South Africa 144 for 4 (Wolvaardt 58*, Brits 41) beat Australia 142 for 6 (Harris 31*) by six wickets
South Africa’s ladies have crushed Australia for the primary time ever, claiming a six-wicket win within the second T20I in Canberra.
Australia made scoring look robust at Manuka Oval, however South Africa’s openers shortly constructed the platform they wanted to assert the historic win.
It was the twenty fourth time the 2 nations have met in women’s cricket – throughout ODIs and T20s – and the primary time the Proteas have been victorious. A tied ODI in 2016 was the closest they’d come beforehand.
Sunday’s outcome additionally squared the multi-format sequence after Australia received Saturday’s opening contest.
Wolvaardt witnessed a mini-collapse when her facet fell from 109 for 1 to 110 for 3 within the house of three balls, however steadied issues and introduced up her half-century to steer them to victory.
Brits, who carried her bat by Saturday’s innings in making 59 not out, continued to sizzle, cracking eight fours in one other sensible knock.
After successful the toss and batting, expectations had been excessive for Australia after they’d chased down 147 for 6 in Saturday’s contest with out getting out of second gear.
However they struggled to seek out gaps or land large blows in a stuttering show, with captain Alyssa Healy (29 off 24 balls) and Grace Harris (31 not out off 18) the one gamers who appeared snug on the crease.
Such was the Proteas’ suffocating strain that they held the hosts with no boundary for 29 balls in an important interval between the thirteenth and 18th overs.
Tahlia McGrath struggled to attain shortly for a second straight sport, making 23 off 28 deliveries. It was the same story for Ellyse Perry (18 off 19 balls).
Harris hit three fours and a six in her unbeaten 31, with the Australians taking 18 runs off Khaka’s last over of the innings to present themselves one thing to defend.
