Pitch and weather: The match will be played on the same Newlands pitch that staged both semi-finals where pace played a part, particularly early in England’s chase as Ismail unleashed her thunderbolts. But by the following day, it was looking fairly brown with some cracks appearing under a baking sun and with a drying wind about. Another sunny day is forecast with temperatures of 26 degrees Celsius expected. Almost bang in the center of the ground, the on- and off-side boundaries are pretty much equidistant.
AUS WMN vs SA WMN Highlights today, Sunday 26-2-2023. Final, Newlands, Cape Town, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023.
Toss: ?
Australia Women team: 1 Alyssa Healy (wk), 2 Beth Mooney, 3 Meg Lanning (capt), 4 Ashleigh Gardner, 5 Ellyse Perry, 6 Tahlia McGrath, 7 Grace Harris, 8 Georgia Wareham, 9 Jess Jonassen, 10 Megan Schutt, 11 Darcie Brown
South Africa Women team: 1 Tazmin Brits, 2 Laura Wolvaardt, 3 Marizanne Kapp, 4 Suné Luus (capt), 5 Chloe Tryon, 6 Anneke Bosch, 7 Nadine de Klerk, 8 Sinalo Jafta (wk), 9 Shabnim Ismail, 10 Ayabonga Khaka, 11 Nonkululeko Mlaba
Head to Head In T20I’s: 6
Australia Women Won: 6
South Africa Women Won: 0
Australia Women T20I Rankings: 1st
South Africa Women T20I Rankings: 5th
Form guide
(last five completed T20I’s, most recent first)
Australia Women WWWWW
South Africa Women WWLWL
Match Timings: 1:00 PM GMT | 3:00 PM Local
Umpires – Jacqueline Williams, Kim Cotton
TV Umpire – Sue Redfern
Match Referee – GS Lakshmi
Reserve Umpire – Nimali Perera
Match number – WT20I no. 1378
