IND Women vs SA Women, 5th ODI at Lucknow, IND-W v SA-W, Mar 17 2021 - Match Result

4.30pm And that's all from us at ESPNcricinfo. On behalf of Vairavan, Shashank and Annesha, this is Sreshth Shah signing off.

4.17pm The presentation has started.

Lizelle Lee, Player of the Series. She says, "It's a great thing we won in four games, so was a good opportunity to show the other girls what they can do.

"There's always room for improvement. Girls have been working hard. Gives me pleasure seeing the youngsters do well. Super proud of all our bowlers.

"This was a series our middle order did really well. Some other positives too,"

Sune Luus, the winning captain: "For us coming today, we wanted to stamp our authority on the series win a 4-1 win.

"We pride ourselves on our bowling attack. The girls, especially the young ones, did an exceptional job. We always talk about our middle order coming through and supporting the opening pair. They did exceptionally well too. Over five games, it was an allround performance.

"Anneke is a character in our team, but we are lucky to have her. Phenomenal knock today, hopefully more to come."

Anneke Bosch, the Player of the Match. She says, "Mignon and I tried to keep it simple, not rush anything. We did well to not rotate strike and be in there. Unreal to get my first fifty and that too in India. I've always liked batting against spin. My favourite moment has been just winning."

Mithali, the losing captain: "Clearly, we do need some camps before series. We were underprepared, coming from a gap. The batting unit tried to improve consistently match by match. Our spinners need to improve. Other than the result, it's been a good series for us. Exposure for the young players, and opportunity to those players looking for rhythm. Congratulations to South Africa for doing so well in our conditions.

"Clearly South Africa were attacking the spinners. We are a spin-dominant attack, and they have attacked. That's where we were found wanting. And the fielding department. They are always +20 on the field when they walk in. In patches we do fielding well, but we need to be consistent if we want to do really well in big events.

We do have some young talent, but given that we have 10 months for the World Cup, it's important to see how we give them experience and exposure. Having them in the series, helps youngsters - like Monica working with Jhulan."

Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur receive special awards for their personal achievements completed in the series. Raj made 10000 international runs, the first Indian woman. Harmanpreet became the fifth Indian woman to play 100 WODIs.

4.08pm We will have the presentation very soon. Will be interesting to hear from Mithali Raj and Sune Luus about what their takeaways are from the series. Also we'll keep an ear out on Harmanpreet Kaur's fitness, because she is one of India's matchwinners in the T20I format. Remember, the first T20I is on March 20.

4.05pm Another dominating win. And this is South Africa's 10th win in 11 WODIs. They were in trouble with the chase early, losing three wickets for under 30 runs. But the experience of Mignon du Preez (57) and the joie de vivre in Anneke Bosch (58) has helped them cruise to the win in rather comfortable fashion. Useful contributions from Kapp and de Klerk too, both stay unbeaten.

Basically the game was decided by how the middle/lower order batted. India struggled, South Africa prevailed in that department. Otherwise both sides' top order struggled today. Only two positives for the hosts: Mithali Raj, who keeps proving why she's one of the greatest ever and Rajeshwari Gayakwad, who took 3 for 13. A forgettable day for the rest.

Jack: "@Rohit - Rather than blaming BCCI, we hv to accept that we dont have players who can perform at top level consistently except for one off excellent performance here and there.

Seven needed off 12.

Rohit: "These drubbings by traveling teams are much needed for BCCI to get going with development of Women's cricket in India, not sure what else would the richest cricket board in world would wait for to seriously suppot and develop Women's cricket from grassroots."

South Africa need 10 off 18.

Ashish: "This was always going to be a sub par total. And even with few late hickups SA are walking towards the win without musch fuss. Such a brilliant performance by them and one to be pondered upon critically by Indian team."