I realise that this doesn't hold much importance, but good for a few laughs nonetheless. This is the first half of the scorecard of the ICC Women's WC qualifiers game between Bermuda and South Africa:
(pay attention to the scores of the batsmen (batswomen? batsperson???!!) and the extras :D)
| Bermuda Women innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| L Mienzer | c Minnie b Loubser | 1 | 60 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | ||
| W Woodley | c Chetty b Smith | 0 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| S Albouy | lbw b Smith | 0 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| M Jackson | lbw b Benade | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | ||
| TL Paynter | lbw b Loubser | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| R Richardson | st Chetty b Loubser | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| R Smith | c Letsoalo b Loubser | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
| N Jones | b Loubser | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| A Smith | b Benade | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| C Furbert | not out | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| S Todd | b Loubser | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 2, w 7, nb 1) | 10 | |||||||
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| Total | (all out; 18 overs; 77 mins) | 13 | (0.72 runs per over) | ||||||
As for the result, South Africa duly won the game by 10 wickets...in 4 balls. This is how that went:
| South Africa Women innings (target: 14 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| OV Anderson | not out | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| CS Terblanche | not out | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| Extras | (w 9, nb 1) | 10 | |||||||
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| Total | (0 wickets; 0.4 overs; 4 mins) | 15 | (22.50 runs per over) | ||||||
Cricinfo.com had this to say about the game:
"The statistics of the match are mindboggling. Eight Bermudans failed to get off the mark, and the three that did only managed a single each. Ten of the runs that helped make up their meagre score were extras - 71%. South Africa's score of 15 for 0 was also made up of ten extras - nine wides and a no-ball. Anderson scored 50% of the runs scored off the bat in the match, and 80% of her side's runs.
Unfortunately for South Africa, but mercifully for the record-books, Bermuda's debacle does not count towards the official statistics because they are ranked outside the world's top ten countries. "I am disappointed that today's stats don't count for nothing," said Loubser (the SA captain), "but I would say it was a team effort to win the opening match of the tournament." "
