South Africa 144 for 4 (Wolvaardt 58*, Brits 41) beat Australia 142 for six (Harris 31*) by six wickets
South Africa’s girls beat Australia for the primary time ever, claiming a six-wicket win within the second T20I in Canberra.
Australia made scoring look powerful at Manuka Oval, however South Africa’s openers shortly constructed the platform they wanted to assert the historic win.
It was the twenty fourth time the 2 nations have met in girls’s cricket – throughout ODIs and T20Is – and the primary time South Africa have been victorious. A tied ODI in 2016 was the closest that they had come beforehand. Sunday’s outcome additionally squared the multi-format collection after Australia received Saturday’s opening contest.
Wolvaardt witnessed a mini-collapse when her aspect fell from 109 for 1 to 110 for 3 within the area of three balls, however steadied issues and introduced up her half-century to steer them to victory.
Brits, who carried her bat by means of Saturday’s innings in making 59 not out, continued to sizzle, cracking eight fours in one other good knock.
After profitable the toss and batting, expectations have been excessive for Australia after that they had chased down 147 for six in Saturday’s contest with out getting out of second gear.
Such was South Africa’s suffocating stress that they held the hosts and not using a boundary for 29 balls in a vital interval between the thirteenth and 18th overs.
Tahlia McGrath struggled to attain shortly for a second straight recreation, making 23 off 28 deliveries. It was an identical story for Ellyse Perry (18 off 19 balls).
Harris hit three fours and a six in her unbeaten 31, with Australia taking 18 runs off Khaka’s last over of the innings to provide themselves one thing to defend.
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