Laura Wolvaardt Equals Smriti Mandhana's Century Record with 126 Against Zimbabwe
South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt scored an unbeaten 126 off 62 balls against Zimbabwe in the third T20I, leading her team to an 80-run victory and a 3-0 series lead. This innings matched India's Smriti Mandhana's record of 18 international centuries and marked Wolvaardt's fourth T20I century, setting a new personal best and the highest individual T20I score by a South African woman. She also became the leading run-scorer in women's T20Is for the calendar year with 815 runs.
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Sentiment was consistent across outlets (75–85/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
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zeenews broke this story on 15 Sept, 05:20 pm. Other outlets followed.