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South Africa outplayed The Netherlands in every department of the game in Utrecht on Saturday, winning a one-sided Second Women’s ODI by a record margin of 174 runs.

Put in to bat after Dutch skipper Hermien Rambaldo won the toss, the South Africans registered their highest total in ODIs, making 262 for four in their fifty overs.

Daleen Terblanche was the mainstay of their innings with 114 not out, batting throughout the innings to record the third ODI century by a South African woman, and the highest. She never looked in any trouble, apart from a possible stumping chance when she was on 76, and she faced 148 balls, hitting six fours.

Dutch hopes were raised early, when Marijn Nijman clean bowled Susan Benade, but then two century partnerships ensured that South Africa would set The Netherlands a formidable target.

First Terblanche and Annelie Minny put on 112 for the second wicket, and after Minny was out for 61, caught by Carlijn de Groot off the bowling of Annemarie Tanke, the South African opener added a further 131 with her captain, Cri-Zelda Brits. This set a new record for the third wicket for South Africa.

Brits was finally out for 59, bowled by Lotte Egging shortly after Egging had dropped her at mid-off off Nijman’s bowling, and Jolet Hartenhof then claimed a fourth success for the Dutch bowlers by dismissing Johmari Logtenberg.

But the superiority of the South Africans was clearly apparent in the way they controlled the innings, taking singles almost at will and frequently squeezing an extra run against some fairly sluggish Dutch fielding. The contrast was immediately obvious when The Netherlands began their reply, the fielders pouncing on the ball and frequently denying a run that they would themselves almost certainly have taken.

The bowling was sharper and more accurate as well, and Shabnin Ismail was soon rewarded with the wicket of Violet Wattenberg, trapped leg-before in the fourth over.

De Groot and Rambaldo added 30 for the second wicket, but the advent of Marcia Letsoalo in the attack secured the breakthrough, as she had de Grooth caught by Brits at mid-off and then trapped Nijman in front with two added to the total. In between, a direct hit from Benade disposed of Marloes Braat.

Letsoalo and Sunette Loubser maintained the pressure, each taking two for 16 in a ten-over spell, with Loubser taking a return catch to dismiss Rambaldo and then getting an l.b.w. decision against Tanke.

As the South Africans continued to turn the screw, Logtenberg came on and claimed a wicket with her first ball, adding a second two runs later. The Dutch batsmen battled on to the end, but the bowling was too strong, and the innings ended on 88 with seven balls left.

It was a measure of the South Africans’ domination that only 47 scoring shots were played in the 48.5 overs of the Dutch innings. The winning margin was the largest achieved by South Africa in ODIs.

South Africa now have an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three match ODI series, having also won the Test. The final ODI will be played in Deventer on Sunday.