South Africa duly completed their clean sweep of the ODI series against The Netherlands in Deventer on Sunday, with an even more decisive win than they had achieved in Utrecht the day before.

The outcome was all the more galling for the Dutch women, because they had got away to a much improved start.

Maintaining their policy of asking the South Africans to bat first, they would have been greatly encouraged to have their opponents on 56 for three. This initial success was due to the Hermes-DVS pair Marijn Nijman and Mandy Kornet: first Nijman dismissed Saturday’s centurion Daleen Terblanche, caught by Kornet with only nine on the board, and then Kornet, having bowled Cri-Zelda Brits for 16, had Annelie Minny caught by Nijman.

That was the end of the Dutch successes, however, as Johmari Logtenberg and Mignon du Preez added 224 in an unbroken stand, a record for the fourth wicket in women’s ODIs and the fourth-highest partnership for any wicket.

Logtenberg’s 153 not out, made off 160 balls with 12 fours and a six, was her second ODI century, and the highest score by a South African woman, while with 81 not out Du Preez recorded her best score in ODIs.

Moreover, the total of 280 for three surpassed the national record of 262 which the South Africans had set in Utrecht.

The Dutch innings got away to the worst possible start when Carlijn de Groot was run out with only five on the scoreboard, and the home batsmen found it as difficult to score against the South African attack as they had throughout the tour.

Hermien Rambaldo batted doggedly for 12 before she was sixth out with the total on 35, and only Marijn Nijman was able to do better, making 29 not out as she showed the only real resistance to the South Africans’ domination.

But even with her innings The Netherlands fell short of their total on Saturday, being dismissed this time for 81 in 35.4 overs. Shabnin Ismail, Marcia Letsoalo and Logtenberg collected two wickets each, Logtenberg finishing off the match with two wickets in the space of four balls.

Another record which lasted just one day was that for the largest winning margin by South Africa: this time it was 199 runs, 25 more than they had achieved in Utrecht.

The Dutch squad now have just over a week to regroup after this fairly traumatic experience; the European championships begin in Deventer next week. The Netherlands already have a place in the qualifying tournament, scheduled to take place in Pakistan in November, for next year’s Women’s World Cup, but the seedings for that event will depend on the results in Deventer.