Women’s cricket’s two powerhouse nations – Australia and England – regularly face-off in bilateral series and high-stakes T20 leagues, giving us some exciting cricket action to look forward to. Their fierce rivalry has produced several future stars of cricket; their competitive nature ensures it keeps getting even more interesting as time progresses.
Harmanpreet Kaur finds her timing on a short one and smashes it hard towards midwicket for four. Shangase then delivers another fuller delivery outside off, which Rodrigues hit towards point for no runs. This thrilling action added excitement to the India Women’s National Cricket Team vs South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team Timeline.
| Date | Format | Result | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2025 | ODI | India Women won by 23 runs | Colombo (Sri Lanka Tri-Series) |
| Apr 29, 2025 | ODI | India Women won by 15 runs | Colombo (Sri Lanka Tri-Series) |
| Jul 9, 2024 | T20I | India Women won by 28 runs (Warm-Up Match) | T20 World Cup, Warm-Up, Cape Town |
| Jul 9, 2024 | T20I | India Women won by 4 runs | T20 World Cup, Cape Town |
| Jul 9, 2024 | T20I | India Women won by 4 runs | T20 World Cup, Cape Town |
Timeline
The Women in Blue represent India on an international cricket stage and are administered by the Board of Control for Cricket in India; full members of the International Cricket Council with Test, One-Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I) status; Captained by Mithali Raj.
Sneh Rana ran through South Africa’s top order and left Annerie Dercksen, Tazmin Brits and Steffi de Klerk reeling before Tazmin Brits made her stand.
However, she batted to her wicket to score a run-a-ball hundred before being out at 108 runs. India managed several run-outs to seal victory by 15 runs for India – their second victory in this tri-series match before moving onto Sri Lanka for its final leg on Friday.
Matches
The South Africa women’s national cricket team, better known as the Proteas, represent South Africa internationally in women’s cricket. A full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), they hold Test, ODI and T20I status with them competing at both Tests, ODIs and Twenty20s tournaments as part of Cricket South Africa (CSA) regulations and one of eight teams competing in ICC Women’s Championship – the highest level women’s cricket competition; their home ground being Centurion Johannesburg where they had previously been sponsored by OPPO from 2014-17 and Sahara India Pariwar from 2002 – 2007.
In 1997, during their tour of England, India made their ODI debut with two warm-up matches against England women ‘A’ team that resulted in victories and draws, before contesting five ODI series that eventually resulted in series defeat.
Scorecards
The Proteas represent South Africa in international women’s cricket competition. Under Cricket South Africa (CSA), this team plays Test, ODI and T20I matches worldwide.
In 1997, after returning from their sporting boycott from 1972-1979, The Proteas were reconstituted after suffering such success as to reach two World Cup finals and three semi-finals since.
India were still in control and easily chased down a revised target of 237 with ease despite missing key players, led by Harmanpreet Kaur’s score of 69 off 86 deliveries; Pratika Rawal and Uma Chetry played pivotal roles as openers – both scoring fifty runs themselves!
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Bree Illing to Jemimah Rodrigues: HIGH FULL TOSSER! Jemimah Rodrigues was completely caught out by Bree Illing’s high full tosser which pitched midway and angled in.
Trying to play with her feet, Jemimah was outshone by this delivery which slammed into her stumps! What an extraordinary dismissal! India are currently at 216/4, needing just 19 runs to win their match.
Future contests
As India and South Africa gear up to contest the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup, expect exciting contests. Their recent ODI series results demonstrate an increasing competitive balance, as each side uses their individual strengths to win matches.
Both teams have also displayed remarkable depth and tactical adaptability resulting in riveting cricket that has caught fans worldwide’s imagination.
Women in Blue are filled with confidence after winning the tri-series against Sri Lanka and have carried that momentum into their opener against South Africa on Tuesday.
Their performance excelled across departments led by Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Pratika Rawal batting together; along with Shree Charani, Deepti Sharma and Nallapureddy Ravichandran’s bowling attack that featured numerous spinners including Shree Charani.
South Africa started strongly in their reply, led by Sune Luus and Tazmin Brits’ strong opening partnership of runs-per-ball cricket between them and India’s spinners; Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen and Chloe Tryon all succumbed to slow deliveries by India’s duo of spinners.
Hosts South Africa will look to change the balance against them with their first title since 2022 on the line, and after their young stars’ impressive showing in Women’s Premier League they should come into this encounter in confident mood – an impressive showing with bat, fielding, and bowling would see them claim an unlikely series victory against South Africa at home!
