Proteas Women's warm-up match abandoned due to rain in Colombo

Proteas Women lost vital time in the park yesterday as their first ICC Women’s World Cup warm-up match against Bangladesh Women was abandoned due to rain.

- ONGAMA GCWABE

The 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup warm-up matches got underway on Thursday, ahead of the tournament opener between India Women and Sri Lanka Women in Guwahati on 30 September.

With the showpiece event set to get underway in less than a week, South Africa needed to get as much time as possible out in the middle, honing their skills and executing their game plans.

However, their warm-up match against Bangladesh was cut short after only nine overs of play before the heavens opened, leaving South Africa on 45/3 in Colombo.

The side found themselves in hot waters very early in the match, with opening batter and captain Laura Wolvaardt bowled out by seamer Marufa Akter with the very first ball of the match.

Annerie Dercksen, having been promoted to number three in the batting order, followed soon after, as she too was bowled out by Akter to leave South Africa in all sorts of trouble with the score on 17/2, 15 balls into the match.