Tahlia McGrath 57 (33) powers Australia Women beats South Africa Women by 6 wickets.
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The 15th Match (Group A) of the ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2023 was played yesterday between South Africa Women vs Australia Women at St George's Park, Gqeberha. In which Australia Women beats South Africa Women by 6 wickets.
Australia Women won the toss and invited South Africa Women to bat first, South Africa Women batted first, and started the inning very brilliantly, but the ending was not very well, Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits came to start the inning and gave a very brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 54 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 54 runs in last ball of the 9th overs, Laura Wolvaardt dismissed after scoring 19 runs in 28 balls, next batsman Marizanne Kapp came to bat and she dismissed very quickly in without score as second wicket in 10.5 overs, the team score was 70 runs, next batsman Sune Luus came to bat, after a while the third wicket also gone for 75 runs in first ball of the 12th over, Tazmin Brits dismissed after playing a very brilliant inning of 45 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaires in just 36 balls, followed by Chloe Tryon came to bat and she dismissed just for 1 runs in 3 balls as fourth wicket in 11.5 overs, the team score was 77 runs, next batsman Delmi Tucker came to bat and she good strike rotate with Sune Luus for a while, the fifth wicket has gone for 99 runs in 16.4 overs, Delmi Tucker dismissed just for 7 runs in 13 balls, next batsman Nadine de Klerk came to bat and played well with Sune Luus, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 122 runs in fourth ball of the final over, Sune Luus dismissed after scoring 20 runs in 24 balls, followed by Sinalo Jafta came to bat and she remains unbeaten for 1 run with Nadine de Klerk, and Nadine de Klerk played an ubbeaten inning of 14 runs in 13 balls. In this way, South Africa Women scored 124 runs for losing 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 125 runs in for Australia Women.
Australian Women bowlers Georgia Wareham took 2 wickets for 18 in 3 overs, Ashleigh Gardner 1 wicket for 25 runs in 3 overs, Ellyse Perry 1 wicket for 8 runs in 2 overs, Darcie Brown 1 wicket for 20 runs in her spell, and Megan Schutt 1 wicket for 25 runs in her spell.
Australia Women chasing 125 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily by losing just 4 wickets in third ball of the 17th overs, Australia Women started the inning very well, Beth Mooney and Ellyse Perry came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone for 26 runs in first ball of the 5th over, Ellyse Perry dismissed just for 11 runs in 8 balls, next batsman Meg Lanning came to bat, and she dismissed very quickly just for 1 run as second wicket in 5.2 overs, the team score was 29 runs, next batsman Ashleigh Gardner came to bat, after a while the third wicket has gone for 40 runs in last ball of the 7th overs, Beth Mooney dismissed after scoring 20 runs in 25 balls, followed by Tahlia McGrath came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 81 runs with Ashleigh Gardner, the fourth wicket has gone for 121 runs in 16.2 overs, Tahlia McGrath dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 57 runs with the help of 10 boundaires in just 33 balls, next batsman Grace Harris came to bat and she hit a winning boundary in just 1 ball and remains unbeaten with Ashleigh Gardner, and Ashleigh Gardner played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 28 runs with the help of 3 boundaires in 29 balls. In this way, Australia Women chased the target very easily by losing just 4 wickets in 16.3 overs and won the match by 6 wickets.
South African Women bowlers Marizanne Kapp took 2 wickets just for 21 runs, Nonkululeko Mlaba 1 wicket for 29 runs, and Masabata Klaas 1 wicket for 18 runs in 2.3 overs.
Australian Women batsman Tahlia McGrath was selected as the best player of the match, she played a brilliant quick half-century inning of 57 runs with the help of 10 boundaries in just 33 balls.
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