New Delhi. South Africa women’s cricket team defeated West Indies (South Africa Women vs West Indies Women) by 6 wickets in the fourth ODI to win the 4-match series 2-1. In the fourth and final match of the series, the ‘Supergirl’ catch of Laura Wolvaardt is being discussed more than South Africa’s victory. Such catches are rarely seen in women’s cricket. Walwart has also made compatriot veteran fielder Jonty Rhodes his admirer with this excellent catch.
The Windies team is currently on a tour of South Africa. The first ODI of the series was washed out due to rain. Windies won the second match in the Super Over. In the third ODI, the hosts registered a big win by 96 runs, while in the fourth and last match, South Africa defeated the Windies by 6 wickets.
In the fourth ODI, Walwart’s one-handed catch won everyone’s heart. As the player of the host team took a one-handed catch while flying in the air, diving to the right, everyone was stunned to see. This catch was so amazing that it is being highly appreciated on social media. South Africa’s best fielder Jonty Rhodes has praised Wolvert by sharing this video.
Actually, Walvert took this catch in the third ball of the 30th over of the Windies innings. Healy Mathews played a cut short off Tumi Sekhukhune. The ball was far away from Laura Walwart, who was fielding on point, despite this, she jumped in the air on her right side and grabbed the catch with one hand. In this way the 8-run innings of Healy Mathews came to an end.
Talking about the match, while batting first, West Indies scored 174 runs. Chasing the target, the South African team was successful in registering a win for the loss of 4 wickets in 39.5 overs. For South Africa, Andrey Steyn scored 52 runs off 72 balls while captain Sun Luss scored 47 runs. Anisa Mohammad took the maximum 2 wickets for the Windies.
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