Laura Wolvaardt reckons Proteas Women fell a few runs short vs England

South Africa posted a total of 124/6 in their 20-over innings, with the four-time World champions eclipsing that with seven wickets and four balls to spare.

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Following five dropped catches, including twice that of Danni Wyatt – who went on to score 43, the skipper admits it was a frustrating night all around.

''10-20 short with a back. Obviously we didn't take our chances on the field either. Danni catched early, it could have been a different game,'' said Wolvaardt.

Following the morale-boosting 10-wicket win in their opener against West Indies on Friday, the 25-year-old assured the defeat to England will not deter their focus in their remaining group stage fixtures against Scotland and Bangladesh on Wednesday and Saturday, respectively.

''Obviously I'm a bit disappointed, because there are a lot of controllables we did wrong today - it's unlike they completely outplayed us. I feel like if we took our chances, ran better in the middles and rotated better - we could have better chances to win that game. The team still has two important games, I think if we win them well, we have a good chance to make it to the semis. I'm not too sure with the batters but I am sure it puts us in a good position, hoping for a quick turnaround,'' added Wolvaardt.

Having won the toss and elected to bat first, Wolvaardt explained that statistically this was a premeditated decision, rather than one based on assessment of conditions in Sharjah on the night.

''Obviously the stats were leaning towards batting fast, a lot of the games have  been won by batting fast in the past. Our plan was to push a 120, 140, we feel like that could have been a winning score, there's no team that scored 120 till tonight. Just batting better and having balance that was the plan but we fell a bit short,'' she expressed.

With Marizanne Kapp also dropped to a rather unfamiliar fourth in the batting order, Wolvaardt defended the veteran all-rounder's workload as part of the decision.