South Africa women’s cricket team
ENGW vs SAW: The second semi-final match was played between England and South Africa in the Women’s T20 World Cup. In this match, South Africa defeated England by 6 runs in the biggest upset of World Cup history. After the victory in this match, the South Africa team has reached the final of the World Cup. They will be playing against Australia in the World Cup final. The Australian team defeated India by 5 runs in their semi-final match.
how was the match
In this match played between England and South Africa, South Africa won the toss and decided to bat. Batting first, the South African team scored 164 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing 165 runs, the England team could only score 158 runs in 20 overs and South Africa won the match. Tajmin Brits was the player of the match for South Africa. He scored 68 runs in 55 balls. At the same time, in the second innings, four brilliant catches were also taken on the field. Tajmin Brits was the biggest hero in South Africa’s victory.
The South African team, which came out to bat first, had a very strong start. A 96-run partnership for the first wicket between the two openers of the team pushed England to the backfoot. For a moment it looked like South Africa would reach 190 comfortably. But the England bowlers came back in the match to reduce South Africa to 145/4 from 96/0 in 13.3 overs. Sophie Ecclestone took three wickets for England.
Chasing 165 runs, the start of the England team was very good. The team had scored 53 runs without losing a wicket till the 5th over. But in this match, South Africa made a great comeback and took two wickets at the score of 53 in the sixth over. From here South Africa came back in the match and England did not allow the batsmen to score fast runs. Nat Sciver-Brunt scored the highest 40 runs from the England team. But his team could not reach the victory.
South Africa in the final for the first time
The South African team has made its place in the final of the World Cup for the first time. Before this, neither the men’s team nor the women’s team has made it to the final of the World Cup. This is a historic moment for South African cricket. Despite performing brilliantly throughout the tournament every time, South Africa was unable to reach the trophy, let alone the finals. But this time the women created history by taking the team to the finals. The final match will be played between South Africa and Australia on 26 February.