Wolvaardt put on a whopping 183 with fellow opener Sune Luus – the second time the pair have combined for a century partnership this series – and made the tough chase look easy against the reigning ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup champions.
The South Africa openers scored 72 runs inside the Powerplay – the most in South African women’s history – and Wolvaardt credited Luus for keeping her cool during the chase.
“We kept each other pretty calm out there,” Wolvaardt said.
“It’s new territory to find ourselves on 70-odd after the Powerplay but once we got that, we told each other we have to keep going.
“We knew we had so much power in the dug out so we just had to get as much as we could. And then once we got out of the Powerplay, I just tried to win the game as quickly as I could.”