Australia-W vs South Africa India-W: The defending champions Australia is ready for the Grand Finale for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 and the match will be at Newlands Cricket Ground against the hosts South Africa. This is Australia’s 7th consecutive T20 World Cup final for Australia, having won five of their last six matches. On the other hand, South Africa is entering into the first time for an ICC tournament final. South Africa is coming for the finals after a stunning performance against England.
Match: Australia vs South Africa ICC Women’s World T20 Finals
Date: 26th February 2023
Time: 06:30 PM IST
Venue: Newlands Cricket Ground
Pitch Condition: The 23rd T20 match will take place at Newlands Cricket Ground. The pitch here usually assists the bowlers, especially pacers. But it’s tricky for batters as they need to spend more time in the middle to adjust to the pace of the wicket. In the knock out games, the teams batted first ended up as winners.
Australia-W vs South Africa -W – The Squad
Australia: Meg Lanning (c), Alyssa Healy (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Megan Schutt, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham.
South Africa: Sune Luss(c), Annerie Dercksen, Lara Goodall, Laura Wolvaardt, Anneke Boasch, Chloe Tryon, Marizanne Kapp, Delman Tucker, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta(w), Tazmin Brits(w), Tebogo Macheke(w), Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Nonkuleko Mlaba, Micheala Andrews, Shabnim Ismail, Tumi Sekhukhune.
Australia-W vs South Africa -W – Team Performance in the Past Matches
The grand finale of the big event is here and the defending champions Australia women will take on South Africa women for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. Being unbeaten in the tournament, Australia is fully confident for the final match. Meanwhile South Africa won two matches in the Group stage and then won the semi-finals against England. Winning the World Cup for the last 5 times, it is much easier for Australia to deal with South Africa who will be coming for the first time in a World Cup final.
Both the teams played a match in the tournament in Group Stage and Australia marked a 6-wicket win in the match while 21 balls were remaining. Tahlia McGrath was the top scorer in the match with a half-century in the match. The Aussies bowlers easily restricted the opposition to a small total of 124 runs. Tazmin Brits top scored for South Africa in the match with 45 runs.
Australia played the semi-finals against India and they won the match by just 5 runs. Beth Mooney was the top scorer with a half-century. Meg Lanning also got 49 runs off 34 balls. Ashleigh Gardner became the star of the match, picking 2 wickets along with scoring 31 runs.
South Africa marked a stunning win against England in the semi-finals. The bowlers were excellent in the match. Shabnim Ismail clocked up one of the fastest overs in women’s cricket in the match. Ayabonga Khaka took four wickets for the side.
Australia-W vs South Africa -W – Face to Face
South Africa women and Australia women faced each other 6 times in a T20 match. Asutralia won all those matches. The last T20 match played between these two is in the Group stage.
Here our experts at FCL are giving a prediction for the coming match. Hope you could find it helpful by any means
Wicket-keeper: Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy.
Batters: Tahlia McGrath, Meg Lanning, Tazmin Britz, Laura Wolvaardt.
All-Rounders: Ellyse Perry, Nadine de Klerk.
Bowlers: Megan Schutt, Georgia Wareham, Shabnim Ismail.
Captain: Meg Lanning.
Vice-Captain: Ellyse Perry.
Wicket-keeper: Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy.
Batters: Meg Lanning, Tahlia McGrath, Sune Luus, Laura Wolvaardt.
All-Rounders: Ashleigh Gardner, Marizanne Kapp.
Bowlers: Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown, Shabnim Ismail.
Captain: Ashleigh Gardner.
Vice-Captain: Marizanne Kapp.
