Du Preez celebrates personal triumph with winning runs
For Pretoria’s legendary women’s cricketer, Mignon du Preez, the past weekend’s victory over England in the women’s T20 World Cup was a double triumph.
For Pretoria’s own women’s cricket legend, Mignon du Preez, the South African women’s cricket team’s match against England last weekend at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup was a day in which she immortalized her name in more than one way in the history books.
Du Preez, a born and raised Pretoria girl, celebrated her 100th appearance in the T20 format in the most memorable fashion imaginable. She hit a six and a four in the final over to get the Proteas home to a six-wicket victory over England with two balls to spare in their opening match at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Perth on Sunday.
It was one of their most famous victories ever and their first over England in a major ICC event.
The Proteas had gone into a testing final over, needing nine runs off six balls from the experienced English bowler, Katherine Brunt. Du Preez had a new partner in another Pretoria girl, Sune Luus, and after a couple of singles the veteran took charge to hit the two boundaries that got them over the line.
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