ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2024: Australia Women vs South Africa Women Match Preview, ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2024

1st Semi Final • Dubai International Cricket Stadium • Dubai

Australia Women

134/5 (20)

South Africa Women

135/2 (17.2)

SA W won by 8 wickets

Info

Fantasy

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Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Date & Time

17 Oct, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

Star Sports Network

Match

1st Semi Final,

ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2024

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Jacqueline Williams (West Indies), Nimali Perera (Sri Lanka), Anna Harris (England, TV)

Referee

Michell Pereira (Sri Lanka)

Toss

South Africa Women elected to bowl

Pitch Report

It has cooled down since we started this competition. 57m on one side, 63m on the other. 73m is the big straight. More runs on this pitch as compared to others. The color is lighter and the grass cover isn't as much. There has been 1.9 degrees of swing here as compared to 1.5 at Sharjah. So swing is going to be key. Variations will be the key for the spinners. Early wickets would be extremely important as would be using the swing. Mlaba would crucial for South Africa.

1st Innings

113Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

94.49Avg SR

2nd Innings

95Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

98.26Avg SR

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Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AUS-W

7- 1

SA-W

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Australia Women

South Africa Women

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Tazmin Brits

SA-W . BAT

155 Runs

4 Matches

Laura Wolvaardt

SA-W . BAT

148 Runs

4 Matches

Ellyse Perry

AUS-W . BAT

101 Runs

4 Matches

Top Bowlers

Nonkululeko Mlaba

SA-W . BOWL

9 Wkts

4 Matches

Megan Schutt

AUS-W . BOWL

8 Wkts

4 Matches

Annabel Sutherland

AUS-W . ALL

7 Wkts

4 Matches

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Venue Details

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

1st Innings

113Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

94.49Avg SR

2nd Innings

95Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

98.26Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

63%Bat First Bowl First38%

Team Batting First

38%Wins Losses63%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 14 • Oct 11 • ICC Women's T20 World Cup

AUS-W 83/1 (11)

PAK-W 82/10 (19.5)

AUS-W won by 9 wickets

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Australia Women

South Africa Women

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AUS-W

7- 1

SA-W

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

135

Average Score

139

161/8

Highest Score

189/4

83/1

Lowest Score

84/10

1 1 1 1 1 W

Over 15

Runs: 5

0 2 1 0 0 0

Over 16

Runs: 3

0 4 1 1 0 0

Over 17

Runs: 6

0 4

Over 18

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Anneke Bosch

74(48)

Commentary

What an achievement this has been from South Africa. They have rewritten the history books and have ensured that Australia hasn't qualified for a T20 World Cup final in fifteen years. There has been eight editions so far and Australia have played in seven of those finals. This is the first time since the inaugural edition in 2009 that they miss out on a final berth but take nothing away from South Africa. They had the belief and the manifestation of Paul Adams and the rest of the team members have helped them secure a win which looked highly improbable. It will be West Indies and New Zealand who will fight it out in the second semi-final tomorrow. Who will South Africa meet in the final? Do join us tomorrow again to get your answer but for now, this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) biding adieu also on behalf of my fellow commentator and good friend Rudransh Khurrana. Goodnight! Cheers!

Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa captain): Yeah I think this win is right up there. One of the best wins in my cricketing career. Anneke batted exceptionally well and so did the bowlers. I think it's been a good year for us. It's been a collective good effort. Looking at ways finding the weakness and glad some of the plans worked tonight. Yeah I think we didn't have the best two overs. Me and Tazmin had a chat that we need to get ahead of the game and then Anneke took it forward and played a blinder. One of the best of Anneke's career and what a time to bring it up. Both West Indies and New Zealand are destructive. West Indies a bit more now but you can't take any team lightly. Good crowd in Dubai.

Tahlia McGrath (Australia captain): Pretty hard to take. We didn't really show up today and we couldn't do this in a World tournament like this. South Africa thoroughly outplayed us. We worked really hard in the off season. Left no stones unturned but unfortunately didn't show up on the night. Yeah we found it quite tricky. South Africa bowled brilliantly. Halfway mark we felt 140-150 would be par. South Africa made it look a totally different wicket. They batted brilliantly. We were trying to keep it single on that wicket. We weren't at our best. We thought a couple of wickets would change it but we never managed to get that. Sutherland leads from the front. The future is certainly bright for us. We have a big summer to finish off.

Anneke Bosch is your Player of the Match for her 74* (48), here's what she has to say: My heart is racing a lot. It was pretty hard out there. But glad we could get over the line. It was about sticking to the basics, not overthinking it and playing according to the situation without trying too much. The speeches before the game help and give us focus. It helps stay in the present. It means a lot, can't really describe it. We knew we were capable of it. Our batters up top and the bowlers too have been wonderful. Holding Australia to under 140 was excellent. Glad I could hold onto the catch. I dropped a similar one in an earlier game. Thanks a lot for their support. We can feel it even when they are not there. Reminds us of the last World Cup when they were there, we want to do it for them.

