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England Women · T20I · ICC Women's T20 World Cup · Semi-final
Result
England Women won by 40 runs
Last checked 29 October 2026
Scorecard
South Africa won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Jones | c A Dercksen b S Ismail | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Danni Wyatt-Hodge | b M Kapp | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 133.3 |
| Nat Sciver-Brunt | c T Brits b N Mlaba | 75 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 159.6 |
| Alice Capsey | lbw b S Ismail | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Heather Knight | c L Wolvaardt b N Mlaba | 58 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 123.4 |
| Freya Kemp | not out | 1* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Danielle Gibson | not out | 6* | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 2, w 7, nb 0) | 14 | ||||
| Total | 20 overs | 169/5 | ||||
Did not bat: CE Dean, S Ecclestone, LCN Smith, LK Bell
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (AE Jones, 1.1 ov), 2-20 (DN Wyatt, 2.2 ov), 3-23 (A Capsey, 3.2 ov), 4-156 (NR Sciver-Brunt, 18.2 ov), 5-157 (HC Knight, 18.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Kapp | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 |
| S Ismail | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | 1 | 0 |
| A Khaka | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 |
| N Mlaba | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
| N de Klerk | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 |
| CL Tryon | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L Wolvaardt | c S Ecclestone b LCN Smith | 17 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 113.3 |
| T Brits | c NR Sciver-Brunt b CE Dean | 51 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 113.3 |
| A Dercksen | c HC Knight b FG Kemp | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| M Kapp | c NR Sciver-Brunt b CE Dean | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.4 |
| S Luus | c S Ecclestone b LK Bell | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 84.6 |
| N de Klerk | not out | 14* | 14 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| CL Tryon | b S Ecclestone | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 109.1 |
| S Jafta | run out (DN Wyatt) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| A Khaka | b LK Bell | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.3 |
| S Ismail | not out | 2* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 1, w 2, nb 0) | 9 | ||||
| Total | 20 overs | 129/8 | ||||
Did not bat: N Mlaba
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (L Wolvaardt, 5.4 ov), 2-49 (A Dercksen, 7.3 ov), 3-68 (M Kapp, 10.4 ov), 4-91 (S Luus, 13.6 ov), 5-95 (T Brits, 14.2 ov), 6-118 (CL Tryon, 17.4 ov), 7-119 (S Jafta, 18.3 ov), 8-123 (A Khaka, 18.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linsey Smith | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Lauren Bell | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 7.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Dean | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Sophie Ecclestone | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Freya Kemp | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Gibson | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Nat Sciver-Brunt · Umpires: Eloise Sheridan, JM Williams · TV umpire: CA Polosak · Match referee: TL Anderson. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.
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