South Africa Women's team have created history by qualifying for the finals of a T20 World Cup. The Proteas pulled off a sensational performance which helped them to beat the mighty England Women's team by 6 runs. Ayabonga Khaka's sensational spell in the 18th over of the innings and brilliant opening partnership between Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits have changed the fortune for their team in crucial knock-out stage.
Here in this article we will have a look at some of the records being broken by SA Women's team and how SA Women's team has performed against AUS Women's team in past and more.
1 - For first time SA team (Men/Women) have qualified for final of World Cup (ODI/T20I) event. SA men's team has never played a WC final so far in both T20I and ODI format while SA Women's team has qualified into T20 WC final for first time.
4/29 - Ayabonga Khaka has recorded her 2nd best bowling figure in T20I history.
Best bowling figure for Ayabonga Khaka in T20Is:
4/23 vs IRE-W in MCC Ground, 2014
4/29 vs ENG-W in Cape Town, 2023
3/10 vs BAN-W in Bloemfontein, 2018
4 - Tazmin Brits has taken 4 catches as fielder in today's match.
Most Catches taken by a fielder in a Women's T20 WC game:
Kycia Knight - 4 vs SL-W in Gros Islet, 2018
Veda Krishnamurthy - 4 vs AUS-W in Guyana, 2018
Tazmin Brits - 4 vs ENG-W in Cape Town, 2023
Most Catches taken by a SA-W in fielder in Women's T20I match:
Lizelle Lee - 4 vs IND-W in Johannesburg, 2018
Lizelle Lee - 4 vs BAN-W in Bloemfontein, 2018
Tazmin Brits - 4 vs ENG-W in Cape Town, 2023
7 - Tazmin Brits has recorded her 7th fifty in Women's T20I for SA team.
Most fifty-plus scores for SA-W team in Women's T20I:
Lizelle Lee - 14
Dane van Niekerk - 10
Mignon du Preez / Tazmin Brits - 7
8 - Laura Wolvaardt became 8th player to complete 1000 runs for South Africa-Women's team.
Most runs in Women's T20I for SA:
Lizelle Lee - 1896
Dane van Niekerk - 1877
Mignon du Preez - 1805
Marizanne Kapp - 1167
Trisha Chetty - 1117
Sune Luus - 1075
Laura Wolvaardt - 1018
Chloe Tryon - 1011
Laura Wolvaardt is the first player to smash 3 fifty-plus scores for SA-W team in Women's T20 WC.
41 - Shabnim Ismail has taken joint-most wickets (41) in Women's T20 WC.
Most wickets in Women's T20 WC:
Anya Shrubsole / Shabnim Ismail - 41
Ellyse Perry - 40
Megan Schutt - 39
SA vs AUS head-to-head in Women's T20I:
Played - 6
SA Women - 0
AUS Women - 6
SA Women's team has never defeated AUS Women's team in T20I history so far.
SA vs AUS in Women's T20 WC:
2009 - AUS W win by 24 runs
2010 - AUS W win by 24 runs
2014 - AUS W win by 6 wickets
2016 - AUS W win by 6 wickets
2020 - AUS W win by 5 runs
2023 - AUS W win by 6 wickets (Group Stage)
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