India Women vs South Africa Women, Final - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Shree Charani to de Klerk, out Ayabonga Khaka Run Out!! South Africa have gifted this wicket. Just when India were starting to feel the pressure, Khaka is run out in an attempt to keep de Klerk on strike for the next over. Steered to backward point, not wide enough of the fielder and they go through for the single anyway. Throw comes in flat next to the stumps, the bails are whipped off and Khaka is short of her ground. Ayabonga Khaka run out (Deepti Sharma/Richa Ghosh) 1(7)

Shree Charani to de Klerk, FOUR, suddenly Charani has lost her length. de Klerk's presence is enough. Dragged down short, she hangs back and pulls it tot he boundary behind square

Shree Charani to de Klerk, wide, down the leg-side, de Klerk looks to slog but misses, this time Richa gets behind it

Shree Charani to de Klerk, 5 wides, poor ball, poor from the keeper and poor from the fielder too! End result is five bonus runs. It's short down the leg-side, de Klerk misses the pull and Richa is beaten too. The less said about Renuka's effort the better

Shree Charani to de Klerk, FOUR, big heave across the line, in the air and in the gap from de Klerk! Line is on middle and leg and she gives it a whack through midwicket

Shree Charani to de Klerk, no run, overpitched at the stumps, de Klerk squeezes it to the left of Charani and she makes a diving stop

Shree Charani to de Klerk, no run, drifting down leg, de Klerk sweeps hard but short fine leg makes a diving stop

Shree Charani to de Klerk, no run, good length around off, turning away, defended after a forward stretch

Shree Charani to Ayabonga Khaka, no run, four in a row! What a talent. Doesn't leave a good length, gets it to dip and turn and Khaka is all at sea against the turning ball

Shree Charani to Ayabonga Khaka, no run, this is incredible bowling. Dips on a good length, turns away, and Khaka is just not good enough at the moment, even to lay bat on ball

Shree Charani to Ayabonga Khaka, no run, more turn for Charani! Giving it a real rip and the pitch is responding. Khaka goes for a big drive and is beaten again

Shree Charani to Ayabonga Khaka, no run, nicely slows it up and gets it to dip on Khaka as she goes for the big shot. It pitches, turns and beats the edge

Shree Charani to de Klerk, no ball, 1 run, oh a no-ball from Charani as her front foot goes over the line! Driven down to long-off, only a single but a free-hit to come

Shree Charani to de Klerk, FOUR, now she makes better contact and nails the sweep over backward square. Nadine de Klerk, India will know all about what she can do. This game isn't done until she's out there

Shree Charani to de Klerk, 2 runs, square leg is in the ring and de Klerk walks a long way across the stumps to drag the ball over that fielder. Charani follows her too. Doesn't get the sweep anywhere near the middle, balloons off the top-edge but clears Kranti who runs back and retrieves

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, no run, tries to manufacture something out of nothing, and her effort doesn't yield any return. Fuller than a good length just outside off, Wolvaardt goes back to cut, fails to get on top of it and a thick edge pops up in front of short third

Shree Charani to Annerie Dercksen, 1 run, teases her into the drive and it's sliced in the air... goes in the gap through cover-point

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, 1 run, full outside off, driven to sweeper cover

Shree Charani to Annerie Dercksen, 1 run, almost in the blockhole, Dercksen squeezes it to long-off

Shree Charani to Annerie Dercksen, no run, purchase for Charani off a good length. Lands on off, turns away, Dercksen punches gently off the back foot down the pitch

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, 1 run, turning away from off, good length ball, Wolvaardt taps it gently in front of extra cover and it's a tight single with Harman swooping in. Dercksen brings out the dive and makes it safely

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, no run, goes back and punches down the pitch

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, no run, oh sharp turn! Excellent work on the ball from Charani, plenty of revs, it drifts in and then turns away sharply. Wolvaardt was tempted to work through the on-side because of the in-drift but is beaten comprehensively

Shree Charani to Annerie Dercksen, 1 run, driven to extra cover again but this time Harman misfields and gives away a single

Shree Charani to Annerie Dercksen, no run, floated up on off, dips on Dercksen as she looks to drive and she hits it to extra cover

Shree Charani to Annerie Dercksen, no run, slightly flatter, pushed through on a good length, the trajectory makes Dercksen go back in defence and she manages to keep it out

