key events
Morning session
Round 7: South Africa 21-0 (Woolwart 12, Boss 6) Three slides and a gully stood there waiting for Lauren Filer to rush in with the first ball of the day, an inswinger. From that point on, Farrar was a bit headstrong and just went with the flow. Walvater pushes one of them to the ropes.
South Africans have Taking a final sip of water, Heather Knight led her troops off.
They're pushing the pitch in Blom – There was a strong wind on the ground yesterday, which has weakened to a breeze today. The surface still looks great for the bat and ball, but yesterday's wind took away most of the moisture from the surface and now there are some cracks.
While we wait for testing to beginyou may (or may not) want to chase England's exploits in Hamilton – Williamson's hundred, Stokes' hamstring blow, and Crawley's other Matt Henry catch.
The picture is now The light comes in from Bloemfontein, where the light is bright and the sun is scorching. Kaya Zondo and Nono Pongolo praised Bouchier – who scored 126 points in her first Test and finished third behind Australia's Mel Jones and Michelle Goszko.
A lovely photo of Maia Bouchier Her father, Anthony, was an investor in Wisden.com in the early days of the Internet in the early 1990s.
Maia Bouchier's father, Anthony, was an early investor in Wisden Online, which acquired Cricinfo in 2003.
A proud moment for the duo today, Maia scored a century on her Test debut 🙌 pic.twitter.com/8DnbcsRs84
—ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 15, 2024
This is worth listening to Raf and Syd weigh in on the England women's contract and the ECB's new pay announcement for the Centurions, which has seen top men receive significant pay rises while others have seen modest increases.
This is Raph's Take the first day:
Preface
good morning! On the last Monday before Christmas, while schoolchildren were eating porridge and the skies over Manchester were still far from dawn, England and South Africa were preparing for the next day's one-off Test in sunny Bloemfontein.
England Women had their best result yesterday, scoring a respectable 395 runs, with the impressive Maia Bouchier scoring her first Test hundred and Nat Sciver Brunt recording the fastest Test hundred in women's history .
South Africa fought back late in the afternoon, plowing back through the second half and towards the end, while England were unable to break through in the six overs after Heather Knight's declaration.
The match starts at 8am and is the first women's Test to be played in South Africa since 2002.
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