South African women's cricket team in England in 1997

South African women's cricket team in England in 1997
	England	South Africa
Dates	12 August 1997 – 30 August 1997
Captains	Karen Smithies	Kim Price
One Day International series
Results	England won the 5-match series 2–1
Most runs	Charlotte Edwards 151	Linda Olivier 176
Most wickets	Sue Redfern 9	Cindy Eksteen 4

The South Africa national women's cricket team toured England in 1997, playing five women's One Day Internationals.^[1]

One Day International series[]

1st ODI[]

15 August 1997 Scorecard

England  227/6 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 148/9 (50 overs)
Susan Metcalfe 51* (58) Alta Kotze 1/38 (10 overs)		Helen Davies 64 (95) Susan Metcalfe 4/21 (10 overs)

England won by 79 runs County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Lorraine Elgar and Judith West

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI[]

17 August 1997 Scorecard

England  253/5 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 254/8 (50 overs)
Charlotte Edwards 102 (118) Kim Price 2/50 (10 overs)		Linda Olivier 60 (76) Sue Redfern 2/41 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 2 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Alan Fox and Kathy Taylor Player of the match: Charlotte Edwards (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI[]

20 August 1997 Scorecard

South Africa  134 (46.3 overs)	v	England 135/3 (40.3 overs)
Linda Olivier 57 (83) Karen Smithies 3/15 (10 overs)		Barbara Daniels 53 (86) Cindy Eksteen 2/24 (10 overs)

England won by 7 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Valerie Gibbens and Ann Roberts Player of the match: Barbara Daniels (Eng)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI[]

27 August 1997 Scorecard

South Africa  59/5 (27 overs)	v	England
Linda Olivier 34* (79) Sue Redfern 2/17 (6 overs)

No result Leicester Road, Hinckley Umpires: Alan Fox and John Hayes

• England won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI[]

30 August 1997 Scorecard

England	v	South Africa

Match abandoned without a ball bowled. Campbell Park, Milton Keynes Umpires: Ann Garton and Alan Heath

Tour matches[]

50-over match: South Africa women v England Under-23s women[]

12 August 1997 Scorecard

South Africa  178/7 (50 overs)	v	England Under-23s Women 173/4 (50 overs)
Daleen Terblanche 62 (105) 4/49 (4 overs)		60 (115) Kim Price 3/24 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 5 runs Midland Bank Sports Ground, Beckenham Umpires: Lorraine Elgar and Ann Garton

3-day match: South Africa women v Women's Cricket Association President's XI[]

23–24 August 1997 Scorecard

Women's Cricket Association President's XI	v	South Africa
263/4d (89 overs) Ella Donnison 72 (145) Kim Price 2/39 (23 overs)		256/8 (93.4 overs) Kerri Laing 72 (118) Nicola Holt 3/50 (20.4 overs)

Match drawn Christ Church Ground, Oxford Umpires: David Bryant and Benita White

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