hit the ball

There is no doubt about a clean catch so the umpire checks whether Dercksen has hit the ball, and while it looks on the slow motion replay like she had, there is no Ultra Edge available to determine this with absolute certainty.

There are always going to be mistakes made by human error but it meant that those decisions were amplified further in Bloemfontein, including an appeal for lbw against Tammy Beaumont from the second ball of the match which looked plumb and Wolvaardt's fury at being given out the same way but having hit the ball.

Allen: We can hit the ball back and forth, and it’s unlocked something for her to become the best version of herself.

I was able to foul it off and see another pitch, and thankfully I hit the ball up the middle.”

“When he hit the ball, we knew it was leaving the park, but we had no idea we were going to catch it.”