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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

BL Mooney
42(41) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 19 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
5 9 3 7 1 0 5 12
G Voll
G Voll
38(38) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 8 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
6 0 2 6 9 4 2 9

Best performances - Bowlers

AM King
AM King
O7
M2
R18
W7
Eco2.57
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W1W
4W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
M Kapp
O4
M3
R11
W1
Eco2.75
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Australia Women , elected to field 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

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

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Australia Women 2, South Africa Women 0

Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

6:37pm That will be all from us for today. If you missed out on any of the action, Alan's report should have you covered. We will be back tomorrow with a double-header and would love your company then as well. Until then, from Alan, Ranjith, Sudeep and myself (Shashwat), it is goodbye!

Tahlia McGrath, Australia captain: That was good fun. How good was she (King)?! That was pretty awesome. Get the ball in her hands, something was going to happen. Felt like every ball was going to be a wicket. Super happy for her. She broke a lot of records, and really special performance. (On Wolvaardt's fast start) We stuck with them (our pacers), tweaked our plans a little. We were getting dots but leaking boundaries. Stayed nice and calm, and they both (Schutt and Garth) pulled it back well and took crucial wickets. (On getting King on soon) She is a bit of an X-Factor at this World Cup. As soon as the powerplay was done, had a conversation with Ash (to get King on early). Plan was to bat with intent. So that was the plan going in. Few early wickets but the way Voll and Mooney batted, it was pretty good. Awesome to get the job done and nice to walk away with a bit of momentum. (On if they are happy facing India at Navi Mumbai) Yeah, absolutely. Have played a lot at that ground and against India. Knockout game, you have to be on. Qualifying, job one done, now to job two - the knockouts.

Laura Wolvaardt, South Africa captain: Not the way we would have wanted to end the group stage. Did not have runs. Done a lot of good in the tournament, will focus on that going into the semis. Did not think it was the worst thing in the world (to be batting first). It was something we did want to practice. Last time did not go so well (against England). It was a decent track to bat on. She (King) bowled beautifully. Feel like I am timing it well. Try to forget about today a little and just focus on the good we have been doing. (On different players standing up throughout the World Cup) Very nice. Real team effort. Nice to see different batters and bowlers put their hands up. Hopefully we can have one or two of them putting their hands up (in the semi-final). That game (against England)
wanted to put it behind us as quickly as possible, trying to learn as much as possible. Think similar from today's game. Analyze what we could have done better. Maybe good for us to wake up a little bit. (On facing England in Guwahati again) Cannot control that sort of thing. Used to a semi-final against them in 50-over World Cups, hopefully we can come out on top this time.

Alana King, Player of the Match: (On if the conditions were similar to the England game) I think so, a little bit. Expected it to slide on a little bit with a bit of the drizzle. Just happy to extract as much as I can out of the wicket. As a bowler, you always love wickets. I can play a different role. If that is holding down one end, and then the other bowlers coming on to take wickets. Happy to play any role, as long as I am playing my role for Australia and that puts us in a good position. (On some balls turning more than others) Natural variation as well. Trying to give it a rip every ball. Some are going to hit the leather and slide on, some will hit the stitching and seam, they might spin. As long as they are coming out of my hand (well), that is only thing I can control. Not going to reinvent the wheel, just keep on doing (what I am doing) and take it from there.

6:19pm Well, this lasted a little longer than SA's opening group game against England, but might hurt just as much, especially with a semi-final on the horizon. They did not have many to play with and even though they removed Litchfield and Perry early, that only acted as consolatory wickets, rather than being a catalyst for a turnaround.

Australia, ideally, would have wanted Litchfield and Perry to get a few more, but Voll and Mooney quickly shut the door on South Africa. Voll finished unbeaten, with Sutherland also looking in good touch for the four balls she spent out there. A victory that was never in doubt after King's regal spell, and Australia will head into their semi-final in Navi Mumbai high on confidence.

16.5
2
Dercksen to Sutherland, 2 runs, and that will be that! Australia cruise to yet another victory and South Africa finish their group stage campaign with a thumping loss! Length ball hung up outside off. Sutherland gets on top of the bounce and eases it past extra cover. Sweeper cover has some ground to make up to her right and that is all the Australians need to scamper back for two, and set up a semi-final date with the side that last beat them in the 50-over edition of the Women's World Cup. Get the popcorn ready, folks!
16.4
0
Dercksen to Sutherland, no run, dug into the track outside off. Sutherland rises with the bounce and dabs it towards backward point
16.3
4
Dercksen to Sutherland, FOUR, Sutherland in a hurry here! Dug into the track outside off and this just sits up nicely. Sutherland spots the length early and swats it past mid on!
16.2
4
Dercksen to Sutherland, FOUR, and she begins from where she left off against England! Back of a length outside off. Sutherland hops up onto her toes, gets her hands through the ball and creams a pristine back-foot punch past extra cover!

Sutherland on strike

Will: "Not even the mighty 5-0 rain can defeat Australia today." -- Well, it is usually not wise to irk or tempt the weather gods...

16.1
1
Dercksen to Voll, 1 run, shortish on off stump. Voll swivels nicely and thunders a pull towards deep backward square leg

END OF OVER:
16 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS-W: 87/3 (11 runs required from 34 overs, RR: 5.43, RRR: 0.32)

  • Georgia Voll37 (37b)
  • Nadine de Klerk3-0-13-1
  • Nonkululeko Mlaba3-0-25-0
15.6
W
de Klerk to Mooney, OUT, popped straight to short extra cover, and Mooney has to depart! Or does she have a prayer here? Fullish outside off and this seems to just stop a little. Mooney is through her drive early and arrows it uppishly towards Wolvaardt. She stoops down low to her left and seems to take it cleanly. But we will have a check just to be sure. This could be touch-and-go. Fingers seem to be underneath the ball when it makes first contact with the bat. But there is a freeze frame which may suggest the ball may have hit the ground. Third umpire says the catch is clean, and that is perhaps the right decision in the end too. South Africa have their third, not that it may matter much in the grander scheme of things today!

BL Mooney c Wolvaardt b de Klerk 42 (43m 41b 6x4 0x6) SR: 102.43

AUS Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st6P LitchfieldG Voll
2nd5EA PerryG Voll
3rd76BL MooneyG Voll
4th11A SutherlandG Voll