{"id":45562,"date":"2026-09-15T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45562"},"modified":"2026-09-15T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:07:09","slug":"proteas-women-cruise-to-victory-against-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/proteas-women-cruise-to-victory-against-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Proteas women cruise to victory against Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">South African cricket captain, Laura Wolvaardt, smashed her highest individual score in a T20 International to lead her team to a comprehensive 80-run victory over Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The 27-year-old, who won the toss and elected to bat first, made an unbeaten 126 off 62 deliveries, as the Proteas posted 200 for one in their 20 overs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Wolvaardt hit 16 fours and four sixes.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>At the other end, Karabo Meso, scored her first T20 International half century, finishing not out on 50.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>In reply, Zimbabwe were bowled out for 120 in their final over, with Annerie Dercksen taking a career-best five for 15 in four overs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The Proteas now have an unassailable three-nil lead in the five-match series.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20539,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-45562","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Proteas now have an unassailable three-nil lead in the five-match series.","published_date":"","news_description":"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45564,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45562\/revisions\/45564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}