- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.1 Oh, what a delivery to start off and Nini has struck first ball! Length ball that pitches on off and skids on quickly to strike McKeon bang in front of the stumps. She plays all around it and the umpire's finger is up in a jiffy 0/13 Has the bowler got a finger on that? Lyons is walking. Nini is ecstatic. Fuller in length outside off, Hamilton plays a crisp drive back at Nini, who gets a finger on the ball in her follow-through. The ball goes on to smack the stumps at the non-striker's end and Lyons is well short of her mark 12/15.3 Huge appeal for lbw and captain gets captain. Much straighter from Reyneke on a length on middle. Hamilton gets across and looks to sweep. Misses and is caught bang in front of the stumps. 30/317 And a wicket to round up the over. This is excellent stuff from South Africa. Was tossed up on leg stump. Bray gives herself a little bit of room looking to go up and over the bowler's head. Gets it right off the bottom of the bat and straight back at van Wyk who takes a good catch low down 81/613.2 That is an absolute stunner from Naida. Catch of the tournament? Floated on off, Larosa tonks this back at Naidu's right. She gets both hands to it as the ball sticks and she then keeps it in her grasp clutching the ball to her chest as she falls to the ground. The umpires are checking but that's a clean catch. 57/414.3 Oh, that is another brilliant catch from a South African fielder. Twice in two overs, and Australia are now in deep trouble. Looped up around off stump, Gill brings out the sweep, gets a top edge with the ball spooning straight up. For the longest time, it felt the ball would fall clear of Nzuza at short fine leg. But, she brought out the big strides, running to her right and timed her tome to perfection to hang on with a dive 62/518.2 Spooned straight up and van Wyk has another. Short in length, but that was also quite slow through the air. Ainsworth is way too early into her pull, and can only manage a top-edge with short midwicket taking a simple catch 93/718.4 And, another. Lily Bassingthwaighte departs. Short of a length ball on middle and leg. She pulls but straight to deep midwicket and that's a fourth wicket for van Wyk 95/8Extras8 (lb 6, w 2)TOTAL105/8 (20 Overs, RR: 5.25)Did not bat: J MortonFall of wickets: 1-0 (Ines Mckeon, 0.1 ov), 2-12 (Grace Lyons, 2.6 ov), 3-30 (Lucy Hamilton, 5.3 ov), 4-57 (Eleanor Larosa, 13.2 ov), 5-62 (Hasrat Gill, 14.3 ov), 6-81 (Caoimhe Bray, 16.6 ov), 7-93 (Chloe Ainsworth, 18.2 ov), 8-95 (Lily Bassingthwaighte, 18.4 ov)
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR6.3 Six and gone! Is this the turning point? Of, course it the captain who make the breakthrough. Length ball on off. Botha wasn't going to stop, powerplay or no powerplay. Looks to flay this through the offside, slices straight to cover-point. Falls for 37 56/32.1 Oh, she can. Right away! Good length ball with a hint of tail back into Lourens and skids on quicker. She is legside of the ball, and misses the length altogether. The leg stumps takes a beating 14/13.5 Gill gets one back and Australia have a second. Dragged down on leg stump. Cowling goes back and looks to pull this away. The problem is that she was too early into her shot. Gets it right of the toe of the bat as the ball spoons straight up to slip for the simplest of catches 35/216.1 Is that it? Oh, no. That is a great take at extra cover. Low full toss outside off. Reyneke crashes this looking to end the game, but Bray at extra cover dives to her left, gets both hands to it and takes a stunning catch low down. The third umpire has a look if the catch is clean. Yep, no problem. Reyneke falls with South Africa three away. 103/514.2 Chance and that is very well held at deep backward square leg. Very short and well down leg. Meso could have put this away, anywhere. All she manages is pull it straight to Bassingthwaighte who takes a good catch diving forward. Do Australia have a way back from here? 94/4Extras2 (nb 1, w 1)TOTAL106/5 (18.1 Overs, RR: 5.83)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Simone Lourens, 2.1 ov), 2-35 (Fay Cowling, 3.5 ov), 3-56 (Jemma Botha, 6.3 ov), 4-94 (Karabo Meso, 14.2 ov), 5-103 (Kayla Reyneke, 16.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB E Larosa 1 0 8 0 8 4 2 0 0 0 C Bray 2 0 18 0 9 7 2 1 1 1 CC Ainsworth 2 0 19 1 9.5 5 4 0 0 0 Hasrat Gill 4 0 20 2 5 15 2 1 0 0 LK Hamilton 4 1 17 2 4.25 15 1 1 0 0 J Morton 2 0 10 0 5 5 1 0 0 0 T Williamson 3.1 0 14 0 4.42 6 0 0 0 0
Match Details
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Australia Women Under-19s , elected to bat first
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31 January 2025 (20-over match)
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ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup
Super Six, Group 1 | |||||
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Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
INW19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7.036 |
SLW19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 |
AUW19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.87 |
BAW19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1.823 |
SCW19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7.5 |
WIW19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2.452 |
Super Six, Group 2 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
ENW19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.264 |
SAW19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2.338 |
NGW19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.3 |
NZW19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.687 |
USW19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.9 |
IRW19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.868 |
Group A | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
INW19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5.035 |
SLW19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.667 |
WIW19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2.119 |
MAW19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -5.261 |
Group B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
ENW19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3.276 |
USW19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.995 |
IRW19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2.324 |
PAW19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3.271 |
Group C | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SAW19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5.576 |
NGW19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1.857 |
NZW19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.049 |
SOW19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5.129 |
Group D | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
AUW19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.837 |
BAW19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.787 |
SCW19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.35 |
NPW19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2.099 |