and there it is! A hearty sweep through square leg, there's no fielder there and it goes all the way to the rope but the batters have already crossed so that will count as a single. South Africa win by six wickets!
ENG Women vs SA Women, 4th Match, Group B at Perth, T20 World Cup, Feb 23 2020 - Match Result
SA Women won by 6 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
10.00pmWell, we avoided the Super Over, which is becoming quite fashionable these days. South Africa secure the upset, only their third win against England in the past 11 T20Is between these two sides. Mignon du Preez, the first South African woman to play 100 T20 internationals with her appearance in this match, struck the winning runs, a six followed by a single off Katherine Brunt in the final over to bring it home.
Du Preez speaking to Sky Sports: "I've played in all seven World Cups and we've never come this close. We've said we want to do something special and this is just the start."
Player of the match Dane van Niekerk with 46 runs off 51 balls and two wickets: "I'm really proud. Honestly, it was a team performance today."
What a start to this tournament. India toppling the hosts and favourites, Australia, in the opening match and South Africa securing their maiden win over England at a Women's T20 World Cup. England, the No. 2 side in the world, didn't manage to get enough runs on the board in their innings and then failed to capitalise on the early dismissal of Lizelle Lee which had South Africa 1 for 6 in the third over. They had 90 runs on the board by the time Marizanne Kapp was the next wicket to fall and, while van Niekerk didn't score rapidly early on, she top scored for her side before the experienced du Preez held her nerve to get them over the line.
England captain Heather Knight: "We obviously have to pick ourselves up quite quickly from this defeat. Every game is going to be a massive game for us now. We'll assess this game, try and park it very quickly and move on."
Thanks so much for joining us, everyone. From Gnasher, Thilak and myself, we thoroughly enjoyed your company and look forward the next one.
SA need just one run off three balls...
length ball, on off stump, du Preez whacks it over backward square for a maximum!
Oh, Brunt pulls up before hitting her delivery stride, a little warning to Sune Luus as she backs up for the run early
prodded away to backward point
fuller ball, on leg stump she gets an inside edge onto her pad and they somehow manage to sneak a run there, rapid between the wickets
The experience of Katherine Brunt comes to the fore to see out this final over. SA need nine off six balls...
how's that for a reply from Ecclestone? A quicker ball, it skids through and clatters into the stumps!
outside off, she takes a swipe at it and misses, Amy Jones juggles behind and the stumping is off as a result
fuller ball, on off stump and she sweeps big, really big over deep backward square leg
SA need 15 from nine balls here...
whipped away to the leg side
outside off, she skips towards it and sends it over midwicket
full, that raps her low on the front pad a big appeal for lbw, not given. England ask for a review and ball tracking shows it going down the leg side
worked to deep midwicket
length ball, outside off, she skies it down the ground and Lauren Winfield fails to make her ground running in from long-on and it drops just short of her fingers. A missed opportunity there, one feels
fuller, whipped away through the leg side, they decide against taking a second
back of a length, she swipes it high and it's going through fine leg to bring up 100 runs for South Africa
swept high towards square leg where it's met by the fielder
whacked fine and it's through fine leg
guided towards mid-on
it raps her on the pad
lofted down towards mid-off it drops short of the fielder running in
swept towards fine leg but there's a fielder there
1W | 2W | |||
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1W | ||||
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth | |
Toss | South Africa Women, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2019/20 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match number | WT20I no. 849 |
Hours of play (local time) | 19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20 |
Match days | 23 February 2020 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
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Match Referee | |
Points | South Africa Women 2, England Women 0 |