Cry For The Beloved Game, Proteas Need To Play More Women's Test Cricket
While the Proteas competed strongly with England for large parts of their Womens Test match in Bloemfontein, its difficult to see how South Africa can have a realistic chance of improving in the format.
England romped to a 286-run victory as South Africa were bowled out for 64 in their second innings in Bloemfontein on Tuesday.
That was after England posted 395/5 declared in their first innings and the Proteas responded with 281 all out. In their second did with the willow, England were all out for 236.
Set a target of 351 was always going to be a massive challenge for the Proteas team which hardly plays in the format.
New Proteas coach Mandla Mashimbyi preferred not to talk about that last innings, and instead focus on the strong start his charges made when they came out to bat.