South Africa sealed their series against Sri Lanka with a 30-run win in the second game in Potchefstroom.
Captain Chamari Atapattu powered Sri Lanka’s chase with a boundary-laden 94, but no other Sri Lanka batswoman reached fifty and the visitors were bowled out for 231 in pursuit of a revised target of 262 in 47 overs. The visitors lost eight wickets for 63 runs, after a 110-run second-wicket stand.
Atapattu slammed 13 fours and 3 sixes in her 78-ball knock.
The hosts were without their captain, Dane van Niekerk, who was ruled out for three months due to a stress fracture, but in her absence, fifties for Laura Wolvaardt, Lara Goodall and Marizanne Kapp - who slammed four sixes in her 34-ball 69 - set up an imposing total of 268 for 7.
Scores: South Africa Women 268-7 in 50 overs (Andrie Steyn 24, Laura Wolvaardt 64, Lara Goodall 52, Marizanne Kapp 69 n.o., Kavisha Dilhari 2/34)
Sri Lanka Women 231 in 46.2 overs (Chamari Atapattu 94, Anushka Sanjeewani 46, Harshitha Madavi 30, Nilakshi de Silva 26, Marizanne Kapp 2/41, Tumi Sekhukhune 2/55)
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