Chloe Tryon and Annerie Dercksen starred as South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 76 runs to secure a consolation win at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo after getting knocked out of the tri-series. Tryon became only the third Proteas bowler to take a hat-trick in Women’s ODIs, after Dane Van Niekerk and Masabata Klaas.
In the 42nd over, Tryon took the wickets of Dewmi Vihanga, Sugandika Kumari and Malki Madara to finish with figures of 8-1-34-5. She also accounted for the wickets of Hasini Perera and Vishmi Gunaratne after the duo put on 52 for the opening wicket. On the back of her spell, South Africa bowled the home team out for 239 in 42.5 overs while defending 315. South Africa close their tri-series campaign with a convincing win #SLvSA : https://t.co/Tk8H3MmgBh | : @ProteasWomenCSA pic.twitter.com/bwZdELUHUJ — ICC (@ICC) May 9, 2025
Batting at No.8, Tryon also scored 74 runs off 51 balls as South Africa recovered from 85 for five in 19.3 overs. She got an able partner in Dercksen, who notched her maiden ODI hundred off 81 balls. The pair stitched together a partnership of 112 runs, the highest for South Africa Women in ODIs.
Dercksen scored 104 off 84 balls with nine fours and five sixes, after which Nadine de Klerk’s unbeaten 32 took the Proteas past the 300-run mark.
"We were in a bit of trouble, and we just wanted to take it as deep as possible. I knew I just had to be there till the end. I knew I had plenty of time, Annerie was hitting the ball so sweetly, so I knew I could take my time and just rotate the strike. I woke up under the weather, so I don't know how I did it today. Just an unforgettable day,” Tryon said after winning the Player of the Match award. Annerie Dercksen registers her maiden ODI hundred in the tri-series clash against Sri Lanka #SLvSA : https://t.co/Tk8H3MmgBh pic.twitter.com/16mqtFtDbH — ICC (@ICC) May 9, 2025 Earlier, Vihanga’s stupendous figures of 9-0-43-5 wasn’t enough for South Africa to put up a huge score on the board. Sri Lanka had all their top seven batters enter double digits, but none of them could make their starts count. Skipper Chamari Athapaththu and Anushka Sanjeewani scored 52 and 43 not out respectively, but the knocks only delayed the inevitable.
Sri Lanka will look to make amends when they meet Harmanpreet Kaur’s India on Sunday, May 11 in Colombo. - Ends Also Read | Kashvee Gautam ruled out of tri series due to injury, to be replaced by Kranti Goud
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