The defending champions of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, Australia, have defeated South Africa by 6 wickets to be the very first team to be officially through the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 happening in South Africa.
Australia chased the 125 runs target against the hosts South Africa to be the first team to go through the semi-finals. With the win, Australia Women have completed all the group stage matches with a 100% winning rate. They top Group 1 with 8 points and a solid 2.149 NRR (Net Run Rate).
In the match, Australia Women won the toss and elected to field first.
Batting first, South Africa Women made 124 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. Tazmin Brits was the player to score the most runs for the team in the game to getting to the total with 45 runs from 36 balls. Sune Luus followed Tazmin with 20 runs from 24 balls. Laura Wolvaardt followed Sune in the list with 19 runs from 28 balls.
Georgia Wareham took two wickets for Australia Women with Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown, Ellyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner taking a wicket each. Australia Women conceded 17 extras to South Africa Women while bowling.
With Tahlia McGrath making 57 runs from 33 balls and Ashleigh Gardner making 28* runs from 29 balls, Australia Women made 125/4 in 16.3 overs to chase the target and win the match.
Marizanne Kapp took two wickets for South Africa Women with Nonkululeko Mlaba and Masabata Klaas taking a wicket each. South Africa Women conceded 4 extras to Australia Women while bowling.
Tahlia McGrath was the Player of the Match for her 57 runs from 33 balls in the match.
