{"id":178851,"date":"2026-06-10T01:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178851"},"modified":"2026-06-10T01:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:17:19","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-2026-wolvaardt-demands-sharper-proteas-response-ahead-of-australia-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178851","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Wolvaardt demands sharper Proteas response ahead of Australia clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71083528\">South Africa skipper Laura Wolvaardt has urged her team to sharpen its strategies after the warm-up defeat to New Zealand, stressing it cannot afford to \u201cgo through the motions\u201d against powerhouse Australia in Saturday\u2019s Women\u2019s T20 World Cup game here.<\/p>\n<p>The Proteas followed a narrow win over Ireland with a five-wicket loss to the reigning champion New Zealand and will need to raise their game against the six-time champion Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Wolvaardt described the loss as an eye-opener for the Proteas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would have liked to win both (warm-up fixtures), but maybe this is just what we needed just before the tournament starts,\u201d Wolvaardt was quoted as saying by ICC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust a little eye-opener that is not just going to happen and we can\u2019t just go through the motions with the ball. I think we\u2019ve come up against a quality side and they (New Zealand) sort of outsmarted us with the bat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we\u2019re going to have to have some good strategies in place for the Australia game and hopefully we\u2019re able to turn it around,\u201d added Wolvaardt.<\/p>\n<p><b>Also read | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/india-vs-pakistan-womens-t20-world-cup-2026-squads-head-to-head-details-rivalry-highlights-records\/article71079075.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IND vs PAK, T20 World Cup 2026: All you need to know about the big fixture in Edgbaston<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Amid the disappointment, Chloe Tryon lit up the contest with a brutal unbeaten 61 off just 26 deliveries, launching six towering sixes. With the all-rounder hitting top gear at the right time, Wolvaardt believes Tryon could be South Africa\u2019s X-factor at the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat (innings) was awesome,\u201d Wolvaardt said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s been a while since she\u2019s like struck a ball that sweetly. I think she held her shapes really well. She was hitting so nice through the line of the ball and it\u2019s quite hard to bolt her when she\u2019s in that form.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she was taking some balls from outside leg and hitting them over the covers for six. It\u2019s great that she\u2019s able to find, or has been able to find a bit of form before the tournament,\u201d said the veteran South African who is just two games shy of completing a century of T20Is.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champion New Zealand heads into the tournament on the back of two warm-up wins and will open its title defence against 2016 champion West Indies in Southampton on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a confidence-boosting unbeaten 61 against South Africa, skipper Melie Kerr warned her side cannot afford complacency and must be at its best to start its campaign on a winning note.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWest Indies are a quality side and they have some real match winners within that team,\u201d said Kerr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us, it\u2019s a massive game and you\u2019ve just got to turn up and again. Both teams start on zero and you can\u2019t get complacent so it\u2019s just (about) trying to I guess control what you can and play really good cricket and for each individual to try and nail their role and the outcome will be what it will.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess if we can play our best cricket I think we give ourselves a great chance,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 10, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/womens-t20-world-cup-2026-south-africa-captain-laura-wolvaardt-warmup-loss-vs-new-zealand\/article71083528.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa skipper Laura Wolvaardt has urged her team to sharpen its strategies after the warm-up defeat to New Zealand, stressing it cannot afford to \u201cgo through the motions\u201d against powerhouse Australia in Saturday\u2019s Women\u2019s T20 World Cup game here. The Proteas followed a narrow win over Ireland with a five-wicket loss to the reigning &#8230; <a title=\"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Wolvaardt demands sharper Proteas response ahead of Australia clash\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178851\" aria-label=\"Read more about Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Wolvaardt demands sharper Proteas response ahead of Australia clash\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_TH10-LAURA_2_1_0SG3FJEV.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":178633,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178633","url_meta":{"origin":178851,"position":0},"title":"NZ-W vs SA-W LIVE score, Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 warm-up match: Kerr fifty powers White Ferns","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to Sportstar\u2019s live coverage from the ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup warm-up game between New Zealand and South Africa in Loughborough. 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