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Sinalo Jafta was glued to her TV screen during SA's 98-run win in Cairns
Cape Times
|August 21, 2025
SOUTH Africa's performance Down Under in the first One Day International earlier this week left the country satisfied, but perhaps Proteas women's wicket-keeper Sinalo Jafta was the most satisfied.
Following what was a difficult weekend for the country, where the Proteas lost the series-deciding T201 in Cairns, the Springboks lost to the Wallabies and Dricus du Plessis's loss of his UFC middleweight title at UFC 319, the country needed something to celebrate.
On Monday, the Temba Bavu-ma-led ODI team came to the rescue, demolishing Australia by 98 runs to take a one-nil lead in the three-match series.
Like many South Africans, Jafta was up early for the match, at 6.30 in the morning, anticipating the return of captain Bavuma and longing for a victory that would set her up for a fruitful week ahead.
While she has her own training schedule as Proteas women are pre-
paring for the upcoming 2025 ICC Women's World Cup in a couple of months, an ODI series opener against the Aussies was just too enticing to miss.
The training took the back seat for a couple of hours as the two-time World Cup finalist found herself glued to her TV screen, excited to witness coach Shukri Conrad's start to his tenure as ODI coach.
This story is from the August 21, 2025 edition of Cape Times.
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