The North West Women’s Dragons team can now call themselves the nation’s best after a brilliant 16 run victory over Gauteng in the final of the Cricket South Africa (CSA) National Women’s Week in Bloemfontein.
The star of the show was Lizelle Lee who gave a brilliant all-round display with a courageous 84 runs and four crucial wickets. Elriesa Fourie was the next best scorer for North West with 32.

North West’s bowlers were pumped up from the start as Anneke Bosch dismissed Nelmarie Botha with the first ball of Gauteng’s innings. Economical bowling from Evodia Yekile (1/21) and Fourie (2/30) also contributed massively to North West’s victory. ‘It’s been a really good season for me and I’m glad I could carry the form forward into the tournament when my team needed it the most,’ she said. ‘We played good cricket throughout the week and, at some stage or another, someone was always putting up their hand, either with bat or ball to make sure that we reached the final and won it,’ said Lee.

Lee was deservedly named the batter of the tournament. She hit 379 runs in five matches with a high score of 133 and an outstanding average of 75.8.
Fourie, Bosch and Lee were also included in the CSA Women’s quadrangular series squad that will take on India, Zimbabwe and Ireland in Potchefstroom from 7-21 May 2017.