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SA Takes Lead, England Women Fined And Hetmyer Blitz – June 29 Cricket Highlights

Aakash Saini

South African players and Nat Sciver-Brunt [Source: @ProteasMenCSA, @lav_narayanan/x]South African players and Nat Sciver-Brunt [Source: @ProteasMenCSA, @lav_narayanan/x]

South Africa gained a huge lead over Zimbabwe on Day 2 of the series-opening first Test in Bulawayo despite Sean Williams’ century. The England women’s team has been fined by the ICC for maintaining a slow over-rate against India. In other news, Los Angeles Knight Riders and Seattle Orcas put up a high-scoring exhibition in MLC 2025.

Capping an eventful day in the world of cricket, here we take a look at five of the biggest cricketing news that emerged out of Sunday, June 29.

Williams Ton Defies Mulder, Yusuf To Minimize SA Lead

Zimbabwe aggregated 251 runs in 67.4 overs on Day 2 of the series-opening Bulawayo Test after South African captain Keshav Maharaj declared at 418-9. Sean Williams at number four himself cracked 137 from just 164 balls to top-score for the hosts, whacking 16 boundaries in the process.

For South Africa, Wiaan Mulder snared figures of 4-50, while debutant Codi Yusuf and senior spinner Keshav picked up three wickets each. Emboldened with a first innings lead of 167 runs, the Proteas reached 49-1 from 13 overs in their second innings on Day 2 to extend their lead to 216 runs by stumps.

Brian Bennett Out Of ZIM vs SA Test, Concussion Substitute Announced

Zimbabwe opener Brian Bennett was retired hurt after getting hit on the helmet by a bouncer from South African fast bowler Kwena Maphaka on Day 1 of the Bulawayo Test. He has now been ruled out of the entire match, as confirmed by Zimbabwe Cricket. The Zimbabwe team management has named Prince Masvaure as his concussion substitute.

Bennett was retired hurt after racing to a confident 19 from 28 balls during Zimbabwe’s innings in pursuit of South Africa’s 418-9d.

England Women Fined For Slow Over-Rate Vs India Women

The England Women’s team has been fined 10 percent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate against India Women in Nottingham earlier this weekend. Match referee Helen Pack imposed the fine after finding the English players two overs short of their target in spite of taking time allowances into consideration.

England Women, under the leadership of Nat Sciver-Brunt, also lost the match by 97 runs to India Women to go 0-1 down in the five-match T20I series.

Aaron Jones, Hetmyer Undo Russell Exploits With Orcas Win

Los Angeles Knight Riders racked up 202-4 from 20 overs against Seattle Orcas in Dallas in match 20 of the MLC 2025 season. Andre Russell muscled 65* from just 39 balls to top-score in the innings. Saif Badar and Rovman Powell also plundered double-quick 40s to provide the death-overs impetus. For the Orcas, Waqar Salamkheil picked up impressive figures of 2-29 in the high-scoring innings.

Chasing 203, Aaron Jones at number three whacked 73 off 38 balls, while Shimron Hetmyer bludgeoned 64* from just 26 deliveries to counter Jason Holder (2-36) and Tanveer Sangha (2-39) as Seattle Orcas romped to a five-wicket win with a ball to spare.

Rohit Sharma Celebrates T20 World Cup 2024 Anniversary

Indian captain Rohit Sharma celebrated Team India’s 2024 ICC T20 World Cup win on its first anniversary with a special post on Instagram. The legendary opening batter shared a couple of pictures from the final match against South Africa, and wrote “On This Day” in the caption.

It is worth noting that under the leadership of Sharma, Team India pipped South Africa by six runs in the final to lift their first ICC title in over a decade, first senior men’s World Cup of any format since 2011 and first T20 World Cup since winning the inaugural edition of 2007.