England 153 for 4 (Beaumont 65*, Jones 49*) beat South Africa 233 for 8 (Wolvaardt 61) by six wickets – DLS
Tammy Beaumont issued a reminder of her all-formats prowess with a superbly paced innings of 65 not out from 46 balls, as England sealed their ODI series against South Africa in a T20-style run-chase under the floodlights in Potchefstroom.
On a day that was interrupted by a three-hour delay for rain and lightning, and was marred by a worrying first-over back injury for their senior seamer Kate Cross, England overcame a stiff DLS-adjusted target of 152 in 23 overs to win at a canter – with four overs to spare, thanks to Beaumont’s fifth-wicket stand of 90 in 63 balls with Amy Jones, who finished unbeaten on 49 from 36.
Having at one stage been resigned to a washout as the conditions closed in, England were forced to win it the hard way, after Marizanne Kapp’s haul of 3 for 24 in five overs included two massive scalps in her…
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