strike by sweeping the next delivery for four.

    Eden Carson is going to be given a chance to make up for that error. She's coming into the attack.

  19. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    New Zealand desperately need wickets and that is the only way back into the game for them.

  20. Fran Wilson
    Ex-England batter on Test Match Special

    Brits has really enjoyed this extra pace from Lea Tahuhu.