Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

BL Mooney
82(55) 11x4 - 1x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 17 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 0 7 11 26 16 4 14
M Kapp
75(48) 10x4 - 1x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
0 6 11 13 8 3 12 22

Best performances - Bowlers

M Klaas
O2
M0
R13
W1
Eco6.50
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
TM McGrath
TM McGrath
O2
M0
R17
W1
Eco8.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Andrew McGlashan

Australia win by five wickets and take the T20I series 2-1, also earning a 4-2 lead in the multiformat series. South Africa fought hard but little moments cost them. Beth Mooney was magnificent in the chase and Ash Gardner found her touch with the bat to see it home. It's been a very competitive series. Will be interesting to see how South Africa go in the other two formats

Beth Mooney is player of the match: "Didn't get off to a great start at 4am. Spent the next six or seven hours very unwell. Not until about 3 o'clock did I think I was playing. I was no good most of the day, but once I stepped on the field by competitive instincts came out. [Was about] being really clear in my plans. Thankfully it came off tonight."

Laura Wolvaardt "Would have loved to get over the line today. Felt we batted very well, got to a decent total, recovered really nicely. Kappy was exceptional. Looked like she was batting on road. Left 10-15 out there. Bit hard to defend. Really nice having an extended tour and hopefully those games can be as competitive

Alyssa Healy "We got the win, that's the most important thing. Ash and Grace did a great job to get us over the line. Feels like [Beth] does it all the time. We just wanted to be a little better in every area. Was a beautiful batting wicket, tidied up a few areas. We made a couple of changes, want to keep things fresh and keep evolving. Looking forward to the one-day format."

I'll wrap things up there for tonight. A good T20 series. We now moved into the ODIs with the first game on Saturday. Before that, the men's ODI series between Australia and West Indies starts on Friday. We'll be back for all that. For now, from Gnasher, it's goodbye.

19.2
1
de Klerk to Gardner, 1 run, full on the pads, worked backward of square to get Australia home
19.1
1
de Klerk to Harris, 1 run, on the stumps, scooped down to fine leg to level the scores

So it's just two needed off the last. Australia will get the job done. They've managed this chase very well

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs | AUS-W: 161/5 (2 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.47, RRR: 2.00)

  • Ashleigh Gardner25 (16b)
  • Grace Harris7 (5b)
  • Marizanne Kapp4-0-37-0
  • Ayabonga Khaka3-0-30-1
18.6
4
Kapp to Gardner, FOUR, driven firmly back past the bowler, Kapp can't get a hand on it and long on can't get across. That's almost the game
18.5
1
Kapp to Harris, 1 run, angled away from off stump into backward point, another cutter from Kapp
18.4
2
Kapp to Harris, 2 runs, full toss at the stumps, sweetly clipped through square, a fumble makes the second comfortable
18.3
2
Kapp to Harris, 2 runs, a slower ball outside off, square drives and finds cover, but they get an overthrow

AUS Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st32AJ HealyBL Mooney
2nd25EA PerryBL Mooney
3rd9BL MooneyP Litchfield
4th38BL MooneyTM McGrath
5th45BL MooneyA Gardner
6th14GM HarrisA Gardner