- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.3 nicked and gone! Landheer takes down the SA captain, and the Dutch are delighted! Short, wide and there to be hit. Wolvaardt chases after it but all she manages is a feather through to the keeper. Landheer is thrilled to bits. She does not care how many are on the board, and she is relishing dismissing one of the best batters in the world. Wolvaardt falls one short of 50! 121/1Extras12 (lb 4, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL208/1 (20 Overs, RR: 10.4)Fall of wickets: 1-121 (Laura Wolvaardt, 13.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB F Overdijk 2 0 26 0 13 1 4 0 0 0 IJR Zwilling 4 0 45 0 11.25 6 6 0 2 0 R Rijke 1 0 7 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 SNL Siegers 4 0 60 0 15 3 7 3 0 0 C de Lange 4 0 22 0 5.5 9 2 0 0 0 HWA Landheer 4 0 34 1 8.5 11 2 2 1 1 MIW van den Raad 1 0 10 0 10 2 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR17.3 oh, hang on - what has happened here?! Very full again, targeting the stumps. Molkenboer chalks it into the on side towards mid wicket. She is intent on the single and hares across, only for de Leede to stop mid-way and turn back. The throw goes to the batter's end and the batter is well short as Jafta collects the throw and whips off the bails. Netherlands three down! 110/37.5 chipped up in the air, and Ismail takes it! Given a bit of loop on a length on middle and leg. Khurana skips down but does not go through with the shot fully. A tame chip in the end and Ismail, placed very straight at long on, does the rest. A knock with some eye-catching shots comes to an end! 58/114.4 gloved and gone! Ismail finally has something to smile about. Sharp bumper, climbing through just outside leg. Kalis is cramped for room on the pull and can only glove it through to Jafta, who leaps to her left and gobbles up the chance smartly! 100/219.2 taken smartly by Dercksen at deep square leg! Off-pace and into the track on middle and off. de Leede swings at it with all her might but does not generate enough power. Dercksen, stood a few yards inside the rope, lunges forward and completes the catch! 119/617.6 big lbw appeal, and given! Zipped in full on middle and off. Rijke looks for the reverse but the ball is too full to be playing that stroke. Rijke swishes at thin air and the ball rams into her boot. Easy decision for the umpire and Rijke does not even bother with the review. Two wickets in the over for SA! 112/418.4 chopped on, and de Klerk has a wicket too! A golden duck for Overdijk. Looks to squeeze out this full ball outside off. A bit of inward movement and the ball cannons off the inside edge to crash into leg stump. SA picking up wickets in a bunch now! 117/519.4 slower ball does the trick again! The Dutch falling like a pack of cards now. Zwilling has no clue about this length ball on the stumps. Swings way too early and hears the rattling of her stumps soon after. Netherlands seven down now, all of a sudden! 120/719.5 and Landheer gets castled too! Back of a length on middle and off. Landheer has designs of working this to leg but she ends up playing all around it. Tried to work it too square and the bat was at an angle, meaning the ball snuck past and thundered into the stumps. Khaka on a hat-trick now! 120/8Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL120/8 (20 Overs, RR: 6)Did not bat: SNL SiegersFall of wickets: 1-58 (Sanya Khurana, 7.5 ov), 2-100 (Sterre Kalis, 14.4 ov), 3-110 (Phebe Molkenboer, 17.3 ov), 4-112 (Robine Rijke, 17.6 ov), 5-117 (Frederique Overdijk, 18.4 ov), 6-119 (Babette de Leede, 19.2 ov), 7-120 (Iris Zwilling, 19.4 ov), 8-120 (Hannah Landheer, 19.5 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Netherlands Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50
Match days
25 June 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
South Africa Women 2, Netherlands Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 66 runs, 0 wicket)
- South Africa Women: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (L Wolvaardt 19, T Brits 28, Ex 6)
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 66/0 in 6.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 23, T Brits 37)
- T Brits: 50 off 36 balls (8 x 4)
- South Africa Women: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (67 balls), Extras 12
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 67 balls (L Wolvaardt 40, T Brits 50, Ex 12)
- Drinks: South Africa Women - 121/1 in 13.3 overs (T Brits 64)
- South Africa Women: 150 runs in 15.5 overs (96 balls), Extras 12
- T Brits: 100 off 63 balls (15 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (T Brits 37, A Dercksen 13, Ex 0)
- South Africa Women: 200 runs in 19.4 overs (119 balls), Extras 12
- Innings Break: South Africa Women - 208/1 in 20.0 overs (T Brits 114, A Dercksen 37)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 0 wicket)
- Over 4.1: Review by South Africa Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CA Polosak, Batter - P Molkenboer (Struck down)
- Netherlands Women: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: Netherlands Women - 50/0 in 6.0 overs (P Molkenboer 20, S Khurana 30)
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (P Molkenboer 20, S Khurana 30, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Netherlands Women - 97/1 in 14.0 overs (P Molkenboer 34, SL Kalis 26)
- Netherlands Women: 100 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls), Extras 2
Match Coverage
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Sanya Khurana and Hannah Landheer came in for Siegers and Isabel van der Woning
Brits 114* helps South Africa bag NRR-boosting win over Netherlands
Brits and Wolvaardt shared a 121-run stand to help South Africa win by 88 runs
India, South Africa eye NRR boost in close Group 1 race
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'Everyone was saying there's Dutch gogga here' - Paul Adams on Caroline de Lange
Legspinner de Lange is Netherlands' leading wicket-taker at the tournament but South Africa coach Mashimbyi downplayed the threat




