Having scored a meagre 112 runs in their allotted 20 overs, the Proteas bowled Scotland out for 68 runs, that’s to a hat-trick performance by Madison Landsman and a 53 off 49 from Kayla Reyneke.
The Scots won the toss and put The Junior Proteas Women in to bat first, and struck gold in the opening over of the encounter. Within the 4th over, Elandri Janse Van Rensburg and star batter Simone Lourens had fallen with just 18 runs scored.South Africa began pushing their luck, Karabo Meso chipped in with a quickfire run a ball 14, before she too was found wanting.
And the fightback began. Seshnie Naidu and Simone Lourens combined with some brilliant bowling and fielding and at 45 for 3, Scotland were staring down the barrel and South Africa looking set to defend the 112 they had set in their innings.