South Africa crushed over Bangladesh by seven wickets in their final league match of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024, held in Dubai on October 12. South Africa's convincing win meant Bangladesh are out of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024. Chasing a modest target of 107 runs, South Africa finished at 107 for 3 with 16 balls to spare, securing six points and a net run rate of 1.382 in the tournament and take a step closer to the semifinal spot.
Bangladesh batters surrender to South Africa's discipline bowling
Bangladesh batted first but struggled to find momentum, ending their innings at 106 for 3. This total marked the lowest score by any team batting their full quota of overs while losing three or fewer wickets in T20 World Cup history. Sobhana Mostary was the standout performer for Bangladesh, scoring 38 runs, while Nigar Sultana contributed an unbeaten 32. South Africa's bowlers, particularly Marizanne Kapp and Nonkululeko Mlaba, were effective, each taking a wicket and maintaining tight control over the Bangladeshi batters.
Tazmin Brits' 42 takes South Africa home
In the chase, South Africa's innings was characterized by caution as only Tazmin Brits (42 off 41) and Chloe Tryon (14 off 13) managed to score at a strike rate above 100. Captain Laura Wolvaardt expressed satisfaction with the strategy of chasing to manage their net run rate effectively, although it did dip slightly during the match35. With this victory, South Africa now awaits the outcomes of other matches to determine their semifinal prospects. South Africa's net run rate dropped, but they are top of the group and will want England to win both their remaining matches.
Meanwhile, after securing an emphatic win over Bangladesh, South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt, in the post-match press conference, said:
"It was really good to get the win, the way Kappy and I started with the ball was excellent. We wanted to chase it down quicker, but we got there. We didn't exactly know what we needed, I guess now we wait around for the other results, hopefully we have done enough to get to the semi-finals. Kappy has been incredible with bat and ball, she has had a great impact with both in every game."
Meanwhile, Bangladesh captain Nigar Joty admitted her side's sluggish batting and said:
"Obviously how we started our game in the powerplay wasn't good. We couldn't get much runs. We played a lot of dots and this surface against South Africa with what we scored was not enough."
