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Best performances - Batsmen

CL Tryon
62(69) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 4 0 8 16 6 11 13
M Kapp
56(71) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 13 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
4 10 5 2 19 3 9 4

Best performances - Bowlers

N Mlaba
N Mlaba
O10
M0
R42
W2
Eco4.2
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
Nahida Akter
Nahida Akter
O9.3
M1
R44
W2
Eco4.63
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Match Details

Toss

Bangladesh Women , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

15.00 start, First Session 15.00-18.10, Interval 18.10-18.40, Second Session 18.40-22.10

Match days

13 October 2025 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

South Africa Women 2, Bangladesh Women 0

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Alan Gardner

10.30pm: Time to hear from the captains, starting with Nigar Sultana Joty: "Really proud of the way we fought to the last ball. The girls are so young. We fight for each and every run, we're very emotional, so it was a great learning curve. [Batting approach] We have lost early wickets in the powerplay, so we wanted a partnership. Maybe we were still 10-15 runs short. [Shorna Akter innings] I've been talking about her for a long time. The way she batted was a show we were really enjoying and showed how we should bat. [Bowling] We talked about putting it on the right length, maybe we fell down, but we showed good spirit. My team was very young but we kept going. [Message] Be proud of how we have done and we have three more games left. The way we played we gave them a tough time in the middle."

SA captain Laura Wolvaardt: "Nerves are shot, that was a lot closer than we wanted but glad we got the points. [Bowling] Tried to stay patient, thought slower balls were working well, bowl for the stumps. Frustrating not to get wickets early but they applied themselves well and Shorna was amazing at the end. [Batting] Kappy and Chloe were amazing. Not the start that we wanted. Tried to be watchful, build partnerships but we lost wickets. [Tight games] At least we're getting over the line. There's been times we've lost these games, and our middle order scoring runs is good to know. [Klaas hanging in with NDK] That lap at the end of incredible, we'll be talking about that for a long time."

Right, that's yer lot for tonight, after another corker in Vizag! Andrew Miller's report is on its way, and we'll have more from Vishal and the team, so don't go far. Tomorrow it's SL vs NZ in Colombo, make sure to join us for that. Cheerio!

10.20pm: Hugs among the SA players, as Bangladesh commiserate. They fought all the way to the end, having reduced SA to 78 for 5 and 198 for 7, but couldn't stop de Klerk when it mattered... Shorna Akter, who dropped the crucial chance at long-off with nine needed, will need an arm around her in the dressing room. Bangladesh followed the template, put a score on the board, and then went to work with their spin attack; SA had fifties from Chloe Tryon, who was also put down, and Marizanne Kapp before de Klerk played finisher again

Chloe Tryon is named Player of the Match: "Got no words. Glad to have Nadine at the back doing what she does best. Wanted to take it deep, wait for the bad balls to come, managed to put on a good partnership [with Kapp] and we got over the line. [Partnership?] Kept it simple, we needed something like [155 off 167], so nice and calm and waited for the bad balls. [SL game next] We'll enjoy this but big game when we get to Colombo."

49.3
6
Nahida Akter to de Klerk, SIX, De Klerk wins it with a six! Dispatches a full toss over deep square leg, NDK the hero for SA once again! The Bangladesh players and staff are distraught, they've come so close. But South Africa claim another thriller, winning by three wickets to take another stride towards the knockouts
49.2
0
Nahida Akter to de Klerk, no run, flighted on the stumps, looks for the slog-sweep... comes off the toe end and plops back down the pitch

Four from five

49.1
4
Nahida Akter to de Klerk, FOUR, NADINE DE KLUTCH! Charges and slashes over point, there are three fielders off in pursuit but the ball races away to the boundary!

Nahida, the gun SLA, to bowl the final over with eight needed

END OF OVER:
49 | 5 Runs | SA-W: 225/7 (8 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 4.59, RRR: 8.00)

  • Masabata Klaas10 (13b)
  • Nadine de Klerk27 (26b)
  • Rabeya Khan10-0-48-1
  • Nahida Akter9-1-34-2

"Both teams trying their best to make the other win," hufffs Rayen

48.6
0
Rabeya Khan to Klaas, no run, chopped to point, Klaas is sent back... but makes it home safely. Chaos in the middle!
48.5
1
Rabeya Khan to de Klerk, 1 run, dropped at long-off! Hands go to heads in the Tigers camp! Shorna Akter, the 18-year-old star of Bangladesh's batting effort, shells a simple chance as de Klerk attempted to hit down the ground. To be fair, she did well to stop it spinning back behind her for four
48.4
1
Rabeya Khan to Klaas, 1 run, tossed up and heaved down to long-on

SA Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st3T BritsL Wolvaardt
2nd55A BoschL Wolvaardt
3rd4A BoschA Dercksen
4th2M KappA Dercksen
5th14M KappS Jafta
6th85M KappCL Tryon
7th35CL TryonN de Klerk
8th37M KlaasN de Klerk