Proteas women bat first in vital T20 World Cup clash against Netherlands

The Netherlands women won the toss and chose to bowl first against the Proteas women in their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup pool match at the County Ground in Bristol on Thursday night.

It is a massively important game for the Proteas as they need a big win to boost their net run rate, as qualification for the semifinals could go down to the wire, and with Australia and India boasting vastly better net run rates, the South Africans might be in danger if they don’t improve theirs.

The Proteas head into the match off the back of an impressive win over India, so they will be very confident of picking up an good win against the Netherlands, who have lost all three of their games so far.

PROTEAS WOMEN: Laura Wolvaardt (capt), Tazmin Brits, Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon, Dane van Niekerk, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

NETHERLANDS WOMEN: Sanya Khurana, Phebe Molkenboer, Babette de Leede (capt, wk), Sterre Kalis, Robine Rijke, Frederique Overdijk, Iris Zwilling, Myrthe van den Raad, Caroline de Lange, Silver Siegers, Hannah Landheer