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Cricket: Proteas Women back to winning ways in the T20 World Cup

# Cricket: South Africa defeated Pakistan by two wickets to register their first win of the Women’s T20 World Cup in Edgbaston, England. Captain Fatima Sana scored an unbeaten 55 as she dragged Pakistan up to 126 for nine in their 20 overs. Marizanne Kapp took three wickets. In reply, all-rounder Annerie Dercksen’s 52 off 35 balls and Nadine de Klerk’s 37 pushed the Proteas to victory with three overs to spare. Having lost their opening game against Australia, South Africa have recovered to third place in Group A.