The South Africa women's cricket team toured India to play against the India women's cricket team in September and October 2019.[1] The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and six Women's Twenty20 International (WT20) matches.[2][3] The WODI matches were not part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship.[4]
Ahead of the tour, India's Mithali Raj retired from WT20I cricket, to focus on the 50-over format in the run-up to the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup.[5] South Africa's captain, Dane van Niekerk, missed the series due to injury, with Suné Luus leading the team in her absence.[6]
India had initially won the WT20I series, after a win in the fourth match gave them an unassailable lead.[7] India had also won the first match, with the next two fixtures abandoned due to rain.[8] However, on 2 October 2019, an extra WT20I match was added to the schedule.[9][10] India won the fifth WT20I match by five wickets, to confirm their series victory.[11] South Africa won the sixth and final WT20I match by 105 runs, with India winning the series 3–1.[12]
In the WODI series, India won the first two matches to take an unassailable lead.[13] India also won the final WODI match, by six runs, winning the series 3–0.[14]
Squads
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 India[15]
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 South Africa[16]
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India[17]
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South Africa[18]
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Ahead of the WODI series, Smriti Mandhana was ruled out of India's squad with a fractured toe. She was replaced by Pooja Vastrakar.[19]
Tour matches
20-over match: Indian Board President's Women XI v South Africa Women
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to a wet outfield.
20-over match: Indian Board President's Women XI v South Africa Women
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
WT20I series
1st WT20I
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Shafali Verma (Ind) and Nonkululeko Mlaba (SA) both made their WT20I debuts.
2nd WT20I
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
3rd WT20I
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
4th WT20I
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 17 overs per side due to a wet outfield.
5th WT20I
6th WT20I
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Harmanpreet Kaur became the first cricketer for India, male or female, to play in 100 international Twenty20 matches.[20]
- This was India's biggest defeat, in terms of runs, in WT20Is.[21]
WODI series
1st WODI
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat
- Priya Punia (Ind) and Nondumiso Shangase (SA) both made their WODI debuts.
2nd WODI
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- India Women won the toss and elected to field.
- This was India Women's highest successful run chase in WODIs.[22]
3rd WODI
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
References
- ^ "Surat Latest Addition to International Venues, To Host IND-SA Women's T20Is". Network18 Media and Investments Ltd. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Surat to host India's T20I series against South Africa". Women's Criczone. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Proteas women have the chance to bounce back". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Surat to host Women's T20I series between India and South Africa". CricBuzz. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Mithali Raj retires from T20I cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Sune Luus to continue as South Africa captain for India tour". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Shafali, Poonam and Rodrigues fire as India clinch series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Shafali Verma, Poonam Yadav help India seal series win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Additional India-South Africa T20I confirmed to breathe new life into series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "India, South Africa set to play an additional T20I at short notice". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "South Africa's woes against spin continue as India go 3-0 up". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Battle won, war lost: South Africa end the T20I series with a consolation win". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "Mithali Raj, Punam Raut fifties and Harmanpreet Kaur's finishing act secure India ODI series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Same spin story as India whitewash South Africa". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Fifteen-year-old Shafali Verma gets maiden India call-up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "South Africa pick uncapped Nonkululeko Mlaba; Khaka, Chetty back after injury lay-offs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Shafali Verma makes it to India's women's T20I squad for South Africa series". Sport Star. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Luus to lead Proteas Women in India". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Injured Smriti Mandhana out of South Africa ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Harmanpreet Kaur Becomes First Indian Cricketer to Play 100 T20 Internationals". Network18 Media and Investments Ltd. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "Lizelle Lee, Sune Luus, seamers hand India women their biggest defeat". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "The Raj-Raut show leads South Africa's rout as India seal series 2-0". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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