Australian fast Megan Schutt has celebrated her milestone match with a miserly spell in an eight-wicket thumping of South Africa within the series-opening ladies’s one-day worldwide.
Schutt took 1-1 from 5 consecutive overs because the vacationers have been restricted to 105 on Saturday at Adelaide Oval.
Australia, with Beth Mooney top-scoring with an unbeaten 52, reached 2-106 in 19 overs to emphatically win recreation one of many three-match ODI collection.
Schutt grew to become the sixth Australian to play 200 internationals and set a dominant tone along with her opening spell as South Africa have been bowled out in 31.3 overs.
Marizanne Kapp top-scored with 50, however she was compelled to retire damage. Whereas finishing a second run to achieve her half-century, Kapp was struck on her left elbow by the throw.
Alana King (3-19), Kim Garth (2-12), Ellyse Perry (1-8), Annabel Sutherland (1-22) and Ash Gardner (1-12) have been additionally among the many wickets.
South Australian Schutt took simply 9 balls to take her 261st worldwide wicket — the prized scalp of South African captain Laura Wolvaardt.
The Proteas skipper is a teammate of Schutt within the Girls’s Huge Bash League with the title-holding Adelaide Strikers.
When she was on 4, Wolvaardt gifted her good friend her wicket, slicing a brief and vast supply to level, the place Georgia Wareham accomplished a easy catch.
South Africa quickly slumped to 3-9 after eight overs and by no means recovered.
Kapp stored cool amid the carnage with a stellar knock, hitting eight fours from her 58 balls earlier than misfortune actually hit.
Because the all-rounder safely accomplished her fiftieth run, she was struck on the elbow. Kapp was taken to hospital for scans, and in her absence, the vacationers misplaced their final 4 wickets for 11 runs.
In Australia’s run chase, openers Phoebe Litchfield (12 from 23 balls) and Alyssa Healy (19 from 24) have been dismissed inside 9 overs.
However stalwarts Mooney, who struck 9 fours in her 34-ball innings, and Perry (16 not out from 33 balls) then cruised to victory.
The three-game ODI collection continues at North Sydney Oval on Wednesday and Saturday.
AAP