whipped over square leg! A historic win for South Africa! Full on leg, she whipped it over square leg with ease
AUS Women vs SA Women, 2nd T20I at Canberra, AUS v SA [W], Jan 28 2024 - Match Result
SA Women won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
The series is 1-1. The multiformat points table is 2-2. Wonderful performance by South Africa. Thoroughly deserved win. The third T20I is in Hobart on Tuesday. Hope you can join us then. By for now.
Marizanne Kapp on Fox: "It's a long time coming. To restrict them today on that wicket, I was a bit surprised by the way they came out. But happy as a whole. We are one of those teams that has had a few close games against Australia and for some reason at the end, we just can't get over the line. There's a few of us that's been playing for years so it's probably about time that we start winning the close ones."
Hypocauct: "Australia have now lost at least one match in each of their last four bilateral T20I series (against ENG, WI, IND, SA) and have a 5-5 record in their last 10 matches in the format.Still favourites on balance to defend their title, but makes things more uncertain in a World Cup year."
1.47pm South Africa beat Australia for the first time ever. They win by six wickets with six balls to spare. Laura Wolvaardt leads them home with a wonderful unbeaten half-century to back up an excellent bowling performance. The skipper controlled the chase after a 75-run opening stand with Tazmin Brits. Australia were well short with the bat but they had some chances to make it closer. A couple of key drops and some loose deliveries at pressure moments cost them. But South Africa were too good.
108kph, full on off, she drives to cover
full on off, she drives to mid-off and they take one
sliced up and over backward point! Short wide leg cutter, she upper cuts over the ring
pulled through square leg! 50 for Wolvaardt. Chest high short ball hammered through square leg. Skipper standing tall
missed stumping! Brutally tough. Wolvaardt steps outside leg, Schutt follows with a fuller yorker outside leg, it sneaks through, Healy blocks it but doesn't collect cleanly as Wolvaardt stepped out and got back in time
South Africa need 12 off 12. Tryon at the non-striker's. Schutt on
clean bowled! Bosch felt the pressure. Good length, spinning into middle and off, Bosch runs down and swipes wildly across the line, it spins through the gate and crashes into middle and off
darted into off, she works it off the front foot but Graham swoops from midwicket
spinning down leg after pinching outside off. Bosch stepped outside off but wide was called
plays back and it shoot low, it hits the pad outside leg and runs behind point for a leg bye
shorter length, works wide of midwicket
darted into middle, 83kph, she works it to midwicket, a quick throw at non-striker's forces Wolvaardt to dive home
80kph, off break outside off, she sweeps along the ground to deep midwicket
Under a run a ball now
shorter on leg, she pulls fine but short fine is there to keep it to a dot ball
Harris drops it over the rope at long-on! Full on a full stump line, she lofts to long-on, Harris was a few metres in from the rope, she jumps up with one hand and knocks it over the rope! Had she been standing on the rope she would have probably held that
backs away again, she follows down leg, it comes off the pad and Healy can't glove it cleanly, they runs a leg bye
good length, top of middle, she pulls from bail height to deep midwicket
backs away again, 99kph, short slower ball follows Wolvaardt and she miscues a pull off the top edge but it lands safe at square leg
drilled through cover! She backs away and shows all three stumps, Sutherland delivers a low full toss on middle and Wolvaardt thumps it through the gap
Sutherland on. 29 needed from 24
very full on middle, she drives to long-on
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1W | 1W | |||
Manuka Oval, Canberra | |
Toss | Australia Women, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2023/24 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | 3-match series level 1-1 |
Match number | WT20I no. 1745 |
Match days | 28 January 2024 - day (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | South Africa Women 2, Australia Women 0 |