{"id":201152,"date":"2025-10-09T19:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/201152\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T19:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:41:08","slug":"womens-world-cup-results-south-africa-defeats-india-nadine-de-klerk-video-highlights-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/201152\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s World Cup results, South Africa defeats India, Nadine de Klerk, video, highlights, news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nadine de Klerk produced a lower-order masterclass with an unbeaten 84 to steer South Africa to a three-wicket win over India in their Women\u2019s World Cup thriller on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Number eight De Klerk tore into the opposition attack in her 54-ball blitz as South Africa reached 7-252 with seven balls to spare while chasing India\u2019s 251 in Visakhapatnam.<\/p>\n<p>De Klerk\u2019s knock combined brute power with exquisite wrist work as she hit eight fours and five sixes, including the winning hit over the fence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am lost for words,\u201d said De Klerk, who also took two wickets with her medium-pace bowling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have done a lot of good things in the last couple of days, but to finish off the game gives us a lot of confidence. I do like being under pressure and do love World Cups &#8211; we had to be at our best to beat India at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch live coverage of the 2025 Marsh One Day Cup on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/sports\/sport!cricket\/series-marsh-one-day-cup!3?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759535888_361_poster-fallback.png\"\/>South Africa&#8217;s Nadine de Klerk. AP Photo\/Aijaz RahiSource: AP<\/p>\n<p>South Africa slipped to 5-81 in their chase but captain Laura Wolvaardt\u2019s patient 70 kept them afloat before De Klerk joined Chloe Tryon to swing the momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Tryon\u2019s brisk 49, and De Klerk\u2019s fearless strokeplay, turned the contest decisively in South Africa\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n<p>The pair added 69 for the seventh wicket before Tryon fell, but by then the required run-rate was under control for De Klerk to finish in style.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, India\u2019s top-order faltered once again against left-arm spin and they slipped to 6-102 after Nonkululeko Mlaba and Tryon rattled the batting.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s batters have now scored only 257 runs off 348 balls against left-arm spinners in this tournament &#8211; losing 12 wickets at an average of 21.41, the most dismissals by any team.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s number eight Richa Ghosh hit a counter-attacking 94 to turn the tide when the rest struggled.<\/p>\n<p>Ghosh took on the South African spinners with crisp footwork and clever placement, bringing the crowd to life with her clean hitting.<\/p>\n<p>Together with Sneh Rana (33 off 24 balls), she added 88 for the eighth wicket. Her innings was not just about runs but also character &#8211; another example of India\u2019s prowess to fight back from tough situations.<\/p>\n<p>They had earlier recovered from 6-124 to 8-269 against Sri Lanka and from 5-159 to 247 against Pakistan in their two victories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTough game, both teams played really well,\u201d India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe collapsed while batting but still got to 250. We got the early wickets, but De Klerk batted really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cIt is a long tournament. It was a tough game, but lots of learnings. We need to keep ourselves in the positive frame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Africa celebrated their first win over India on Indian soil in a World Cup &#8211; a result that keeps their semi-final hopes alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nadine de Klerk produced a lower-order masterclass with an unbeaten 84 to steer South Africa to a three-wicket&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-201152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}