STELLENBOSCH (South Africa), Feb 18: The Bermudan women’s cricket team made a calamitous start to the World Cup qualifying competition on Monday when hosts South Africa took only four balls to pass their score of 13 all out.

Bermuda spent 18 overs crawling to their total in the opening match of the tournament being staged in Stellenbosch, near Cape Town, with extras accounting for 10 of their runs.

Their captain Linda Mienzer, one of only three players to get off the mark, needed 48 deliveries for her single run.

Bermudan bowler Terry Paynter then delivered a nightmare opening spell featuring nine wides and one no ball. A boundary by South Africa’s Olivia Anderson ensured the match did not even require a change of ends.—AFP