New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/11/02/deepti-day-for-india-in-navi-mumbai/
An account of the world cup final between India and South Africa today and a photo gallery.
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Indian skipper takes the catch to dismiss Nadine de Klerk and give Deepti Sharma her fifth wicket of the innings and 22nd of the tournament. Given that she also scored a 50 earlier Deepti Sharma will be surely be Player of the Match, and quite possibly Player of the Tournament as well. India win the World Cup beating South Africa by 52 runs in the final.
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Charani losing her line and conceding six wides (the first wide went to the boundary, the second was stopped by Ghosh). The fifth legal ball of the over goes away for four. There is a run out off the final ball of the over, Deepti Sharma;s throw beating Ayabonga Khaka home to make it 246-9, 53 needed off five overs and now only one wicket left.
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There is an epidemic in Navi Mumbai tonight but it is definitely not catching.
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70 needed off 10 overs, and Nadine de Klerk basically has to score all of them herself, since no assistance in that regard can be expected from either Khaka or Mlaba.
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Deepti Sharma has Tryon given LBW, and it is sent upstairs quickly. The review confirms that there is no bat involved and it is just OK on line, impact and wickets (umpire's call x 2, just FTR). India 221-8 in the 42nd, and if de Klerk is to do it she will have to do so with the tail for company. Sharma now has 4-39 from 8.5, and if India do indeed win is a shoo-in for POTM given her earlier half century).
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That could be 'game, set and match India' as Deepti Sharma has Laura Wolvaardt caught by Amanjot Kaur for 101 (98) to make it 220-7 off 41.1 overs, 79 needed off 8.5 overs. Nadine de Klerk, twice a matchwinner for South Africa in chases in the group stage joins Tryon with all now resting on that pair. 20 wickets at this tournament for Deepti Sharma, to go with three half centuries.
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40 overs gone and South Africa are 211-6, needing 88 to win from the last 10 overs. India won the Power Play and the middle overs. They did not go terribly well in the closing overs, but South Africa need to do incredibly to turn this one round.
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Wolvaardt completes her 100 off the 96th ball of her innings. She has hit 11 fours and one six along the way. That means centuries in the semi-final and final for the great opener.
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They stick with Plan A and keep Tryon at number eight.
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Deepti Sharma bowls Dercksen for 35 (37) to make it 209-6 in the 40th over. Tryon is scheduled to come in next, but South Africa might opt for Nadine de Klerk, their great clutch player instead.
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A misfield gives Laura Wolvaardt a boundary, and she finishes the over with another of the next ball. South Africa 207-5 from 39 overs, need 92 from the last 11 at 8.36 per over. Wolvaardt is within two of a century.
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South Africa dropping further behind - the RRR is now up to 8.42, 101 being needed off 12 overs.
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South Africa need 105 from the last 13 overs.
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The required run rate has just nudged above eight per over - 113 needed from 14 overs at 8.07.
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Tremendous over from Charani - just four off it and South Africa, 183-5 after 35 overs, need 116 more from the last 15 overs at 7.73 per over. While Wolvaardt is there the Proteas cannot be ruled out, but India are definitely favourites at the moment.
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Radha Yadav had bowled a fine over until the final delivery, when she first bowled a full toss that was hit for six and called no-ball and then went for six more from the free hit ball. South Africa 173-5 after 32 overs, need 126 from 18 overs at 7.00 per over. Drinks on to the field, which gives India a chance to regroup.
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Which decision is sillier out of voters on the BBC website failing to select Deepti Sharma for Team of the Tournament or South Africa persisting with using Sinalo Jafta at number six? Please boost to increase sample size.
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Deepti Sharma, unaccountably overlooked by voters on the BBC website for Team of the Tournament claims her 18th scalp of the competition, extending her lead at the top of that department, by having Jafta caught by Radha Yadav for 16 (29) to make it 150-5, 149 needed off 20 overs for the win.
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This match is on course to run on even later into the night than most #IPL games manage!

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