Visakhapatnam, Oct. 10 -- If ever there was a game that showed the guts and glory of modern women's cricket, this was it. India's Richa Ghosh and South Africa's Nadine de Klerk turned what looked like a routine World Cup group clash into an unforgettable contest here today, producing innings that would have made even the great lower-order battlers of the past proud.
Richa's 94 was pure defiance - counterattack wrapped in courage. She walked in with India tottering and, instead of shutting shop, played with the flair of a top-order batswoman and the heart of a streetfighter. But as good as her knock was, de Klerk's unbeaten 84* was the difference between hope and history. Chasing 252 in a World Cup match - that takes nerve. De Klerk not onl...