- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR47.6 slower ball, Wolvaardt holes out at last! Bell held her nerve with the pace off, found the correct line and length, drawing the mistimed launch down the ground. Capsey holds her nerve, and the catch, at long-on, to end a sensational innings. Congratulations from the England fielders as South Africa's captain leaves her stage, with ... maybe ... one foot in the final already? Her 169 is exactly 100 more than her team made in the tournament opener! 291/722.2 chopped on, and Ecclestone breaks through yet again! England's champion bowler may not be a hundred percent fit but she can still make an impact. This is speared in full on middle and leg. Brits shapes for the reverse but she has not looked comfortable playing that stroke all afternoon. Gets into a tangle and in the end, only manages a bottom edge onto the stumps. Ecclestone is delighted, and England, by extension, are delighted. Big moment in the game! 116/122.5 off stump flattened, and Sophie Ecclestone is doing Sophie Ecclestone things again! Seems like Ecclestone pre-empts Bosch coming down the track, and zips this in, zoning into off stump. Bosch charges but only ends up yorking herself. Cannot get her bat down in time and off stump is left in a mess soon after. Ecclestone has two and SA, from a position of strength, have now allowed England to establish a foothold! 116/225.3 another chop-on, and England are ripping through this middle order now! Cross-seam, bowled into the track outside off. Luus thinks this is there to be hacked away but is perhaps a touch too early into the stroke. Loses her shape too and loses her off stump soon after. Another rather tame dismissal. Not that England would mind. SA have lost three in very quick succession now! 119/336.3 goes a mile up, and Ecclestone does the trick yet again! Talk about world-class! Dangles the carrot on a fullish length just outside off. Kapp's eyes light up and she cannot resist a bite at it. Looks to tonk it into the river, but she gets under it a fair bit. No distance at all and the bat face also opens upon contact. Dean runs back from mid on and makes no mistake. Massive wicket for England at this stage! 191/437.1 cleans her up, and SA lose two in a trice yet again! Back of a length in the channel and this seems to just straighten a shade. Jafta plays the angle and plays down the middle and off stump line, only to watch in disbelief as the ball breezes past the outside edge and thunders into middle and off stump. Bell on the board too, and SA five down now! 192/540.1 reverses her stance, Ecclestone has four! Dercksen makes a meal of her reverse ... something. Half-sweep, half-hoick ... all stumps splattered, as she drags the ball on the second hit, having already deflected it outside off, and into her timbers! Like Brits before her, she strays from her strengths and pays the price 202/6Extras13 (lb 2, w 11)TOTAL319/7 (50 Overs, RR: 6.38)Fall of wickets: 1-116 (Tazmin Brits, 22.2 ov), 2-116 (Anneke Bosch, 22.5 ov), 3-119 (Sune Luus, 25.3 ov), 4-191 (Marizanne Kapp, 36.3 ov), 5-192 (Sinalo Jafta, 37.1 ov), 6-202 (Annerie Dercksen, 40.1 ov), 7-291 (Laura Wolvaardt, 47.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB LK Bell 10 0 55 2 5.5 36 8 0 6 0 LCN Smith 10 0 69 0 6.9 32 10 2 0 0 Nat Sciver-Brunt 8 0 67 1 8.37 19 6 2 4 0 CE Dean 10 0 67 0 6.7 22 6 2 0 0 S Ecclestone 10 1 44 4 4.4 36 4 1 1 0 A Capsey 2 0 15 0 7.5 0 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 what an absolute corker, and Amy Jones is outta here! Kapp is pumped beyond measure, and England have been rocked early! This is right out of the highest of top drawers. Jones presses forward to this fullish ball just outside off, thinking this will move away. But guess what, Kapp can get it to deck back in too. Jones, going searching for it, leaves a huge gap between bat and pad, and the ball bursts through to demolish off stump. Kapp shows what this wicket means, and England subjected to the worst possible start! 0/11.1 South Africa go up, and the finger goes up too! But Beaumont wants to take this upstairs! Proper carnage in Guwahati! On a back of a length outside off. Threatens to angle in before straightening off the deck. Beaumont, having shuffled across, nibbles at it and the umpire reckons she got a scratch on it too. The ball is close to the bat, and there is a tiny spike on there too. Oh my! This is a dream start and some, and England do not know where to look! 1/30.5 chopped on, and Kapp has two in the opening over! England are stunned, and South Africa are over the moon! Back of a length outside off and this shapes away late. Knight goes fishing at it without any sort of footwork and she pays the price. Gets an inside edge and that cannons into the stumps. Kapp has turned up on the big stage; England's batters, so far, have not! 0/228.3 huge wicket! That is surely the match! NSB is turned inside-out by a perfect length ball, shaping away and kissing the outside-edge, as she was drawn into the drive! Jafta gathers the snick, and now England are in all manner of strife! 