Bangladesh Women vs South Africa Women Scorecard, Match 29, ICC Womens T20 World Cup
Result · Jun 28 2026, Sun - 03:00 PM (IST)
BANGLADESH WOMEN117/5
SOUTH AFRICA WOMEN118/6
South Africa Women won by 4 wickets
CRR:6.1
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Women's T20 World Cup |
| Date: | Jun 28 2026, Sun - 03:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | England |
| City: | London |
| Venue: | Lord's |
| Toss: | Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to bat. |
| South Africa Women Playing XI: | Laura Wolvaardt (c), Tazmin Brits, Annerie Dercksen, Dane van Niekerk, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba |
| Bangladesh Women Playing XI: | Juairiya Ferdous, Taj Nehar, Sharmin Akhter, Nigar Sultana Joty (c) (wk), Sobhana Mostary, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Rabeya Khan, Nahida Akter, Marufa Akter, Shanjida Akther Maghla |
- South Africa have won 12 of their 14 women’s T20Is against Bangladesh (L2), including each of their last two; they have bowled first on the day in each of their last four completed meetings in that span (W3 L1).
- South Africa have won all three of their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup matches against Bangladesh, they are one of three teams South Africa have faced more than once in t the tournament without losing to (W4 vs Pakistan and W2 vs Ireland).
- Bangladesh have won 11 of their 18 women’s T20Is in 2026 (L7); a 12th victory in this match would equal their most wins in a calendar year in the format (W12 in 2018).
- South Africa have won their last three women’s T20Is; a fourth consecutive win in this match would equal their longest winning run in the format.
- Bangladesh have alternated between wins and losses across their last five ICC Women’s T20 World Cup matches (W2 L3), losing their most recent game in the tournament (vs India); this is their final match in the group stage of this 2026 edition – only once previously they’ve won their final fixture at this stage of the campaign (2014 vs Ireland, L5).
- South Africa are aiming to reach the semi-final stage of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup for a fourth consecutive edition, they only other side who could achieve this feat are Australia, who have managed it in every edition.
- Ritu Moni (47) is three away from reaching 50 wickets for Bangladesh in women’s T20Is; she’s taken 10 wickets at an average of 10.1 across her last six T20I innings, recording at least one wicket in five of those six innings.
- Ayabonga Khaka has taken 24 wickets in women’s T20Is in 2026, the most of any player for South Africa in a calendar year in the format; although, she went wicketless in her most recent T20I innings against Bangladesh (12 October 2024).
- 2026 has seen Nigar Sultana (459) and Sobhana Mostary (431) record the most and third most runs of any player for Bangladesh in a calendar year in women’s T20Is (Nigar Sultana – 453 in 2024); Nigar Sultana has logged four 50+ scores in the format in 2026, the most by any player for Bangladesh in a calendar year.
- Laura Wolvaardt (656) is 18 away from surpassing her own record (673 in 2024) for the most runs of any player for South Africa in women’s T20Is in a calendar year; although, she was dismissed for just seven runs the last time she faced Bangladesh (October 2024).