A fired up Proteas women’s side head into battle against India women at Buffalo Park this afternoon.
India claimed a solid win in the first game of the series to continue their good form after triumphing 2-1 in the one-day series that concluded last week.
“A competitive series is what we always expect against a team of this quality, we knew they were going to push us in our conditions and I think they started the series better than us, but we are happy with the progress in the team,” said Proteas coach Hilton Moreeng.
“Before the last game it was 18 months since our last T20 game, so there were a lot of positives in the first game and we are going in the right direction.”
Most of the team last played in East London against the West Indies women in 2016, so know the ground and will look to utilise that experience against India.
They will need to improve on their fielding and bowling effort, while their batting effort in the last game was good.
“There is a lot of experience in the team, we know the conditions really well and we will look to use that knowledge to our advantage,” explained Moreeng.
“We realise it is going to get better with four more games to go, starting with this next one here in East London and being a home series we believe if we put our best foot forward we can pull through.”
“Our bowling and fielding must improve in this match, while our batting was decent and we must just keep that up.”
Former Border bowler Ayabonga Khaka will be one of the key weapons in the Proteas side as she has superb knowledge of the ground having played on it for years before her recent move to Gauteng.
She only bowled one over in the first T20 and will hoping to get her full complement of overs to make a big impact in today’s game.
“I am looking forward to playing back on home soil,” said Khaka.
“It has been a really tough series, but we are preparing for the World Cup later this year so it has been good to get an indication of where we are.
“I think everyone wants to bounce back, the team are looking forward to that and I think if we can fix the few things we did wrong in the last game we can do that.
“We just need to tick all of our boxes and play to our strengths.”
The Proteas will need to be led from the front by captain Dané van Niekerk, while their star players like Shabnim Ismail, Marizanne Kapp, Trisha Chetty and Sune Luus will need to be firing on all cylinders.
Chloe Tryon will also be looked at for a repeat performance after she smashed a brilliant seven-ball 32 in the first match that was a new international strike-rate record for an innings of 25 runs or more.
Today’s match will be streamed live on the Cricket South Africa YouTube channel.
Play begins at 1pm while regular updates will be made available on Cricket South Africa’s Facebook and Twitter platforms.
Proteas have India in crosshairs in City
A fired up Proteas women’s side head into battle against India women at Buffalo Park this afternoon.
India claimed a solid win in the first game of the series to continue their good form after triumphing 2-1 in the one-day series that concluded last week.
“A competitive series is what we always expect against a team of this quality, we knew they were going to push us in our conditions and I think they started the series better than us, but we are happy with the progress in the team,” said Proteas coach Hilton Moreeng.
“Before the last game it was 18 months since our last T20 game, so there were a lot of positives in the first game and we are going in the right direction.”
Most of the team last played in East London against the West Indies women in 2016, so know the ground and will look to utilise that experience against India.
They will need to improve on their fielding and bowling effort, while their batting effort in the last game was good.
“There is a lot of experience in the team, we know the conditions really well and we will look to use that knowledge to our advantage,” explained Moreeng.
“We realise it is going to get better with four more games to go, starting with this next one here in East London and being a home series we believe if we put our best foot forward we can pull through.”
“Our bowling and fielding must improve in this match, while our batting was decent and we must just keep that up.”
Former Border bowler Ayabonga Khaka will be one of the key weapons in the Proteas side as she has superb knowledge of the ground having played on it for years before her recent move to Gauteng.
She only bowled one over in the first T20 and will hoping to get her full complement of overs to make a big impact in today’s game.
“I am looking forward to playing back on home soil,” said Khaka.
“It has been a really tough series, but we are preparing for the World Cup later this year so it has been good to get an indication of where we are.
“I think everyone wants to bounce back, the team are looking forward to that and I think if we can fix the few things we did wrong in the last game we can do that.
“We just need to tick all of our boxes and play to our strengths.”
The Proteas will need to be led from the front by captain Dané van Niekerk, while their star players like Shabnim Ismail, Marizanne Kapp, Trisha Chetty and Sune Luus will need to be firing on all cylinders.
Chloe Tryon will also be looked at for a repeat performance after she smashed a brilliant seven-ball 32 in the first match that was a new international strike-rate record for an innings of 25 runs or more.
Today’s match will be streamed live on the Cricket South Africa YouTube channel.
Play begins at 1pm while regular updates will be made available on Cricket South Africa’s Facebook and Twitter platforms.
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