SA vs ENG [W] 2024/25, SA-W vs ENG-W 3rd T20I match report, Nov 30, 2024

England choose to bowl vs South Africa

South Africa, already trailing 0-2 in the three-match women’s T20I series, were without captain Laura Wolvaardt for the final match against England, who opted to bowl. Chloe Tryon led them in Centurion in the hosts’ attempt to avoid a cover-up.

Wolvaardt, who scored 22 and 25 in the first two matches, was ruled out through illness and her opening partner Tazmin Brits was also rested. In came Anneke Bosch, who was carded to open the batting alongside Faye Tunnicliffe, and former captain Sune Luus, who opened the bowling in the opening T20I. South Africa also dropped their main bowler Nonkululeko Mlaba and brought in fast bowler Tumi Sekhukhune.

England were also hit by illness and player Sarah Glenn did not travel there. Fast bowler Lauren Bell, England’s most expensive bowler in east London, featured in her second match of the series.

England recorded emphatic wins in the first two games of the multi-format series with the ODIs and the single Test following.

South Africa: 1 Faye Tunnicliffe, 2 Anneke Bosch, 3 Annerie Dercksen, 4 Sune Luus, 5 Chloe Tryon (captain), 6 Nondumiso Shangase, 7 Nadine de Klerk, 8 Sinalo Jafta (week), 9 Eliz-mari Marx, 10 Nonkululeko Mlaba, 11 Ayanda Hlubí

England: 1 Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 2 Maia Bouchier, 3 Sophia Dunkley, 4 Nat Sciver-Brunt, 5 Heather Knight (captain), 6 Amy Jones (week), 7 Freya Kemp, 8 Sophie Ecclestone, 9 Charlie Dean, 10 Lauren Filer , 11 Lauren Bell