• SAW won the toss and choose to field first
• AUSW beats RSAW by 5 Runs (DLS Method)
• Meg Lanning (49)* got Man of the Match Award

On Thursday at Sydney Cricket Ground, in 2nd Semi-Final South Africa women team won the toss and chose to field first. MagLanning (49)* played captaincy inning for Australia and awarded with the man of the match award for the inning. With the help of Lanning’s inning, Australia set the target of 134 runs for South Africa.

Whereas due to rain, the second inning set to 13 overs with the target of 98 runs. In response of that African batsman unable to give the good start and hence lost their 3 wickets at just 24 runs. Laura (41) made efforts to give the win to Africa but her efforts goes in vain. Australia won the match by 5 runs and enters into the final. Whereas, 1st semi-final was abondon due to rain and India enters into the final. Now, Australia and India will play the final on 8 March 2020.

Scorecard:

Australia Women                                                                         134 – 5 (20 Overs)

Extras – 14 (lb8, b0, nb0, w6, p0)

Did not bat

Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Delissa Kimmince, Megan Schutt

South Africa Women                                                                    92 – 5 (13 Overs)

Extras – 1 (lb0, b0, nb1, w0, p0)

Did not bat

Trisha Chetty, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

• NZW won the toss and chose to bowl
• AUSW defeated NZW by 4 Runs
• Georgia Wareham got Player of the Match Award

On Monday, at Junction Oval, New Zealand Women won the toss and decided to bowl first. The bowlers gave a good start to New Zealand and took the first 2 wickets of Australia at just 52 runs. But after that, Beth Mooney (60) played a good inning and scored 52 runs together with the Gardner (20) for the third wicket. With the help of this partnership, Australia scored 155 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 5 wickets.

In reply, New Zealand women team also played well and scored 151 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 7 wickets. But in last they lose the match by just 4 runs. Georgia Wareham doing great bowling from the Australia side in the depth over and she takes 3 wickets in the 4 overs by giving just 17 runs. For this wonderful performance, she also awarded with the Man of the Match Award.s

Scorecard:

Australia Women                                                                         155 – 5 (20 Overs)

Extras – 4 (lb0, b0, nb0, w4, p0)

Did not bat

Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt

New Zealand Women                                                                 151 – 7 (20 Overs)

Extras – 10 (lb5, b0, nb1, w4, p0)

Did not Bat

Lea Tahuhu, Rosemary Mair

On Sunday at Sydney Showground Stadium, South Africa won against the Pakistan women cricket team by 17 runs. South African women won the toss and choose to bat first and lose their first 3wickets at just 54 runs. But after that, Laura Wolvaardt played a good inning and scored 53 runs without losing her wicket. Due to her inning, South Africa scored 136 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 6 wickets.

Whereas, in chasing the score, Pakistan lost their wickets quickly, at just 18 runs they lost their 2 wickets and Pakistan team scored only 119 runs in the 20 overs and lose the match by 17 runs. With the help of this win, South Africa enters into the semi-final and Pakistan got out from the race of semi-final.

Scorecard:

South Africa Women                                                                  136 – 6 (20 Overs)

Extras – 6 (lb1, b0, nb1, w4, p0)

Did not bat

Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

Pakistan Women                                                                          119 – 5 (20 Overs)

Extras – 9 (lb4, b1, nb0, w4, p0)

Did not bat

Aiman Anwer, Diana Baig, Syeda Aroob Shah, Anam Amin

• SLW won the toss and choose to bat first
• AUSW beats SLW by 5wickets
• Rachael Haynes(60) got Man of the Match Award

On Monday at W.A.C.A. Ground, Sri Lanka women team won the toss and chose bat first. But the batsmen unable to gave the good start to the team as they lose 1st wicket without scoring a run. But Chamari (50) scored a half-century and played a captaincy inning. With the help of chamari’s inning, Sri Lanka set the target of 123 runs for Australia.  

