• BATSMEN
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    30.3 Oh, she's gone! Wolvaardt denied a century with a lovely delivery. She premeditated and skipped down the track again so Sandhu pulls it a little shorter and gets it to spin away. Nawaz did the rest and the SA skipper goes after playing a fantastic knock 212/4
    1.4 Edged to first slip! It's a third duck in the World Cup for Tazmin Brits! It's the one that nips away now that does the damage. On a length outside off and seaming away, Brits drives at it away from her body and can only manage a thick edge straight to Natalia Pervaiz's hands 5/1
    16.6 backs away to go inside-out but ends up hitting it hard and flat to Baig at extra cover. Sandhu went over the wicket this time and tossed it on leg-stump, Luus looked to back away to clear the infield but didn't get the elevation. 123/2
    21.5 self-destruct mode on! That was a poor call from Dercksen to go for the run after whipping it straight to midwicket. The throw was on the full to Shamim who whipped the bails off long before the batter put in a dive. A bonus wicket for Pakistan. 148/3
    not out
    68
    43
    82
    6
    3
    158.13
    30.6 Oh, what a beauty! Nashra Sandhu gets this full ball to spin away. Meso was drawn forward and played away from her body. Takes the edge and Nawaz takes a good catch reaching a long way to her right. Takes the bails off too for good measure. Nashra Sandhu is all smiles and she should be. Excellent bowling this over, and the ball is starting to turn a fair bit all of a sudden. Meso goes back for a three-ball duck in her first World Cup innings 212/5
    35.6 Swing and a miss, and Nawaz takes the bails off. Did Tryon get her foot behind? This one spins away as Tryon looks to slog it away. Tryon's back foot was just about on the crease. And looks like she hadn't really got anything behind the crease when Sidra Nawaz took off the bails. Tryon's second life lasts just three balls, but she did add eight quick runs. Good work by Sidra Nawaz again 253/6
    39.2 Taken at deep midwicket. She takes on this full ball on middle with a heave over midwicket, but can't get the distance on this one. Goes straight to Natalia Pervaiz, who makes no mistake 305/7
    39.3 On a length outside off, dropped to point and she's too slow to take off for the single. Kapp never stopped running and Shangase started really late. Muneeba nails the throw at the non-striker's end and catches her short with a good direct hit. A one-ball duck for Shangase, but more importantly than the wicket for Pakistan, is probably that it's a dot ball. But also, Kapp is back on strike, so South Africa won't mind 305/8
    39.6 Looks for the reverse, misses and loses her off stump. But South Africa have finished with an extremely good total here. This was a length ball on off and Mlaba doesn't get anything on it. Sadia Iqbal finishes with three wickets. This is South Africa's highest score in a World Cup match, and it's come in a 40-over game! 312/9
    Extras
    22 (b 4, lb 4, nb 2, w 12)
    TOTAL
    312/9 (40 Overs, RR: 7.8)
    Did not bat: A Khaka
    Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Tazmin Brits, 1.4 ov), 2-123 (Sune Luus, 16.6 ov), 3-148 (Annerie Dercksen, 21.5 ov), 4-212 (Laura Wolvaardt, 30.3 ov), 5-212 (Karabo Meso, 30.6 ov), 6-253 (Chloe Tryon, 35.6 ov), 7-305 (Nadine de Klerk, 39.2 ov), 8-305 (Nondumiso Shangase, 39.3 ov), 9-312 (Nonkululeko Mlaba, 39.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Sadia Iqbal806337.87277410
    Fatima Sana806918.62238321
    Diana Baig504909.8104181
    Rameen Shamim805907.37154200
    Nashra Sandhu804535.62226000
    Omaima Sohail301906.33102100
  • BATSMEN
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    1.2 Skied and taken at mid-on. Muneeba Ali walks forward and Khaka goes short and wide. She had a heave and it skied up off the top of the toe end. Mlaba adjusts slightly and settles under it and pouches it. Pakistan lose their first 10/1
    6.3 they took a single because the catch went down, but Omaima doesn't enjoy the same luck Sidra did. Kapp bowls full on the stumps, this one decks back in to beat the inside edge. Pinned plumb in front. 31/2
    6.6 gets a thick bottom edge as she attempts to slash that through point. So the reprieve early in the over doesn't cost South Africa anything. Tyron will be relieved. That was a poor shot, a nothing shot really. Meso can't ask for an easier catch than that. Pakistan in trouble or what? 32/3
    8.6 beautiful bowling! Big outs swing, Aliya pokes at one tentatively to get the thinnest of nicks through to the keeper. The batter was expecting a short ball - no feet movement whatsoever. Very poor from Pakistan. 35/4
    14.6 And she's gone. Skips down the track and looks to swing it down the ground. Gets a faint edge and Meso pouches it and takes the bails off as well. But there was an edge, so it will go down as caught behind 66/5
    not out
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    33
    35
    2
    0
    66.66
    16.4 Chopped on! Shortish outside off, but it skids on and stays low. Fatima looked for the cut but with the ball spinning in, she ends up dragging it on 70/6
    19.6 On a length outside off, cut to backward point, think there's a run-out at the non-striker's end, but either way, South Africa register a crushing win Yes it is a run-out, the umpire confirms, with Shamim not back in her crease in time. Five wins in a row for South Africa. First time for them in a World Cup. Pakistan, meanwhile, are knocked out 83/7
    Extras
    9 (lb 2, w 7)
    TOTAL
    83/7 (20 Overs, RR: 4.15)
    Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Muneeba Ali, 1.2 ov), 2-31 (Omaima Sohail, 6.3 ov), 3-32 (Sidra Amin, 6.6 ov), 4-35 (Aliya Riaz, 8.6 ov), 5-66 (Natalia Pervaiz, 14.6 ov), 6-70 (Fatima Sana, 16.4 ov), 7-83 (Rameen Shamim, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    M Kapp502034213010
    A Khaka411413.5181010
    N Mlaba411604142000
    N Shangase401924.75112000
    CL Tryon20904.571010
    S Luus1030330000

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan 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

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

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

South Africa Women 2, Pakistan Women 0

Match Notes

PAK Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st10Omaima SohailMuneeba Ali
2nd21Sidra AminOmaima Sohail
3rd1Sidra AminAliya Riaz
4th3Aliya RiazNatalia Pervaiz
5th31Sidra NawazNatalia Pervaiz
6th4Sidra NawazFatima Sana
7th13Sidra NawazRameen Shamim