138/522.5 Capsey tries to follow suit, and holes out to mid-off! She romped to the pitch, flung her hands through the stroke, but the ball wasn't there, and de Klerk made no mistake! Huge moment in the run-chase. England are back up against it now 108/438.6 more catching practice in the deep, and England are nine down now! Slanted into the slot, and following the batter outside leg. This is there to be hit and Wyatt-Hodge chances her luck. Gets a good piece of it but not a good enough piece to clear the rope. Hits it flat but also straight to the sweeper on the deep backward square leg fence. South Africa almost there! 175/930.2 in the channel outside off, a flat-footed poke from Dunkley! That surely is the end of England now, and of Dunkley's simply awful tournament. She is utterly bereft of any confidence right now. Indecisive, hard-handed, flirting outside the eyeline as the ball zipped past. Jafta grabs this one with no mistake 144/630.3 tight line, hard hands, another snick! Kapp hammers her length with glee, and now she's on a hat-trick, with five wickets already to her name, and now a hat-trick on the cards! England's gruesome lower-middle-order issues resurface as a brutal beating heads towards an ignominous conclusion 144/733.2 miscued and straight to Dercksen at deep mid wicket! Floated up full on middle and leg. Ecclestone thinks she can deposit this into the stands over cow corner but gets under it a little too much. Off the top edge slightly and the ball spoons up towards Dercksen, who does the rest. England eight down, and pretty much on the brink! 151/842.3 Crumbling to 69 all-out weeks ago, but now, just one game away from standing atop the entire pile! South Africa exorcize the ghosts of Guwahati and Christchurch, and the heartbreak of Bristol! And in a few days' time, the South African women's team, winners never before on the global stage, will have a shot, their shot, at being crowned the champions of the world! Slower ball on a full length on middle stump. Smith looks to go downtown but cuts across it way too much. The ball lobs up off the outer half and Luus, stationed at mid off, shimmies to her right to complete the catch. A historic moment for this South African team. They have gone where no South African women's team has previously gone, and they back up last year's T20 World Cup final appearance with another in another format - hoping that this time, they will finish with a different outcome! 194/10Extras6 (w 6)TOTAL194 all out (42.3 Overs, RR: 4.56)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Amy Jones, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (Heather Knight, 0.5 ov), 3-1 (Tammy Beaumont, 1.1 ov), 4-108 (Alice Capsey, 22.5 ov), 5-138 (Nat Sciver-Brunt, 28.3 ov), 6-144 (Sophia Dunkley, 30.2 ov), 7-144 (Charlie Dean, 30.3 ov), 8-151 (Sophie Ecclestone, 33.2 ov), 9-175 (Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 38.6 ov), 10-194 (Linsey Smith, 42.3 ov)
Match Details
Toss
England Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
South Africa Women advanced
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.00 start, First Session 15.00-18.10, Interval 18.10-18.40, Second Session 18.40-21.50
Match days
29 October 2025 - day/night match (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- South Africa Women: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (L Wolvaardt 33, T Brits 15, Ex 5)
- L Wolvaardt: 50 off 52 balls (8 x 4)
- South Africa Women: 100 runs in 18.6 overs (114 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 114 balls (L Wolvaardt 62, T Brits 34, Ex 5)
- South Africa Women: 150 runs in 30.1 overs (181 balls), Extras 7
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (L Wolvaardt 19, M Kapp 30, Ex 1)
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 173/3 in 34.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 88, M Kapp 32)
- South Africa Women: 200 runs in 39.4 overs (238 balls), Extras 8
- L Wolvaardt: 100 off 115 balls (12 x 4)
- Over 42.6: Review by England Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JM Williams, Batter - CL Tryon (Struck down)
- South Africa Women: 250 runs in 44.6 overs (270 balls), Extras 10
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (L Wolvaardt 41, CL Tryon 9, Ex 2)
- L Wolvaardt: 150 off 136 balls (17 x 4, 4 x 6)
- South Africa Women: 300 runs in 48.4 overs (292 balls), Extras 12
- Innings Break: South Africa Women - 319/7 in 50.0 overs (CL Tryon 33, N de Klerk 11)
- Over 1.1: Review by England Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - E Sheridan, Batter - TT Beaumont (Struck down)
- England Women: 50 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (Nat Sciver-Brunt 26, A Capsey 24, Ex 2)
- Drinks: England Women - 67/3 in 16.0 overs (Nat Sciver-Brunt 33, A Capsey 30)
- England Women: 100 runs in 22.1 overs (133 balls), Extras 5
- A Capsey: 50 off 70 balls (6 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 127 balls (Nat Sciver-Brunt 46, A Capsey 50, Ex 4)
- Nat Sciver-Brunt: 50 off 59 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- England Women: 150 runs in 31.6 overs (192 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: England Women - 151/7 in 33.0 overs (DN Wyatt 27, S Ecclestone 2)
- Attendance: 10410
Match Coverage
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