AUSTRALIA WON'T BE IN A T20 WORLD CUP FINAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS! THAT'S WHAT THE PROTEAS HAVE ACHIEVED TODAY.

South Africa Women won by 8 wickets (with 16 deliveries to spare)

Anneke Bosch 74*(48) | Ayabonga Khaka 2/24(4)
Beth Mooney 44(42) | Annabel Sutherland 2/26(4)

South Africa Women scripted history as they won their first T20 World Cup game against the mighty Aussies to knock them out of the Women’s T20 World Cup. It was a clinical run chase and the partnership between Anneke Bosch and Laura Wolvaardt put the game to bed as they ended up winning by 8 wickets with 16 deliveries to spare. South Africa got the belief of beating Australia after winning their first game against them earlier in this year.

The run chase of 135 could have turned out to be tricky and with only four runs coming off the first two overs, it looked like Australia would squeeze them in the powerplay. Tazmin Brits ate up most of the deliveries in the first over. It was the third over from Megan Schutt which got South Africa back on track. 12 runs came from that over to ease the nerves. Brits also struck a six before perishing at the hands of Annabel Sutherland.

It was a quick delivery which skidded through the surface and rattled the off-stump. Out came Anneke Bosch and her approach totally took Australia off guard. The intent was pretty clear as she started finding the boundaries on a consistent basis. Wolvaardt also went along at a good rate as South Africa racked up 43 in the powerplay. It was their dominant approach post-powerplay which made all the difference.

Wolvaardt took Darcie Brown apart in the 7th over and there was no looking back from there. Bosch started attacking every Australian bowler and boundaries started to flow one after the other. The partnership just went on and on and it was Bosch in particular who put the game to bed with arguably the greatest knock of the competition. Especially under pressure, she came out all guns blazing and turned the game on its head.

You would hardly see Laura Wolvaardt playing second fiddle but such was the dominance of Bosch, Wolvaardt was happy to play under her shadow. The carnage finally came to an end after a match-winning 96-run partnership when Wolvaardt clofted a good length delivery from Annabel Sutherland straight to the mid-off fielder.

Bosch kept going on in her merry way and eventually remained unbeaten on 74 off 48 deliveries to take her side over the finish line with 15 deliveries to spare. For not a single moment in the run chase barring the first two overs, it looked like South Africa would lose the game. Sheer dominance and have absolutely bossed the game all the way through and are the deserved winners.

17.2 Megan Schutt to Anneke Bosch, FOURRRR! BOSCH DOES IT FOR SOUTH AFRICA! She's the magnificent author of this magnificent history. She has helped South Africa thump Australia by eight wickets -- for the first time ever in their women's T20 World Cup history. For the first time since 2020, Australia take the L over the W! South Africa are in the final and no one, absolutely no one deserves it more!

About the moment: full toss on middle and leg, pulled to deep mid-wicket with ferocious pace. She has been tired but she has wanted it so much. South Africa are jumping in joy in the pavilion. There are hugs and tears from Mlaba and a lot more group hugs. Brilliant pictures. This is what it's all about.

17.1 Megan Schutt to Anneke Bosch, good length ball targeting off, cut away to point

Megan Schutt [3-0-21-0] is back into the attack.

A very important boundary for South Africa in that over with Bosch finding the gap past the mid off fielder. They are almost through and what an achievement this will be. Just 4 runs required off 18 deliveries. This could well be the final over of the run chase.

overs

131 /2 score

runs

Anneke Bosch *

70 (46)

Chloe Tryon

1 (4)

Annabel Sutherland

2 /26

16.6 Annabel Sutherland to Anneke Bosch, full outside off, drills it to covers and challenges her for the direct hit. She doesn't get it and Bosch earns the single and the strike!

16.5 Annabel Sutherland to Anneke Bosch, full on off, dug out back to the bowler who gets her right hand on it. Perhaps she was trying to deflect it to the stumps but it went well off that

16.4 Annabel Sutherland to Chloe Tryon, good length ball wide outside off, dragged over mid-wicket for one

16.3 Annabel Sutherland to Anneke Bosch, length ball on middle and leg, pulled to deep mid-wicket

16.2 Annabel Sutherland to Anneke Bosch, FOUR! That's the boundary they needed! Slower length ball wide outside off, sticks in the pitch but Bosch waits and waits before slapping it in the gap past covers!

16.1 Annabel Sutherland to Anneke Bosch, nails the yorker stunningly on middle and leg, Bosch can only jam it out

Just three runs from that over from Sophie Molineux but shouldn't be too much off a problem for South Africa. Just 11 runs required off 24 deliveries and there shouldn't be much drama in this. Australia has the uncanny habit of coming back from difficult situations but this looks a bit too difficult for their liking.

overs

124 /2 score