Australian South Africa Women beats England Women by 6 runs to qualified for the final.
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The Semi-Final 2 (B1 v A2) Match of the ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2023 was played yesterday between England Women vs South Africa Women at Newlands, Cape Town. In which Australian South Africa Women beats England Women by 6 runs.
South Africa Women batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very strongly, Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with a half-century partnership of 96 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 96 runs in 13.4 over, Laura Wolvaardt dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 53 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 boundaries in just 44 balls, next batsman Marizanne Kapp came to bat and handled the inning wth Tazmin Brits, the second wicket has gone for 142 runs in 17.5 overs, Tazmin Brits dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 6 bounadires in just 55 balls, next batsman Chloe Tryon came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 3 runs as third wicket in 18.2 overs, the team score was 145 runs, followed by Nadine de Klerk came to bat, meanwhile the fourth wicket has gone for 145 runs in 18.4 overs, Nadine de Klerk dismissed without scoring, next batsman Sune Luus came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 3 runs with Marizanne Kapp, and Marizanne Kapp played an unbeaten inning of 27 runs with the help of 4 boundaires in just 13 balls. In this way, South Africa Women scored 164 runs for losing just 4 wickets in stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 165 runs in front of England Women.
England Women bowlers Sophie Ecclestone took 3 wickets just for 22 runs, and Lauren Bell got 1 wicket for 21 runs in 3 overs.
England Women chasing 165 runs in the second inning they could manage just 158 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. England Women started the inning very brilliantly but the ending was very poor, Nat Sciver-Brunt played a very brilliant inning of 40 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 34 balls, Danielle Wyatt 34 runs in 30 balls, Heather Knight 31 runs in 25 balls, Sophia Dunkley 28 runs in just 16 balls, apart from this, Amy Jones dismissed just for 2 runs, Sophie Ecclestone 1 run, Alice Capsey and Katherine Sciver-Brunt dismissed without scoring, Sarah Glenn remains unbeaten for 8 runs, and Charlotte Dean 1 run. In this way, England Women could manage just 158 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 6 runs.
South African Women bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Ayabonga Khaka took 4 wickets just for 29 runs, Shabnim Ismail 3 wickets just for 27 runs, and Nadine de Klerk 1 wicket for 17 runs.
South African Women batsman Tazmin Brits was selected as the best player of the match, she played a very brilliant half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 6 boundaries in just 55 balls.
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