Lizelle Lee and Laura Wolvaardt shared the highest opening wicket stand against an under-prepared India to give South Africa an emphatic 8-wicket win in the first ODI of the five-match series, yesterday.
Asked to bat, India never got the momentum it needed and could only manage 177 for nine despite a fifty from skipper Mithali Raj (50 off 85) and a quick-fire 40 off 41 balls from her deputy Harmanpreet Kaur. Lee (83 not out off 122). Wolvaardt (80 off 110) helped South Africa chase down the target in 40.1 overs with a record 169-run stand.
