The South Africa women's cricket team will be looking to bounce back from their T20 World Cup 2024 final defeat with a multi-format bilateral series against England at home starting on November 24. Marizanne Kapp has been rested for the three T20Is but will return for the ODI games.
England will be on almost a month-long tour of South Africa featuring three T20Is, as well as many ODIs, and a one-off Test match will start on November 24. Alice Capsey was the lone casualty in the T20 squad after the disappointing T20 World Cup campaign in the UAE.
New Zealand's trio of 'grandmas' - Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates and Lea Tahuhu realised their dream of winning the T20 World Cup after string of defeats and heartbreaks over the years. It was a disappointing end for South Africa as the required run rate got too steep for them to chase in the end.
SA-W vs NZ-W, Women's T20 World Cup Final: The star all-rounder Amelia Kerr top-scored with 43 runs to help New Zealand post a big total of 158 and then picked three wickets to restrict the Proteas to just 126 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
SA-W vs NZ-W Live Streaming: Laura Wolvaardt-led South Africa women will be looking to make up for their 2023 final loss while the White Ferns will enter the final having lost two consecutive summit clashes in the tournament history.
SA-W vs NZ-W: The White Ferns are set to play their third ICC Women's T20 World Cup final. They had lost to England in the final of the inaugural edition in 2009 and had suffered another heartbreak during the 2010 edition at the hands of Australia.
Ayabonga Khaka and Marizanne Kapp shone with a ball to restrict Australia to just 134 total while bowling first and then Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch scored brilliant knocks to lead South Africa women to the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final.
Australia are still unbeaten in the tournament and eyeing their seventh ICC Women's T20 World Cup title. They finished the group stage with four wins in as many games and will take on South Africa who finished Group B in the second position.
Alyssa Healy was unavailable for selection against India in Australia's last group-stage encounter. The wicketkeeper-batter was forced to warm the bench and allrounder Tahlia McGrath led the team in her absence.
The Women's T20 World Cup 2024 may have begun with a muted buzz, however, as it progressed, it has gone on to become one of the closely-fought tournaments with as many as seven teams in contention for a place in the top four until the last two days before West Indies handed a shocker to England.
India and South Africa achieved massive wins on Wednesday, October 9 in their respective games in the Women's T20 World Cup in Dubai as both teams made huge strides. The results meant that Sri Lanka and Scotland stood eliminated from the semi-final race.
England women will be up against South Africa in the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 clash in Group B in Sharjah on Monday, October 7. Both teams kicked off their respective campaigns in the tournament with a win and this might just be the top spot deciding clash in Group B.
Pakistan women's team achieved its highest score in T20Is as they came back strongly in the three-match series against South Africa to take it to the decider after losing the opener. Nashra Sandhu, Muneeba Ali and skipper Fatima Sana shone for Pakistan as South Africa fell short in the chase.
Laura Wolvaard-led South Africa women will look to end their losing streak against Pakistan in the first T20I match in Multan on Monday (September 16). New captain Fatima Sana will look to gain some momentum before the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024 in UAE.
South Africa are ranked fifth on the ICC T20I team rankings with a total of 243 rating points. On the other hand, Pakistan, who are going through a period of transition, are eighth in the world with 217 ratings.
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