This is Australia’s joint-lowest first innings score against South Africa in Women’s T20Is; they’d got exactly 134/5 in the T20 WC 2020 semi-final in Sydney.
Australia Women innings progression Overs 1-6: 35/2 (RR: 5.83) Overs 7-15: 51/1 (RR: 5.66) Overs 16-20: 48/1 (RR: 9.6)
45 dot balls in the innings, 40 of them came in the first 15 overs.
Double of 500 runs and 20 wickets in Women’s T20 WC 1001, 33 - Stafanie Taylor 767, 29 - Sophie Devine 738, 26 - Nat Sciver-Brunt 737, 27 - Deandra Dottin 503, 40 - Ellyse Perry
Nonkululeko Mlaba’s 10 wickets in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 is the most by a South Africa Women bowler in a single edition, bettering Marizanne Kapp’s 9 in 2023.
Mlaba - Change of pace has worked well for me, especially today. It was really hard for me today, four overs for 31 runs, think it's good, I knew they would come hard at me, but we bowled well as a group. I think we can chase down these runs, time for our batters to put the runs on the board.
19:26 Local Time, 15:26 GMT, 20:56 IST: This is a decent score from the Australians on a pitch which looks slow and low. They added 48 in the last five overs and that gave this innings the turbocharge that it badly needed. Asked to bat first, they lost Harris and Wareham early, but Mooney and McGrath added a 50+ stand for the third wicket, they did take their time and were stifled by spin, but the3y ensured a platform for the rest to follow. Another useful cameos from Ellysse Perry and Phoebe Litchfield which meant that Australia have the runs on the board. South Africa were good in the field and took most of their catches, but will that dropped chance off Perry come back to haunt them? Back for the chase shortly..
19.6
Ayabonga Khaka to Perry, out Caught by Tazmin Brits!! Brits takes a sharp catch and throws the ball away in anger. Perry c Tazmin Brits b Ayabonga Khaka 31(23) [4s-2]
Ayabonga Khaka to Perry, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
19.6
Ayabonga Khaka to Perry, wide
19.5
Ayabonga Khaka to Perry, 2 runs, fuller length delivery at the stumps, Perry looks to drive and skews a thick inside edge past square leg, back for the secnd
19.4
Ayabonga Khaka to Perry, 2 runs, to long-on
19.3
Ayabonga Khaka to Perry, FOUR, drilled, that missed chance is costing South Africa - Perry runs down the wicket, takes the momentum into the drive and then places it straight of long-on for a couple
19.2
Ayabonga Khaka to Phoebe Litchfield, 1 run, yorker length delivery outside off, squeezed behind square on the off-side for a single
19.1
Ayabonga Khaka to Phoebe Litchfield, no run, nicely bowled, the perfect yorker, just outside off and Litchfield can't get under it on the drive
Ayabonga Khaka [3.0-0-14-1] is back into the attack
18.6
de Klerk to Perry, FOUR, hammered, that's adding insult to injury, length ball around off, Perry backs away and slaps the drive past cover,. no need to run for those - 10 off the over
18.5
de Klerk to Perry, 2 runs, to long-off
18.4
de Klerk to Phoebe Litchfield, 1 run, slower short ball outside off - slapped towards mid-off and Litchfield is off for a quick single
18.3
de Klerk to Perry, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, hoicked away behind square on the on-side for a single
18.2
de Klerk to Phoebe Litchfield, 1 run, to long-on
18.1
de Klerk to Perry, 1 run, on a good length and angling into the right-hander, Perry comes down the pitch and whips it behind square on the on-side
Nadine de Klerk [1.0-0-4-0] is back into the attack
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