England Women v South Africa Women, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 2nd Semi-Final, ICC Women's T20 World Cup, 2026

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2nd Semi-Final: England Women v South Africa Women at London, July 02, 2026

England Women

ENG-W

169/5 (20)

South Africa Women

SA-W

129/8 (20)

Finished

ENG-W won by 40 runs

England Women InningENG-W Inning169/5 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Amy Jones(WK)	c A Dercksen b S Ismail	2	4	0	0	50.00
c A Dercksen b S Ismail
Danielle Wyatt Hodge	b M Kapp	12	9	2	0	133.33
b M Kapp
Natalie Sciver(C)	c T Brits b N Mlaba	75	47	11	1	159.57
c T Brits b N Mlaba
Alice Capsey	lbw b S Ismail	1	4	0	0	25.00
lbw b S Ismail
Heather Knight	c L Wolvaardt b N Mlaba	58	47	6	1	123.40
c L Wolvaardt b N Mlaba
Freya Kemp	Not out	1	3	0	0	33.33
Not out
Danielle Gibson	Not out	6	6	0	0	100.00
Not out
Extra	14 (b 5, w 7, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	169/5 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Marizanne Kapp	4	16	1	4.00
Shabnim Ismail	4	31	2	7.75
Ayabonga Khaka	4	40	0	10.00
Nonkululeko Mlaba	4	25	2	6.25
Nadine de Klerk	3	39	0	13.00
Chloe Tryon	1	11	0	11.00

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (AE Jones - 1.1 ov), 2-20 (DW Hodge - 2.2 ov), 3-23 (A Capsey - 3.2 ov), 4-156 (NRS Sciver - 18.2 ov), 5-157 (HC Knight - 18.4 ov)

South Africa Women InningSA-W Inning129/8 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Laura Wolvaardt(C)	c S Ecclestone b LCN Smith	17	15	3	0	113.33
c S Ecclestone b LCN Smith
Tazmin Brits	c NRS Sciver b CE Dean	51	45	6	0	113.33
c NRS Sciver b CE Dean
Annerie Dercksen	c HC Knight b F Kemp	3	6	0	0	50.00
c HC Knight b F Kemp
Marizanne Kapp	c NRS Sciver b CE Dean	5	7	0	0	71.43
c NRS Sciver b CE Dean
Sune Luus	c S Ecclestone b LK Bell	11	13	1	0	84.62
c S Ecclestone b LK Bell
Nadine de Klerk	Not out	14	14	1	0	100.00
Not out
Chloe Tryon	b S Ecclestone	12	11	2	0	109.09
b S Ecclestone
Sinalo Jafta(WK)	runout (DW Hodge)	1	4	0	0	25.00
runout (DW Hodge)
Ayabonga Khaka	b LK Bell	4	3	1	0	133.33
b LK Bell
Shabnim Ismail	Not out	2	2	0	0	100.00
Not out
Extra	9 (b 6, w 2, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	129/8 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Linsey Smith	4	25	1	6.25
Lauren Bell	4	28	2	7.00
Charlotte Dean	4	31	2	7.75
Sophie Ecclestone	4	21	1	5.25
Freya Kemp	3	11	1	3.67
Danielle Gibson	1	6	0	6.00

Fall of wickets: 1-43 (L Wolvaardt - 5.4 ov), 2-49 (A Dercksen - 7.3 ov), 3-68 (M Kapp - 10.4 ov), 4-91 (S Luus - 13.6 ov), 5-95 (T Brits - 14.2 ov), 6-118 (CL Tryon - 17.4 ov), 7-119 (S Jafta - 18.3 ov), 8-123 (A Khaka - 18.6 ov)

Man of the Match

Natalie Sciver

Date

2026-07-02 23:00 PM

Venue

Kennington Oval, London

Toss

South Africa Women elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee