SA-W vs IND-W Match 18 Highlights - Manchester (21 June 2026)

A low full toss, on off, Marizanne Kapp flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. Arundhati Reddy gets away with this.

FOUR! That has been hammered down the ground! Full and straight, Tazmin Brits latches onto it and powers it to the right of long off for a boundary. 100 comes up for South Africa Women.

Down the leg side, Tazmin Brits looks to flick it but the ball brushes her pads and rolls fine. They collect a leg bye.

FOUR! She has been so good in those areas! Good length, angling in, on leg. Marizanne Kapp moves to her off side completely and paddles it over short fine leg for a boundary.

FOUR! Marizanne Kapp is just toying with the field here. FIFTY up for Kapp. Full and on leg, Marizanne Kapp gets low and sweeps it over backward square leg for yet another boundary. A knock of high quality from the senior all-rounder.

Hard length, on middle and leg, Marizanne Kapp works it through mid-wicket for a brace. 48 required from 30 balls.

Slower one, outside off, Tazmin Brits moves to her off side and looks to paddle it fine but misses and wears it on her pads. The ball rolls towards short fine leg. An appeal but turned down. They collect a leg bye. They go against the review. The impact looked outside the line.

Too full, outside off, Marizanne Kapp steps out and squeezes it out to cover for a single.

Excellent work in the deep! Flatter, on off, Tazmin Brits drills it powerfully down the ground. Jemimah Rodrigues runs to her left from long on and puts in a dive. She makes a brilliant stop near the fence. Keeps it to two runs. 

Much fuller, on leg, Tazmin Brits digs it to long on for a single.

Deepti Sharma gives it air, outside off, Marizanne Kapp drives it through extra cover for a brace.

FOUR! That is superb batting! Low full toss and outside off, Marizanne Kapp gets down on one knee and cracks a drive through the left of cover for a boundary. 37 runs needed from the final 4 overs now.

OUT! CAUGHT! The golden arm of Shafali Verma strikes. The sheepish smile on her face tells the story. Not the best of balls by Shafali as this is a bit too short, on middle and leg. Brits crouches slightly and goes hard on the pull but it is skied off a top edge. It goes straight down the throat of deep backward square leg, where Sree Charani does the rest. End of a 97-run stand.

Fired in, a yorker, on middle. Nadine De Klerk digs it out.

Slower and on a length, a bit of turn, on middle. Nadine De Klerk lunges for the block. It goes off an inside edge behind square leg for a run.

SIX! Clean strike! Pushed through by Shafali, a slot ball, around off. Kapp shuffles across and gets under the ball. With a clean swing of the arms, she slams it back over the bowler's head for a flat six.

DROPPED! Marizanne Kapp has been put down again, and it is once again Radha Yadav, who is on the park as a substitute fielder. This was the easier of the two chances. This is at the stumps, on a length. Kapp swings through the line but checks her shot slightly. It carries all the way to long on, where Radha Yadav runs in off the ropes and tries to take the catch at waist height but it pops out. Single taken.

Shorter and on off, Nadine De Klerk chops it down on the off side. 29 needed off 18.

Tossed up, on off. Kapp knocks it to long off for a single.

Keeps it wide on off, a bit fuller. Nadine De Klerk moves towards the off side for the sweep but fails to lay any bat on it. It clips her pads and races past short third for a couple of leg byes. Nadine De Klerk swings at it but the ball spins past the outside edge.

Is Nadine De Klerk safe? A bit quicker now but stays full, on off. Nadine reaches out in front to go big on the off side but the ball spins past the outside edge. Richa Ghosh whips the bails off but the background check confirms that De Klerk had her back leg grounded inside the crease.

FOUR! Good manipulation of the field. Darted in, full and on middle. Nadine De Klerk makes room for herself and carves it over the in-field on the off side. Plays it over cover-point and picks up a boundary.

OUT! CASTLED! Nadine De Klerk's cheeky attempt does not come off. Pushed through, on a good length, on the off stump. Nadine De Klerk walks across and attempts the fine sweep but misses and the ball crashes into the off pole. South Africa Women are 137/4, needing 22 runs from 13 balls.

FOUR! Easy pickings! A bit too short by Sree, on off. Chloe Tryon stands tall on top of the bounce and thumps it along the ground past cover-point for a boundary.

Deepti Sharma floats it up, around the waist, Marizanne Kapp gets low and turns it through square leg for a single.

On the stumps, a tad shorter, Chloe Tryon slogs it through mid-wicket for one more.

SIX! Clears the fence! That brings the equation down to almost a run-a-ball. 10 needed off 9. Flighted delivery, on middle. Kapp gets down on a knee and plays the slog sweep. Jemimah Rodrigues sprints to her right at deep mid-wicket and leaps with an outstretched right hand but the ball evades her.

This is fuller and quicker, on middle and leg. Kapp clears the front leg and clubs it to deep mid-wicket. Just a single.

Very full, on leg. Tryon steps out and pushes it to the right of mid off for a single.

SIX! Marizanne Kapp lands a telling blow. That should do it for South Africa. Sharma tries to fire one in, very full, on middle and leg. Kapp clears the front leg and manages to get under the ball. She clobbers it over deep mid-wicket, where, despite a leap, Jemimah Rodrigues stands no chance. Kapp is pumped as she lets out a big roar.

FOUR! Edged away! That's it. South Africa win by 6 wickets with 5 balls to spare. Skidding through, on a back of a length, outside off. Tryon throws her hands at the ball. It goes past short third off an outside edge and down to the fence. Hugs and smiles all around in the Proteas camp as they pick up vital two points and hand India their first defeat of the tournament. According to the on-air commentators, this is the third-highest successful run chase in Women's T20 World Cup history.