Whereas, Australia also lost the first 3 wickets quickly at just 10 runs in chasing the score. But Captain Mag Lanning (41)* and Rachael Haynes (60) scored 95 runs together for the 4th wicket which helped the Australian team to reach the target. With the help of this partnership, Australia won the match by 5 wickets with the 3 balls remaining in hand.

Scorecard:

Sri Lanka Women                                                                        122 – 6 (20 Overs)

Extras – 2 (lb1, b0, nb0, w1, p0)

Did not bat

Kavisha Dilhari, Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani

Australia Women                                                                     123 – 5 (19.3 Overs)

Extras – 4 (lb0, b0, nb0, w4, p0)

Did not bat

Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Molly Strano, Megan Schutt

• BANW won the toss and choose to bowl
• INDW defeated BANW by 18 Runs
• Shafali Verma got Player of the Match Award

On Monday, at W.A.C.A. Ground, India beat Bangladesh by 18 Runs. Indian women gave the good start and performed well with scoring 142 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 6 wickets.  A total of 143 Runs target were given to Bangladesh team by Indian women team.

In reply, Bangladesh women team unable to give good initiative, they lose their 1st wicket quickly at just 5 runs and lose the match by 18 runs. Poonam Yadav take most wickets from the Indian side, she took 3 wickets in 4 overs by giving 18 runs. With the help of this win, Indian team recorded the 2nd win in the world cup.

Scorecard:

India Women                                                                                142 – 6 (20 Overs)

Extras – 7 (lb1,b0, nb0,w6, p0)

Did not bat

Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Bangladesh Women                                                                    124 – 8 (20 Overs)

Extras – 2 (lb2, b0, nb0, w0, p0)

On Sunday at W.A.C.A. Ground, South Africa won against England women cricket team by 6 Wickets. South African women won the toss and choose to bowl first and took ENG’s first 2 wickets by giving just 26 runs. But after that, Natalie Sciver played a good inning and scored 50 runs. Due to her inning, South Africa scored 123 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 8 wickets and gave the target to England of 124 runs.

Whereas, in chasing the score South Africa lost their 1st wicket quickly, at just 9 runs. But African captain Dane van Niekerk (46) didn’t lose the momentum and scored 84 runs partnership with the Marizanne Kapp (38) for the 2nd wicket. Due to this South Africa chased 124 runs target easily at the loss of 4 wickets.    

Scorecard:

England Women                                                                           123 – 8 (20 Overs)

Extras – 5 (lb2, b0, nb0, w3, p0)

Did not bat

Sarah Glenn

South Africa Women                                                               127 – 4 (19.4 Overs)

Extras – 8 (lb2, b4, nb0, w2, p0)

Did not bat

Laura Wolvaardt, Trisha Chetty, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

West Indies, the 2016 world cup winner, defeated Thailand by 7 wickets in the 2nd match of the world cup on Saturday. West Indies captain Stephanie Taylor was awarded with the man of the match for her all-round performance. She scored 26 runs with 3 wickets in the match. The Thailand team is playing the T20 World Cup for the first time.

Thailand team won the toss and choose to bat first. The team scored just 78 runs with the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Wicketkeeper Nannapat Koncharoenkai (33) and Naruemol Chawai (13) scored from her side. The remaining seven batsmen could not even cross the double figures. For the West Indies, Captain Taylor took 3 wickets by giving just 13 runs in 3 overs.

The West Indies started off chasing the target. Within 27 runs, the three batsmen of the team returned to the pavilion. After this, Captain Taylor and Sheman Campbell shared the victory for the team by scoring more than 50 runs for the 4th wicket.

Thailand Women                                                                           78 – 9 (20 Overs)

Extras – 4 (lb 0, b 0, nb 1, w 3, p0)

Did not bat: Soraya Lateh

West Indies Women                                                                   80 – 3 (16.4 Overs)

Extras – 8 (lb 2, b 0, nb 0, w 6, p0)

Did not bat: Chedean Nation, Aaliyah Alleyne, Chinelle Henry, Anisa Mohammed, Afy Fletcher, Shamilia Connell