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SA-W vs ZIM-W, 2nd T20I, SA-W vs ZIM-W 2026 summary
ZIM-W
129-7(20.0)
South Africa Women won by 64 runs 🏆
SA-W
(20.0)193-3
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P'ship : 45(37)
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It's time for us to take your leave. This is Akshay Bhide, signing off, on behalf of scorer Zeeshan Naiyer. Until next time, cheers and good bye.
South Africa go 2-0 up in the five-match series after another solid all-around performance. Zimbabwe will have to get back to the drawing board quickly as they need to win the next game to keep the series alive.
Anneke Bosch (Player of the Match): "[Key to succeed on this wicket?] Just keeping it simple. Waiting for the right ball to take on and trying to rotate the strike on the other ones. Not getting too ahead of myself.
[On her preparations] I kept on training hard. Played a bit of club cricket in UK. That helped me a lot. Tried to stay focused and tried to grab the opportunity when it comes.
[What total was she eyeing while batting?] Towards the later stage, I think we could push to 200. I think we just took it from there. It was a good wicket and a good outfield. So we knew we could get to 180 to 200 mark."
[On her preparations] I kept on training hard. Played a bit of club cricket in UK. That helped me a lot. Tried to stay focused and tried to grab the opportunity when it comes.
[What total was she eyeing while batting?] Towards the later stage, I think we could push to 200. I think we just took it from there. It was a good wicket and a good outfield. So we knew we could get to 180 to 200 mark."
Player of the Match: Anneke Bosch
8:02 PM IST, 4:32 PM Local Time: There you go. South Africa Women beat Zimbabwe Women by 64 runs to go 2-0 up in the five-match T20I series. Another convincing victory for the visitors and the hosts continue to struggle at home.
South Africa batted first and lost their skipper Laura Wolvaardt (10) cheaply yet again. Anneke Bosch continued her rich form with the bat and started from where she left off in the first T20I. She scored at a brisk rate and added 64 for the second wicket along with Nondumiso Shangase. Bosch scored a quickfire 31-ball 65 before falling in the 11th over. In the next, Shangase was dismissed on 23.
Faye Tunnicliffe along with Annerie Dercksen made sure that they kept Zimbabwe at bay and laid the foundation for a strong finish. Both Tunnicliffe and Dercksen teed off in the death overs and helped their side finish with a flourish. Tunnicliffe brought up her fifty and remained unbeaten on 52 along with Dercksen (36*) as both put 88* between them to power their side to 193/3 at the end of 20 overs.
It was always going to be a daunting task for Zimbabwe to chase 194. They lost Sharne Mayers on a duck in the very first over. Nyasha Gwanzura (18), Kelis Ndlovu (13) and Beloved Biza (10) got starts but failed to get going as the Proteas Women controlled things in the middle overs. Modester Mupachikwa (13) and Michelle Mavunga (11) too got into double digits but failed to get going.
Christina Mutasa hit some lusty blows at the back end of the innings. She remained unbeaten on 30 off 26. Skipper Nomvelo Sibanda (15*) also remained unbeaten as it was too much to do for them. Eventually, they finished their innings on 129/7 to fall short by 64 runs. Seshnie Naidu (3/26) picked up three wickets for South Africa whereas Anneke Bosch (2/5) picked up two which dented Zimbabwe's progress.
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