The claim

Sports can sometimes be very cruel, as there can only be one winner. Very little separates champions at the top level - an edge that’s thinner than a hard one, a dropped chance, advantage of winning a toss & many other things… What the SA women’s team accomplished after entering into professional cricket at the top level - 12 years ago - is pretty special. Two continuous T20 World Cup finals before this tournament, bouncing back from two scores below 100 in this World Cup, marching into the final after their majestic semifinal against England - these are rarified zones only champions dare to enter. Throughout this journey, one cricketer stood like a champion & that’s their captain, Laura Wolvaardt. Getting two centuries on the trot in the semifinals and finals, scoring record runs in this World Cup and still seeing the game with a perspective that many lose at the time of winning and more so at the time of losing, for me, tops everything she has & will accomplish! Many congratulations on a great World Cup.