Sri Lanka, Oct. 8 -- Opener Tazmin Brits' sensational century guided South Africa back to winning ways as they beat New Zealand by six wickets in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup fixture played at Indore on Monday. In the first game against England, South Africa were bowled out for 69 but theyi batters came back strongly to chase 231 with 55 balls to spare.

Meanwhile, the White Ferns have now suffered consecutive losses, having gone down to Australia in their first game.

Chasing 231, Tazmin Brits led the Proteas batting with a fine century (101 off 89 balls), an innings that featured 15 fours. Her exploits saw Brits become the first woman to hit five ODI tons in a calendar year. At the other end, Sune Luus (83*) supported her with a co...