Australia vs South Africa Women's T20 World Cup 2023 Final: AUS-W vs SA-W Head-to-Head, Stats and Results

Record champions Australia will face hosts South Africa in the final of the Women's T20 World Cup 2023 at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town on Sunday (February 26).

The two sides booked their final berth after last-over thrillers. Meg Lanning-led Australia reached the final after a 5-run victory over India in the first semi-final, while Sune Luus' South Africa defeated England by 6 runs in the second semi-final.

Australia and South Africa will clash for the second time in this edition of the T20 World Cup. In the group stage encounter, Australia restricted the hosts to 124/6 in their allotted 20 overs and chased the target of 125 with 6 wickets in hand.

The Aussies also reached the target with 21 balls to spare thanks to 33-ball knock of 57 runs by Tahlia McGrath after an all-round bowling effort.

Apart from the clash in this year's World Cup, the two sides have also faced each other 5 other times in the shortest format on international stage and all their meetings have come in the T20 World Cup over the years.

In the 6 meetings so far, Australia have won on all six occasions. Also, the two sides have only met in the show-piece tournament in the T20 format so far.

Here is a look at the Australia vs South Africa T20I head-to-head results and record:

Australia vs South Africa T20 Head-to-Head

Stats	For SA-W vs AUS-W	For AUS-W vs SA-W
Won	0	6
Lost	6	0
Wins Batting First	0	3
Wins Chasing	0	3
Highest Total	140/7	164/3
Lowest Total	102/6	134/5
Most Runs	Trisha Chetty (125)	Alex Blackwell (115)
Highest Score	Mignon Du Preez (53*)	Tahlia McGrath (57)
Most Sixes	Mignon Du Preez (2)	Alex Blackwell (1)
Most Fours	Trisha Chetty (13)	Alex Blackwell (12)
Most Wickets	Shabnim Ismail (9)	Shelley Nitschke (6)
Best Bowling	Nadine de Klerk (3/19)	Shelley Nitschke (4/21)

Australia vs South Africa T20I Results

Year	Tournament	Round	Winner	Result
2009	T20 World Cup	Group Stage	Australia	Won by 24 runs
2010	T20 World Cup	Group Stage	Australia	Won by 24 runs
2014	T20 World Cup	Group Stage	Australia	Won by 6 wickets
2016	T20 World Cup	Group Stage	Australia	Won by 6 wickets
2020	T20 World Cup	Semi-Final	Australia	Won by 5 runs (DLS Method)
2023	T20 World Cup	Group Stage	Australia	Won by 6 wickets