South Africa vice-captain Chloe Tryon says the side is determined to bounce back from their defeat to Sri Lanka when they take on New Zealand in a crucial second Women T20 World Cup group stage clash on Monday.

The Proteas women lost by three runs on Friday in a major setback to their chances of reaching the semifinals, and must beat New Zealand to stand any real chance of doing so.

“It’s obviously a difficult game to lose the way we did,” Tryon said. “As a group, we try not to look into that too much. We’ve been a quality side, playing really good cricket.

“As a batting unit, that one innings doesn’t define us, so you have to kind of park it. It’s just (about) doing the basics. I just didn’t feel as a batting unit we did the right things; no partnerships and no-one kind of putting up their hands.

“For us it’s just about making sure that we’re doing those basics right. (It’s a) very important game against New Zealand coming up so we can’t take anyone lightly.

“It’s just important that we do the right things and let the result take care of itself.”