Match Details

AUSW vs SAW 15th Match, WT20 World Cup 2023

AUSW

125-416.3

Australia Women won by 6 wickets 🏆

SAW

20.0124-6

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Player of the Match

Tahlia McGrath

Australia Women

57(33)

AUSW - 2nd Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	39	33
10 Over	61	60
15 Over	98	105

SAW - 1st Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	35	41
10 Over	65	65
15 Over	100	92
20 Over	128	124

Commentary

Well, that's all from today folks! This is Amit, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Megh, and our scorer/analyst Yogesh Kumar. Stay tuned, lot of cricket actions coming your way!

Meg Lanning (Australia Women Captain): "I thought Tahlia McGrath was excellent today as so was Ashleigh Gardner. They adjusted to the conditions pretty quickly and put the pressure back on South Africa. They have some world-class bowlers and they did put us under pressure but to respond that in this manner was certainly very special. We felt like we were going okay at the halfway stage. I think the fightback was excellent. Yes, we just wanted to stay calm and focus on what we wanted to do. We have a couple of days off going into the semis. Excited to be able to play in the Semi-finals."

Sune Luus (South Africa Women Captain): "The start was really good. The way Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits started the innings was incredible but we just lost the mark and lost wickets consecutively. Australia has a very deep batting order and we bowled really well in the first 6 overs but we didn't had enough runs on board today. We were not building up enough pressure. It was emotional today. It was awesome to see the crowd. We still have one game and we will give our best. We don't want to rely on other teams."

Tahlia McGrath (Player of the match): "Yes, my plan was to go out there and play straight early. It was skidding on nicely and was a bit nervous early on. But once I got out there it was really nice to get going. The atmosphere here was incredible. I love playing in front of a crowd like this. The band was playing and the torches were on. It was incredible. Bowlers did a good job today. It is always good to go out there and score some runs."

01:10 AM IST| Australia's run continues, McGrath leads the way!

Meg Lanning won the toss earlier in the end and decided to send her opponents to bat first. For South Africa, they had a steady start as Laura got herself going from the first ball, Brits took time to settle in. Later in the innings, she was showing positive intent and playing shots all over the ground. But she got no support from her mates from the other end. Laura and Kapp both got out in quick succession. In the 12th over, Brits had to join them in the dugout when she shuffled across to find a gap but Wareham got her stumps castled. Luus tried to play till the end, thanks to her South Africa got past 120 mark. Other batters struggled badly in this crucial match against Aussies. For them Wareham changed the momentum of the match. She picked up both Brits and Tryon. From there on, South Africa couldn't recover. They managed to score only 124 runs in the 20 overs. It looked to be a cakewalk for the batters at the end of the first innings.

In the second innings, Australia had a shaky start. They sent in Perry today as Healy missed out as the opener. Along with Beth, she had a cold start; as Perry got out off Kapp, Lanning followed her too after seven more balls. For a brief moment, South Africa thought they had their match but destiny had other things in store for them. McGrath stood in between them and snatched a convincing victory with her 57 off 33 balls. Australia has finished the group undefeated and now they will head toward knockouts. South Africa still has a chance of a semi-final berth but with equations in hand.

Australia wins the match by 6 wickets with 21 balls to spare.

16.3 M Klaas to G Harris

4 FOUR! THAT'S IT! Harris with the winning runs. Australia continues to have the whip hand in big tournaments and they are through to the knockout stages yet again. They become the first team in Group A to qualify for the Semis and the hosts South Africa cannot summarize this. They are discontented with the result. Back of a length delivery on the top of the middle and leg, Harris swivels and pulls that firmly towards deep square leg for a boundary to finish the proceedings.

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MATCHES30
RUNS313
SR174.00
AVG24.00

Out

T McGrath

57(33)

c L Wolvaardt b M Klaas

4s/6s

10/0

172.73

16.2 M Klaas to T McGrath

W CAUGHT! McGrath goes for the glory shot but perishes after a well-made 57. Good length delivery outside off and a tad slower, McGrath advances down the track and goes for heave through the line but gets the top edge. The ball flies to the backward point and Wolvaardt dives forward and takes a good grab.

16.1 M Klaas to A Gardner

1 Pitched up and in the middle and off, Gardner with soft hands blocks that to point region for a single.

16.1 M Klaas to A Gardner

WD WIDE! Fuller length delivery sliding down the leg, Gardner misses the flick to the keeper.

OVER 16

Australia Women

119/3

Tahlia McGrath

57(32)

Ashleigh Gardner

27(28)

Nonkululeko Mlaba

1-29(4.0)

15.6 N Mlaba to A Gardner

1 Fuller and outside off, Gardner propels that to cover region for a single. Just 6 required now.

15.5 N Mlaba to T McGrath

1 Length and outside off, McGrath punches that down to long-off for a single.

15.4 N Mlaba to T McGrath

0 Fuller and in the middle, McGrath blocks that in front for a dot.

15.3 N Mlaba to T McGrath

4 FOUR MORE! Make that three. Fuller and outside off, McGrath leans forward and squeezes that past the extra cover as the ball races away to the ropes. She is breathing fire at the moment.

Tahlia McGrath

5th Fifty in T20

15.2 N Mlaba to T McGrath

4 FOUR MORE! McGrath brings up her half-century. Length and outside off, McGrath hangs back and cuts that away past the backward point for a boundary. Back-to-back boundaries for Australia.