Nonkululeko Mlaba with the ball, and Tazmin Brits and Sune Luus with the bat, powered South Africa’s women to a six-wicket victory over New Zealand in their ICC World Cup match at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Monday.
Mlaba claimed 4/40, her second best return in ODIs, as South Africa restricted New Zealand to a modest 231 all out in 47.5 overs, while Brits slammed a brilliant century and shared a second-wicket partnership of 159 in 170 balls – the biggest for any wicket for South Africa in ODI world cups – with Sune Luus (83*) as South Africa reached their target in 40.5 overs.
It was a fitting response by Laura Wolvaardt’s team after their dismal 10-wicket defeat at the…
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Papa Smurf
An retired elderly couple visit London..
They get picked up from the airport in a london black cab and head off into the city for some adventure.
The cab driver say \”where you from guvnor?
Husband. \”we\’re from South Africa\”..
The wife is a little hard of hearing asks her husband.
\”What did he say?\”
The husband turns to his wife and says louder \”the cab driver asked us where we were from, I told him South Africa!\”
The cabbie continues \”I was in the merchant navy years back… I got to drop anchor down your way, a few times in Johannesburg\”
The husband replies \”oh wow that\’s where we\’re from originally, now we\’re in Cape Town.\”
The wife asks the husband again \”what did he say?\”.
The husband again relays the unheard conversation \”the cab driver says he spent some time in the navy and went down to joberg\”.
The wife smiles and nods.
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The child who claims to know as many proverbs as his father should be allowed to pay taxes