"It was a very disappointing tour"

Proteas Women coach Hilton Moreeng says his team flattered during his tour of England against hosts and New Zealand.

The Proteas started the journey with a lot of promise after beating their English counterparts by seven wickets in the ODI opening to go 1-0 in the three-game series, but did not go out. did not impress in their remaining two games and eventually lost the 2-1 series

They then participated in a historic series that also involved New Zealand. The South Africans conceded world records on the first day of competition by losing both matches in double-header

They rebounded with a win against England in the next match, but it was their only victory. As another loss for white ferns followed.

"I think that overall it was a very disappointing tour," said Moreeng. & # 39; First, because of the quality of our team and the way we started the series.

& # 39; We played very well, the players played well and were 1-0 in the first match with two We still need that consistency we always talk about, what we lacked as a team.

"Again, this showed in the second and third games where we played good cricket patches. We could not finish and that would have earned us the series.

"I think that what was very disappointing for us as a team was to make sure that we identify those key moments in the matches and that we play them better as a team, especially against Teams of this nature, when you give them an opportunity, they tend to come back into the game.

"We gave them this opportunity once or twice and it ended up costing us the series." very disappointing and we will have to learn some lessons quickly. "

South Africa won the first match by seven wickets, then lost 69 points and seven wickets in the next two. The second match resulted in a mbadive defeat of 121 points

Moreeng, meanwhile, was much more optimistic about his projections in the shortest format

. a great experience for us to play in matches of this intensity against two of the world's best cricket teams the same day. "19659003]" It was mentally very difficult for the players but it was still a great experience. It was a first for us to play in a double head but as for games, bowling and fielding were not up to par, hence the records we saw.

Coach Proteas, whose side rebounded To beat England, winner of the tri-series, in his only win of the competition, he conceded many lessons that were handed to him by both teams.

"We have not played too much T20 since last year." We had this tour to see where the world was and what was needed for us to tour the World Cup. world the same year, "he added.

T20 World. We sat down the next day and were able to iron out one or two things that needed to be done to improve.

The understanding is now also that the scores of 150-160 are no longer enough, "We have to score more points, we saw it when we played against two big sides," he continued.

"We are now going to have to learn some lessons quickly, try to correct some of the wrongs and implement changes to the next World T20. I think we will see South Africa compete more in a format that has always been one of the most difficult.

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