Visakhapatnam, Oct 13 (PTI) South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt was relieved to get over the line in a close contest against Bangladesh in a Women's ODI World Cup match here on Monday.

Chasing a modest 234, South Africa were stuttering at 78 for 5 at one stage before Chloe Tryon (62) and Marizanne Kapp (56) shared 85 runs for the sixth wicket to set the platform for the three-wicket victory.

For the second game in a row, Nadine de Klerk (37 not out) played a match winning knock.

"That was a lot closer than we would have liked it to be. But, yeah, I'm glad we got the points in the end. Tried to stay as patient as we could (when the team was under pressure).

"We thought the slower bowlers were working quite well. So we tried to bowl as slow as the bowlers that we had. And just tried to

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