Wolvaardt admits Proteas 'missed the mark' after 3-0 England series defeat: 'We're not happy'

Proteas opener Laura Wolvaardt says they're not happy with their performance after losing 3-0 to England in an ODI series.

The Proteas crashed to a 109-run defeat in the third and final one-dayer on Monday, losing their first ODI series since 2019.

Wolvaardt scored her second consecutive ODI half-century in the series, scoring 56 off 51 in Leicester as the Proteas struggled to chase a record 371 to win.

The Proteas were bundled out for 262 despite half-centuries by Wolvaardt, Marizanne Kapp (62) and Chloe Tryon (70).

"It's never easy getting a 370 run chase, we've never done it before, but if we wanted to get close, we needed a good powerplay and start," Wolvaardt told reporters on Monday.

"From then on, it was always going to be tough to keep up with the run rate. We put up a decent effort, think we batted faster than we have recently. We just needed one or two more players to stick their hand in the middle order.

It resulted in a 3-0 clean sweep by England and ended SA's run of six consecutive ODI series wins.

Wolvaardt admits the Proteas were completely outplayed in all facets of the game.

"Throughout the series, they were better than us in all aspects. Batting wise they were better, fielding was better and they were more consistent in their bowling," said Wolvaardt.

"Overall, we missed the mark a little bit. Their middle order has been really good and our middle order hasn't fired this series. They did the little things better than we did."

Wolvaardt insists the Proteas will go back to the drawing board and start on a clean slate ahead of Thursday's first T20 in Chelmsford.

"It's our first ODI series loss in a good two to three years, so it's something we haven't felt in a long time," said Wolvaardt

"We're not happy with the