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When all’s said and done – when this match is long forgotten - we’ll still be talking about Marizanne Kapp’s immense knock of 150 off 213 – to do that, from the position she was in, is extremely special. “Absolutely brilliant,” Kate Cross tells Sky, noting how well she manouevered the ball and how hard she and her mates had to work for their wickets. They’ve not used the duke’s ball for long, but have worked out that there’s always a good delivery in it, so there’s no need to search for it. She also mentions the weirdness of being out there without Shrubsole and Brunt, whose emotional speech before play got the team going.
We were meant to have a hundred overs today, but maybe because it’s past 6pm, they’ve ended a brilliant first day right as we’re buzzing for the end of it. But worry not: tomorrow soon come.
91st over: South Africa 280-9 (Sekhukhune 9, Mlaba 4) There’s not much happening off the pitch here, which I guess is good news for England given they’ll soon be batting on it. The sun and wind have helped, drying out the square and the outfield, but there might be rain this time tomorrow – let’s hope not. Anyhow, Sciver, who’s bowled well today, ploughs through another maiden, her sixth, and almost snags Sekhukhune with a fuller one, but an inside edge does just enough to prevent both bowled and lb.
92nd over: South Africa 284-9 (Sekhukhune 9, Mlaba 8) Finally, Cross gets her go with the newish ball, and deploying a lesson she might’ve learnt from her captain, Mlaba frees arms to swipe a wide one, going hard enough so that he thick edge zooms over the cordon and to
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