3rd ODI: South Africa women fight back as Lizelle Lee hundred hands India 6-run defeat in rain-curtailed match

India women vs South Africa, 3rd ODI: Lizelle Lee's unbeaten 132 helped South Africa win a rain-curtailed match in Lucknow by 6 runs on Friday. Punam Raut's 77 went in vain as the visitors took a 2-1 lead in the 5-match series.

There is another shift in momentum in the ongoing 5-match ODI series between India and South Africa women as the visitors came back to clinch a 6-run win in the 3rd ODI in Lucknow. Thanks to a Lizelle Lee hundred, South Africa have taken a 2-1 lead in the series after succumbing to a 9-wicket defeat in the 2nd ODI. Rain stops play in Lucknow.@Paytm #INDWvSAW #TeamIndiaFollow the match https://t.co/6XTBe5rVXF pic.twitter.com/EczwPzq72k Rain played its part in Friday's encounter at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium as South Africa women were 223 for 4, needing 26 runs in 21 balls when the play was stopped. South Africa were 6 runs ahead of the par score (DLS method) when the heavens opened up in Lucknow. The play did not resume before the cut-off time of 4:41 pm IST and the visitors finished on the right side of the result. Chasing 249, South Africa got off to a fine start with Lizelle Lee and Laura Wolvaardt taking them to 41 in 10 overs. However, Deepti Sharma provided India the breakthrough by castling Wolvaardt in the 10th over. Jhulan Goswami, in her second spell, came back to snap a 40-run stand by getting Lara Goodall for 16 but Lee and Mignon du Preez stitched a 97-run stand to put South Africa on the course of a big win.