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Canberra, Feb 28: <\/strong> Lizelle Lee was at her brutal best as her century saw South Africa to a tournament record total and a 113-run win over Thailand in their Group B game at the Manuka Oval in the ongoing Women's T20 World Cup on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Lee took the Thai attack apart with the T20 World Cup's fifth ton and 88 of her 101 runs came from boundaries as the Proteas posted 195\/3, the highest team total in the tournament's history.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

With Sornarrin Tippoch's debutants slipping to 82 all out, South Africa strengthened their grip on Group B as they face Pakistan on Sunday with the semi-finals in sight.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Thailand have a knack of taking early wickets and were gifted one when Dane van Niekerk (2) patted Ratanporn Padunglerd's full toss to mid-on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Lee, tenth in the ICC T20I Batting Rankings, dominated the scoring and slog-swept Onnicha Kamchomphu for a 75-metre six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Thailand used seven different bowlers inside nine overs but none could withstand Lee's assault as she reached 50 from 35 balls with a straight six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Sune Luus, featuring in her fourth T20 World Cup, batted on the undercard but still swung Chanida Sutthiruang's full toss for six over the fine-leg boundary.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Lee had come in without a half-century in nine international innings but glided towards a century in 59 balls, showing her touch with a late cut for four before bringing up a ton fittingly with a four.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

No sooner had she raised her bat to salute a jubilant South Africa dugout than she chipped a catch back to Suleeporn Laomi to end the partnership on 131.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Luus ticked to her fourth T20I fifty and Chloe Tryon carted Tippoch over the leg-side fence twice in a penultimate over that cost 20, lifting her side to a record total.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In the chase, it didn't take long for Thailand to lose their first wicket as Natthakan Chantam was run out by a fine throw from keeper Trisha Chetty.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ismail tore the Thai order asunder, beating Nannapat Khoncharoenkai and then Naruemol Chaiwai for sheer pace in successive balls to complete a team hat-trick.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Tippoch and Nattaya Boochatham played out two maidens before a world-class catch from Laura Wolvaardt at mid-wicket accounted for the Thailand captain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Kamchomphu led a lone resistance, taking Ayabonga Khaka for back-to-back boundaries and striking Thailand's first six at the Women's T20 World Cup off Van Niekerk.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Kamchomphu (26) nicked Luus behind in the 12th over, Chetty whipped off Boochatham's bails to end her 31-ball vigil and also stumped Wongpaka Liengprasert (6) for the seventh wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Chanida Sutthiruang was given out lbw on review off Nadine de Klerk, Laomi looped a catch to Van Niekerk and Ismail castled Padunglerd to complete a comprehensive win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brief Scores: South Africa 195-3 (Lizelle Lee 101, Sune Luus 6*, Ratanporn Padunglerd 1\/19); Thailand 82 all out, 19.1 overs (Onnicha Kamchomphu 26, Shabnim Ismail 3\/8)<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lizelle-Lee.jpg", "alt_img": "Lizelle Lee", "alt_title": "Lizelle Lee", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Women's T20 WC: Lizelle Lee lets loose as South Africa\u00a0thrash Thailand On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "Canberra, Feb 28:\u00a0\u00a0Lizelle Lee was at her brutal best as her century saw South Africa to a tournament record total and a 113-run win over Thailand in their Group B game at the Manuka Oval in the ong", "seo_keywords": "Lizelle Lee", "tag": "", "tagging": "Lizelle Lee,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "womens-t20-wc-lizelle-lee-lets-loose-as-south-africathrash-thailand", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "1264", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2020-02-28 16:06:42", "updated": "2020-02-28 16:06:42", "img_from": "Twitter", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "Lizelle Lee", "livescore_text": "", "livescore_link": "", "btn_text": "", "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2020-02-28 16:06:42", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2020-02-28 16:06:42", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/womens-t20-wc-lizelle-lee-lets-loose-as-south-africathrash-thailand-58585" }