South Africa women's cricket team toured Australia in November 2016. The tour consisted of a series of five One Day Internationals, with the first three being part of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship.[1] Australia won the series 4–0 with the fourth match of the series ending in a tie.
South Africa women's cricket team in Australia in 2016–17 | |||
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Australia women | South Africa women | ||
Dates | 13 – 29 November 2016 | ||
Captains | Meg Lanning | Dane van Niekerk | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | Australia women won the 5-match series 4–0 | ||
Most runs | Ellyse Perry (313) | Lizelle Lee (197) | |
Most wickets | Ellyse Perry (7) | Suné Luus (10) |
Squads
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Kristen Beams was ruled out of the last two matches of the series after she broke her little finger in her right hand in the third match.[4]
Practice match: Australia Governor-General's XI v South Africa Women
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Australia Governor-General's XI
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- South Africa Women and elected to bat.
ODI series
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Anneke Bosch (SA) made her WODI debut.
- ICC Women's Championship points: Australia Women 2, South Africa Women 0.
2nd ODI
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- A rain delay in South Africa's innings set them a revised target of 241 runs in 38 overs. A second rain delay after 31.2 overs meant no further play was possible, and the target was revised to 186 by the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method.
- ICC Women's Championship points: Australia Women 2, South Africa Women 0.
3rd ODI
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain delayed the start with the match being reduced to 32 overs per side.
- Lizelle Lee (SA) scored her first century in a WODI.[5]
- ICC Women's Championship points: Australia Women 2, South Africa Women 0.
4th ODI
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tahlia McGrath and Amanda-Jade Wellington (Aus) both made their WODI debuts.
- This was the fifth tied game in WODIs.[6]
5th ODI
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
References
edit- ^ "South Africa Women tour of Australia, 2016/17". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "Australia's Erin Osborne out for first three South Africa ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "South Africa Women Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "Beams out of ODI series with finger fracture". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ^ "Bolton, Lanning take Australia to nine-wicket victory". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Australia bowlers fight back in dramatic tie". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2016.