{"id":352020,"date":"2026-03-28T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/352020\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:30:08","slug":"wolvaardt-eyes-proteas-turnaround-in-new-zealand-odis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/352020\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolvaardt eyes Proteas turnaround in New Zealand ODIs"},"content":{"rendered":"

This three-match series is a crucial part of the qualification process for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup<\/a> 2029. South Africa currently sit in third place on the IWC table, having secured two wins and suffered one loss against Pakistan last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe points are super important. Obviously, those points are for the Championship. We want to get into a position early where we can qualify and not have to scramble at the end of the cycle, so every game is super important,” Wolvaardt added.<\/p>\n

“It just gives that little bit of something extra to play for, makes it a pretty high-stakes game, so we\u2019re looking forward to playing our best cricket, and hopefully it brings out the best in the players.”<\/p>\n

New Zealand enter the 50-over contests riding high on recent series wins over both South Africa and Zimbabwe. However, South Africa boasts a strong recent record against the White Ferns in ODI cricket, claiming victory in four of their last five matchups.<\/p>\n

This includes a notable six-wicket win during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup clash in India last year.<\/p>\n

When asked about the New Zealand side, Wolvaardt said, \u201cThey\u2019re obviously a very good side. You can see that they have clear plans for all of us and are very well prepared,” she said.<\/p>\n

“But I think in this series we\u2019re definitely looking to be a bit more proactive, be a bit braver, make certain moves earlier and hopefully put them under a bit more pressure,” the captain mentioned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This three-match series is a crucial part of the qualification process for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41840,41838,41844,41854,41850,41853,41851,41836,41852,41849,41855,41861,41860,41841,41835,41859,41843,41842,41837,41847,41848,111,43,139,69,41857,41856,41858,41846,41839,41845],"class_list":["post-352020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-cricket-breaking-news","tag-cricket-headlines-today","tag-cricket-live-score","tag-cricket-match-highlights-today","tag-cricket-match-live-streaming-score","tag-cricket-match-result-today","tag-cricket-match-today-live","tag-cricket-news","tag-cricket-results-today","tag-cricket-scorecard-live","tag-cricket-series-updates","tag-cricket-world-cup-live-score","tag-cricket-world-cup-news","tag-cricket-world-news","tag-icc","tag-icc-cricket-updates","tag-international-cricket-live-score","tag-international-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-scores","tag-live-cricket-match-update","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-odi-cricket-live-score","tag-t20-cricket-live-score","tag-test-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-news-update","tag-todays-cricket-match-score"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}