SA-W vs IND-W 1st T20I Live Commentary - Durban (17 April 2026)

FOUR! Put away! A full toss, shaping down the leg side. Laura Wolvaardt does not miss out and glances it away past short fine for a boundary.

Fuller and on middle, angling in again, Laura Wolvaardt misses her flick and the ball brushes her pads before going into the gloves of the keeper. 

FOUR! Poor delivery and gets punished again! In search of swing, Reddy serves another full toss, on the pads. Laura Wolvaardt flicks it away with excellent timing in front of square on the leg side for another boundary.

Much fuller and just outside off, Laura Wolvaardt drills it through cover-point for a single.

Back of a length and on off, Tazmin Brits punches it towards extra cover.

1 run.

FOUR! Gets it away! Floated, shortish and turning down the leg side. Tazmin Brits goes down for the swipe but gets a bit of a top edge. It goes past the keeper and to the fine leg fence for a boundary. 50 up for South Africa Women.

Pushed through quicker, skids through and keeps low. Tazmin Brits gets her bat in time to keep it out.

Risky single! Flighted, full and on middle, Tazmin Brits uses her feet and drills it to mid off and sets off for the run. Smriti Mandhana picks it up but misses her shy at the bowler's end. A direct hit and Brits was a goner.

Tossed up, full and on off, turns in, Laura Wolvaardt bunts it out on the pitch.

Shorter in length and on middle and leg, Laura Wolvaardt heaves it off the inner half of the bat towards square leg. 

Flatter, full and on leg, Laura Wolvaardt tucks it through mid-wicket for one. South Africa Women are 53/1 at the end of the Powerplay!

The debutant begins with a good-length delivery on the stumps, Brits clips it away through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

WIDE! Fuller in length, pushed into the pads but the ball slides down the leg side for a wide.

FOUR! Crisply struck. Short of a length on off, sits up nicely for the batter. Wolvaardt waits well and plays a whippy pull through mid-wicket as the ball rockets to the fence.

WIDE! Well done again by Ghosh. Good length on leg, drifts down and Wolvaardt fails to swing it away. Ghosh makes a sharp take high to her left.

A bit straighter again, Wolvaardt flicks it away through the leg side and picks up a single.

Full and straight, shapes back in a bit, Brits clears the front leg but gets the heave off the inside half of the blade and down to long on for one.

Slower one, ball short and outside off, smacked away to the fielder at deep point for another single.

Very full, sliding into the legs, Tazmin Brits flicks it behind square leg for another single. 11 runs off Gautam's first over.

FOUR! Down the track and over the infield. Floated up, on a length and around off. Wolvaardt skips down the track and heaves it up and over mid off for a boundary.

Nicely bowled. Deepti flattens it up, bowling it quicker on off, and the ball skids through. Wolvaardt gets pressed back as she jams it out on the off side.

Fired in again, on off, Wolvaardt comes forward and smacks the drive but straight to the cover fielder.

Nagging length on middle, darts into the batter, Wolvaardt plays it back to the bowler.

FOUR! Well struck. Darted in again, at the stumps, Wolvaardt advances, converts it into a low full toss and pummels it straight down the ground for a boundary. No chance for the long on fielder running to her left.

FOUR! Oh, that's come out all wrong for Sharma and Laura Wolvaardt dispatches it with ease. A juicy full toss on leg stump, Wolvaardt sits down and swats the slog-sweep flat and behind square leg for a third boundary in the over. 12 off it.

FOUR! Too straight from Thakur and she pays the price. Full and angled down leg, flicked away to the right of short fine leg, where the fielder dives and fails to stop the ball. It races away to the fence behind.

Renuka corrects the line, bowling it on a length and on off stump. Wolvaardt punches it straight to extra cover.

Full and outside off, driven firmly and square through the off side for a single.

Full ball, shapes back in towards middle. Brits takes the front leg out and jams it towards mid off.

Back of a length and outside off, slants back in. Tazmin Brits goes deep in the crease to punch it away but finds the fielder at cover.

That's brilliant fielding, saved four runs there, did Smriti Mandhana. Full and straight, Brits waits back, clears the front leg and drills it back past the non-striker but Smriti dives to her left at mid on and makes the save.

FOUR! Sune Luus goes after the width and gets it away. Floated up, full and wide outside off, Luus goes hard at it and slices it away through backward point for a boundary.

FOUR! Hammered away to the fence this time. Marginally short around off, Sune Luus rocks back and slams the ball through the gap between point and cover for another boundary.

OUT! TIMBER! What a comeback delivery from Patil. Shreyanka Patil floats the ball up fuller on off and middle, bowls it a bit quicker as well. Sune Luus just leans on to block it down the line but doesn't get to the pitch of the ball. The ball just straightens and moves past the outside edge to castle into the off stump. South Africa Women are 15/1, chasing 158 for the win.

Use of the feet straightaway from Tazmin. Patil sees her coming and jams a full ball in, but Brits works it wide of mid on to pinch a single.

Excellent running. Full on the pads, wristed away to the left of the fielder at deep backward square leg and Wolvaardt comes back for the second run with ease.

Good cricket all around. Flatter one on the pads, tucked away to the left of short fine leg for a quick single. Sree Charani, the fielder, picks it up and scores a direct hit at the keeper's end but Brits is in.

No swing there, plenty of width on offer but Laura Wolvaardt fails to put it away. Back of a length and wide outside off, Wolvaardt slaps the ball fiercely but finds Jemimah Rodrigues at point.

 Wolvaardt and South Africa Women are off the mark in this run chase. Back of a length again, on off, angled in, Wolvaardt tucks it away towards mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Pitched up fuller, darting back in towards the stumps. Sune Luus shows the full face of the blade and defends it to mid on.

Oh, that's well bowled. A slower yorker, shapes back in late and dips as well. Luus looks to drive but has to adjust and smothers it down on the deck.

FOUR! Luus is off the mark with a boundary. Good-length delivery around off, Luus shuffles down the pitch a bit and forces the heave to the right of the mid on fielder for a boundary.

WIDE! Well taken by Richa Ghosh behind the stumps. Too full and angled well down the leg side, Luus fails to sweep it away.

Full again, on the pads, whipped away through square leg for a single. 7 runs off the first over of the chase.