(Cricket news) Australia women registered a dominating 110 runs win against South Africa W in a rain curtailed game to clinch the ODI series. Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath led their team to a comfortable victory, post their heavy defeat in the previous encounter.

Electing to bat Australia W did not have the best of the starts loosing their opener Litchfield cheaply. However Ellyse Perry along with skipper Healy stitched a wonderful 82-run partnership to take their team to 99, before Perry was dismissed. The Aussies lost another wicket quickly in the form of their skipper who was dismissed for a well made 60.

Mooney anchored Australia’s innings with an unbeaten 82 off 91 balls post Healy’s dismissal and was supported well by a quick 44 runs from McGrath.  South Africa kept themselves in the game by removing McGrath and Ash Gardner in quick succession. However Annabel Sutherland and Alana King played handy innings down the order alongside Mooney to ensure that Australia reach a good total of 277.

McGrath and Kim Garth then did the significant damage with the ball reducing the Proteas to 52/4. Garth’s swing accounted for Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch, while McGrath had Tazmin Brits and the key wicket of Marizanne Kapp.

Rain interrupted South Africa’s chase after 14 overs and resumed as a 31-over contest. South Africa immediately needed ten an over, which proved way beyond them. A partnership between Luus and De Klerk gave some hope to the South Africans, but it was only short lived as they managed to score only 50 runs together before the latter was dismissed.

The lower middle order of South Africa failed to put up any kind of fight and eventually the Proteas were all -out for just 127 runs, facing a heavy 110-run defeat.

Australia 277 for 9 (Mooney 82*, Healy 60, McGrath 44, Klaas 4-56) beat South Africa 127 (Luus 34, King 4-26, Garth 3-14, McGrath 3-23) by 110 runs (DLS method)

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