DURBAN: Backed by some fine bowling and impressive batting, South African women’s team comfortably defeated Pakistan by eight wickets in the first Twenty20 International here at Kingsmead on Friday.
The hosts chased down a modest 125 for the loss of two wickets in 19 overs. Opening batter Tazmin Brits top scored with an unbeaten 52 off 54 balls, which included three boundaries.For Pakistan, Aimen Anwar took two wickets for 29 runs in four overs while the rest of her bowling colleagues remained wicketless.
Earlier, Ayesha Naseem top scored for Pakistan with 31 off 25 as the tourists managed a small 124 for eight off the stipulated 20 overs after captain Aliya Riaz, who took over the responsibilities due to a right hand index finger injury to Javeria Khan, elected to bat.
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South Africa women beat Pakistan in first T20I by eight wickets
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South Africa women’s cricket team defeated Pakistan women by eight wickets in the first Twenty20 International of the three-match series on Friday at Kingsmead Stadium in Durban.
Batting first, the visiting team managed to put up a target of 125, which was chased by the Proteas women with eight wickets on hand and an over to spare.
Opening batter Tazmin Brits led the home team to a comfortable chase after top-scoring with 52 runs and earning the player of the match award. Meanwhile Marizanne Kapp (28) and Lizelle Lee (22) made other notable contributions.
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January 29, 2021
LAHORE: Pakistan womenâs cricket team will face South Africa in the first of three T20Is at Durbanâs Kingsmead Cricket Stadium on Friday (today).
This will be the national sideâs first T20I since the ICC Womenâs T20 World Cup in Australia last year.
Pakistan have played eight T20Is in South Africa to date and faced South Africa in six of them. The tourists won two â both in the last tour in 2019.
Nida Dar was the leading run-getter (192 runs) and highest wicket-taker (five wickets) when Pakistan toured South Africa in 2019.
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