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Best performances - Batsmen

Fatima Sana
Fatima Sana
55(38) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 11 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
1 0 5 7 16 11 3 12
A Dercksen
A Dercksen
52(35) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 16 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
5 0 1 9 5 0 27 5

Best performances - Bowlers

Fatima Sana
Fatima Sana
O2.5
M0
R16
W3
Eco5.64
RHB
OFFLEG
2W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
M Kapp
O4
M0
R23
W3
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan Women , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50

Match days

17 June 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

South Africa Women 2, Pakistan Women 0

Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi

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South Africa have continued their dominance over Pakistan with fourth straight win in the women's T20 World Cup. They travel to Manchester to play India on Sunday. Pakistan will take on Bangladesh in Southampton on Saturday.

South Africa captain Laura Woolvardt: Points in the bag is all that matters today. A little scratchy and not the way we would have liked this game to pan out, but still a lot of positives to take. [On South Africa's bowling attack] Lovely way to start the game with a wicket on the first ball. Kappie [Marizanne Kapp] was excellent and Shimmy [Shabnim Ismail] was great today. So nice to have them bowling in tandem and up front to set up the innings. [On what different SA could have done to close out Pakistan innings] We knew Fatima was still in there so we thought our best shot was to have her off striker for as long as we could and try to bowl to the other batters. I think we did well to keep her as quiet as we did. She has played some innings against us where she has whacked us a lot more than today. We probably could have executed a little bit better at death. But, she batted pretty well. We were happy to be chasing 120 and to have a batter like Annerie Dercksen at three. Whether it is 11 for one for 111 for one, she tends to take the game on. [On the next game against India] The pitch was quite slow today with a lot spin. It will be pretty similar in Manchester and India have some world class spinners. So back to the drawing board and see how we can play them better. We will take some learnings from Dercky's innings and yeah go from there.

Pakistan captain Fatima Sana: We couldn't cross the line, otherwise the fight was there. [On her 71-run partnership with Tuba Hasan] We just tried to take the game deep as we knew we have the capability to post runs on the board. [On whether she should bat higher] We discuss these things in the meetings, but it is the team's decision in the end. [On whether she is enjoying her role as a captain] We need a win. I am enjoying the role, but still a long way to go. [On the team lapsing under pressure] We need to be calm in the field, especially when we have the momentum.

Annerie Dercksen is the Player of the Match: I think I might die like 30 years earlier because of this team, but very proud of this team and the resilience we showed. [On her half-century] It's nice to have something to fall back on as a reference point [her 50 on New Zealand tour]. But, conditions were quite different today than in New Zealand. Everyone chopped in and it was a real team effort. [On her role in the team] The coach has given me the freedom to play my game and once I identified my matchup, I went after it. Gladly it came off.

Pakistan bowlers made inroads but their hard work was undone by the lapses in the field and South Africa in the end walked away with a two-wicket win with 19 balls spare.

Pakistan were 29 for five in the powerplay and were 8 down for 50 before their captain rescued them with a fighting half-century. Fatima had Sune Luus bowled in the second over, but a brilliant innings of 52 from 35 by Annerie Dercksen brought South Africa back in the game.

That South Africa has won this thriller on a wide perfectly encapsulates how this match has panned out. Pakistan sabotaged themselves with the bat and in the field. They lost three wickets to run outs and made ample errors in the field, which ranged from dropping catches to misfields.

16.6
1w
Fatima Sana to Khaka, 1 wide, And she bowls a wide! South Africa wins this one. It is fired down her legs and Muneeba does well to collect it but that doesn't matter as it has provided that one crucial run that South Africa had been looking for.

One run needed, two wickets in hand! What a contest.

16.5
W
Fatima Sana to de Klerk, OUT, It is not over! Back of a length ball and de Klerk is caught behind. She opens the face of her bat to play it to third but a faint edge is collected brilliantly by Muneeba who is standing up.

N de Klerk c †Muneeba Ali b Fatima Sana 37 (33m 28b 6x4 0x6) SR: 132.14

Abdullah : "Had Pakistan committed only half the mistakes they did, Pakistan would have won this. Strange story of Brilliance and horrendous together"

16.4
1
Fatima Sana to Ismail, 1 run, Fullish, angling away, driven down the ground. Scores are levelled.
16.3
0
Fatima Sana to Ismail, no run, Wide yorker! Looks to slash that one but misses it. The bowler and the keeper appeals for caught behind but it is turned down. They review and there was no bat involved.
16.2
W
Fatima Sana to Jafta, OUT, Uproots the offstump! Jafta looks to pull that one but it was too full for that shot. Length ball sneaks under her bat.

S Jafta b Fatima Sana 5 (9m 4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 125

16.1
1
Fatima Sana to de Klerk, 1 run, Back of a length on off. Almost chops it on as she looks to cut it. Single taken. Two needed now.

Fatima brings herself into the attack

Kasinathan : "poor fielding by Pak women is letting down their team"

SA Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11S LuusL Wolvaardt
2nd42L WolvaardtA Dercksen
3rd23M KappA Dercksen
4th0N de KlerkA Dercksen
5th17CL TryonN de Klerk
6th14N de KlerkK Reyneke
7th18S JaftaN de Klerk
8th1S IsmailN de Klerk
9th1S IsmailA Khaka