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Maia Bouchier and Nat Sciver-Brunt tons put England on top in South Africa

  • Only Test, day one: England 395-9; South Africa 17-0
  • Nat Sciver-Brunt also scored hundred in Bloemfontein

The last time a women’s Test took place in South Africa was March 2002: India won the toss, inserted themselves, scored 404 for nine before declaring and went on to win the match by 10 wickets.

Despite the 22-year gap, had any of the spectators at that match happened to show up at Bloemfontein on Sunday, an oddly similar spectacle awaited them. This time, it was England who racked up almost 400 after winning the toss, thanks to centuries from Maia Bouchier, on Test debut, and Nat Sciver-Brunt, the latter’s a record-breaking one.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian

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