Women’s T20 World Cup: Meet South Africa’s Anneke Bosch, the sports scientist who stunned Australia in semifinal | Cricket News
Coming into the semifinal against mighty Australia, Anneke Bosch wasn’t having the best of campaigns at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Her scores read 18 off 26, 11 off 13, and 25 off 25, for an overall strike of just under 85. But on the big night, she finished unbeaten on 74 off 48 balls, with 8 fours and a six, with a strike rate of 154.16. Her career-best innings was good enough to end Australia’s reign as T20 world champions as well as their 15-match win streak in the tournament. And the ‘nothing-to-lose’ mindset clicked for her. Despite her sub-par returns, South Africa persisted with Bosch at No 3 and she came up with one of the all-time great knockout performances in the history of this tournament. Bosch knew she wasn’t doing enough to help her side, but kept the belief. And a mindset that backed her own belief that a big score was around the corner. “Batting in the top three and making that spot my own, or my responsibility, was something …