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, 1 run, nicely flighted outside off, full ball, Wolvaardt gets forward and drives to long-off

Shree Charani to Sinalo Jafta, 1 run, tossed up full and Sinalo Jafta comes down the track to drive to long-on, beating the dive of short mid-wicket to her left

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, 1 run, turn and no cover-point. Stopped in the surface, on a good length outside off, that grips, turns away, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot to cut, then aborts the shot, in the air but in the gap

Shree Charani to Sinalo Jafta, 1 run, tossed up and Sinalo Jafta steps out and drives it down to long-off

Shree Charani to Sinalo Jafta, no run, tossed up on a length and it rips past the outside-edge, Sinalo Jafta had to get forward there, she went back, tries to push and it is close to the outside-edge, turned again

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, 1 run, full on off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive to long-off, tad too full and no turn

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, no run, slower and tossed up full outside off, turns away, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive, the turn beats the outside-edge

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, FOUR, flat good length on middle, skids on, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and pulls, bent her back knee and slammed it, beats Renuka's run and chase to her left from deep backward square-leg

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, no run, tossed up full on middle, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive, off the thick outer half and in the air for a while, but rolls to mid-off

Shree Charani to Luus, 1 run, Luus comes down the track and takes it on the full, drives it to long-on

Shree Charani to Luus, no run, tossed up full on middle, Luus gets forward to drive it back to Shree Charani

Shree Charani to Luus, no run, tossed up full on off, Luus gets forward to defend to cover

Shree Charani to Luus, no run, flat on a length outside off, Luus goes on the back foot to cut and mistimes it to the left of extra-cover, Jemi is there and Wolvaardt is sent back

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, FOUR, fired full and down leg, Wolvaardt sweeps hard and it races away through backward square-leg, in a flash, wrong line that

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, no run, full on middle, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive and Shree Charani gets across and cuts it off to her left

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, no run, on a length on off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive and picks out extra-cover

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, no run, tossed up full on the stumps, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive and Shree Charani stops it

Shree Charani to Luus, 1 run, good length and flat on middle, Luus goes on the back foot and tucks it between deep mid-wicket and long-on, just one

Shree Charani to Luus, no run, tossed up full on off, Luus gets forward to defend to cover

Shree Charani to Luus, wide, tossed up full outside the leg-stump, Luus sweeps and misses, called a wide

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, no run, flighted delivery full on middle and off, Wolvaardt gets forward to defend it back

Shree Charani to Luus, 1 run, tossed up full on leg-stump, Luus gets forward to drive to long-on

Shree Charani to Luus, no run, wide of the crease and flat on a good length just outside off, Luus gets forward to tap it to cover

Shree Charani to Luus, no run, tossed up full on off, a forward defence to cover

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up full just outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive and the ball bursts through Shree Charani's hands, was hit into the ground

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, no run, on a good length on middle, quicker, Wolvaardt bunts it back to Shree Charani

Shree Charani to Luus, no run, tossed up on a length on off, Luus gets forward to defend, plays outside the line and is lucky that the inside-edge hits the back leg and rolls near her feet. Nearly sneaked through

Shree Charani to Bosch, out Lbw!! End of a miserable day for Bosch. Also the entire tournament has been a nightmare for her. Did it pitch in line? Looked like it. Yes it did as ball-tracking is in now. Anyway Bosch as soon as she misses, walks. Then has a chat with Wolvaardt and then on she goes. A length delivery on leg and middle, Bosch flicks all around it, simple delivery and somehow Bosch has missed that. Plumb in front and umpire Jacqueline Williams has no issues as she raises her finger. That is crashing into the stumps. Shree Charani strikes in her first over. Bosch lbw b Shree Charani 0(6)

Shree Charani to Bosch, no run, full outside off, Bosch gets forward to drive and beats cover's dive to her right, but mid-off is there

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up full on leg-stump, Wolvaardt gets forward to flick to the vacant backward square-leg area

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, 2 runs, more good fielding from India. It's Amanjot now, she runs and dives to her right at deep mid-wicket, pushes it to Renuka, saves two. Was a good length delivery on off, whipped forcefully and into the gap

Shree Charani to Wolvaardt, no run, good length and flat on middle, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and punches it past Shree Charani but Jemi gets across and cuts it off with a dive from cover, superb stop just to save one