Iqela lesizwe leqakamba labaseTyhini boMzantsi Afrika lingena kumdlalo owandulela owamagqibela kankqoyi weNdebe yeHlabathi.
Iqela lesizwe labasetyhini leqakamba laseMzantsi Afrika, elaziwa kakhulu njengeProteas, lizibekele indawo yalo kumdlalo owandulela owamagqibela kankqoyi we-ICC Women’s World Cup, lithumela imincili kwilizwe lonke. Ngomxube onamandla wamava namandla obutsha, iiProteas zenze umsebenzi oncomekayo kwitumente yonke, noloyiso olubalulekileyo kwi-England ne-India. Uhlaselo lwabo oluqeqeshekileyo lokubhola kunye noluhlu lwababethayo oluzinzileyo lubenze banconywa ekhaya naphesheya. Ukuza kudlala kumdlalo owandulela owamagqibela kankqoyi kuphawula isiganeko esibalulekileyo kwiqela ebelisoloko likhula ngokuqhubekayo kule minyaka idlulileyo.
Umqeqeshi oyintloko u- Mandla Mashimbyi ukuncomile ukuzimisela kunye nokuzola kweqela lakhe phantsi koxinizelelo: “Aba bafazi babonise intliziyo yeentshatsheli. Kumdlalo ngamnye, banyukile kwaye badlalele hayi bona kuphela, kodwa besenzela ilizwe lonke. Sineminyaka sisakha eli qela, kwaye ukulibona kumdlalo ophambi komdlalo kunomvuzo omangalisayo.” Umqeqeshi uphinde wabonga abadlali abaphezulu abafana noMarizanne Kapp kunye noLaura Wolvaardt ngokukhokela ngomzekelo, ngelixa beqaqambisa ukuvela kweetalente ezincinci ezenza uphawu lwabo kwinqanaba lehlabathi.