Chloe Tryon explains sensible innings against Bangladesh Women

By Benjamin Leshoro
14th October 2025

Proteas Women all-rounder Chloe Tryon says she consciously played a measured innings with the bat to try to ensure they got over the line in their ICC Women’s World Cup clash against Bangladesh.

Chasing 233 for victory, Tryon top scored with 62 while Marizanne Kapp contributed 56, before Nadine de Klerk amassed the winning runs in the final over to lead the team to a third successive win as they beat the Tigresses by three wickets.

Tryon, who was named Player of the Match, explained how they rebuilt the innings and stayed calm at the crease to help the team get the job done.

"Yeah, I wish I could stay in for the last couple of runs and actually take the team over the line. But ja, I've just been taking that responsibility," explained Tryon.

"And coming really early in the India game and today, myself and Marizanne just spoke about taking it as deep as we could and just tick it over.

"We knew we had time on our hands and we knew we had Nadine in the backend so we didn't want to bring her in too early.

"So we kind of went low-risk and still kind of chipped away at the runs as much as we could, and I'm just happy we're still finding ways to get over the line."

South Africa were frustrated by the Bangladeshi batters earlier in the day, and the 31-year-old all-rounder says they lost their discipline at some point with the ball, but also took inspiration from their opponents in how they went about their own chase.

"I think we were really good in the first 20-22 overs, we were really tight, and then I think we started looking for things, and I kind of feel like we were just searching a lot more for wickets instead of just keeping it nice and tight and creating pressure," she added.

"So, ja, we let it go a little bit, which was unfortunate and it's something we can reflect on, and hopefully rectify in the next game.

"But we just learned from them on how they came in and just ticked away, and just created really good partnerships, which kind of frustrated us a lot, so it was just taking that from the first innings and applying it in the second innings."

Next up for the Proteas Women in the group phase is tournament co-hosts Sir Lanka at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo, on Friday.