The England women's cricket team toured South Africa in February 2016. The tour consisted of a three T20Is match series and a three ODIs match series. The ODI series was part of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship.[2] England won both series by 2–1.
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| South Africa women | England women | ||
| Dates | 2 February – 21 February | ||
| Captains | Mignon du Preez | Charlotte Edwards | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | England women won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Trisha Chetty (187) | Heather Knight (154) | |
| Most wickets | Shabnim Ismail (5) | Anya Shrubsole (7) | |
| Player of the series | Heather Knight (Eng)[1] | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England women won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Dane van Niekerk (120) | Sarah Taylor (200) | |
| Most wickets | Shabnim Ismail (5) | Anya Shrubsole (5) | |
| Player of the series | Sarah Taylor (Eng) | ||
Squads
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1 Katherine Brunt suffered a back injury during the second ODI match and was ruled out of the tour, missing the third ODI and the entire T20I series. She was replaced by Natasha Farrant.[5]
Tour matches
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
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- SA Emerging Players Women won the toss and elected to bat.
ODI series
edit1st ODI
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain interrupted play at 13.1 overs of the second innings (England was batting at 63/2), reducing the innings to 48 overs with a revised target of 194.
- Lightning and rain interrupted play at 25 overs of the second innings (England was batting at 120/3), reducing the innings to 35 overs with a revised target of 150.
- Laura Wolvaardt (SA) made her ODI debut.
- ICC Women's Championship points: South Africa Women 0, England Women 2
2nd ODI
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sarah Taylor (Eng) made her 100th ODI match.[6]
- ICC Women's Championship points: South Africa Women 2, England Women 0
3rd ODI
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- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
- ICC Women's Championship points: South Africa Women 0, England Women 2
T20I series
edit1st T20I
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
2nd T20I
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play for 10 minutes after 13 overs of the second innings (South Africa was batting at 108/2), no overs were lost.
- Rain interrupted play at 17.2 overs of the second innings (South Africa was batting at 145/3) and no further play was possible. At that stage, South Africa Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method par score was 128 runs, therefore they were declared winners by 17 runs.
3rd T20I
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- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Mignon du Preez (SA) and Sarah Taylor (Eng) scored their 1,000th and 2,000th T20I runs respectively.[7]
References
edit- ^ "England's women beat South Africa to complete ODI series win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Series home". Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ a b "CSA announces women's squads for England tour". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ a b "England squad for SA tour". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "Brunt out of tour with back injury". Cricinfo. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "England women: South Africa level one-day series". BBC. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "3rd T20I career averages". Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
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