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South Africa Women vs New Zealand Women Scorecard, 3rd T20I, South Africa Women in New Zealand 2026
Result · Mar 20 2026, Fri - 07:15 AM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA WOMEN149/7
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN152/4
New Zealand Women won by 6 wickets
CRR:8.14
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | South Africa Women in New Zealand 2026 |
| Date: | Mar 20 2026, Fri - 07:15 AM (IST) |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| City: | Auckland |
| Venue: | Eden Park |
| Toss: | South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat. |
| New Zealand Women Playing XI: | Georgia Plimmer, Izzy Gaze (wk), Melie Kerr (c), Sophie Devine, Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Izzy Sharp, Suzie Bates, Jess Kerr, Lea Tahuhu, Rosemary Mair |
| South Africa Women Playing XI: | Sune Luus, Tazmin Brits, Laura Wolvaardt (c), Annerie Dercksen, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Kayla Reyneke, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Ayabonga Khaka, Ayanda Hlubi, Nonkululeko Mlaba |
- South Africa defeated New Zealand by 18 runs when they last met in a women’s T20I (17 March 2026); they will be aiming for consecutive wins against the White Ferns for the first time in the history of the format.
- New Zealand lost their most recent women’s T20I (17 March 2026 vs South Africa), snapping a four-match winning run in the format; they will be looking to avoid consecutive defeats for the first time since March 2025.
- South Africa will be aiming for consecutive wins in women’s T20Is away from home for the first time since October 2024, following their 18-run victory against New Zealand last time out.
- New Zealand have won only one of all their three women’s T20Is at Eden Park (L2) – a four-wicket victory against India (8 February 2019); they lost to Australia by eight wickets in their only game at the venue since then.
- South Africa have a bowling economy rate of 8.1 in women’s T20Is in 2026, the second highest of any team in the format this year (Denmark – 9.2); however, their bowling strike rate (16.4) is the fourth best of any ICC full member.
- New Zealand have a collective batting average of 27.3 in women’s T20Is since the beginning of 2025, the third best of any ICC full member team (India – 33.2 and Australia – 28.8).
- Anneke Bosch (910) is 90 away from scoring 1,000 runs for South Africa in women’s T20Is; she’s scored 50+ in only one of her last 13 innings in the format (74* vs Australia, 17 October 2024).
- Melie Kerr (New Zealand) has scored 293 runs in women’s T20Is in 2026, the second most of any player (Jayadhanyha Gunasekar – 375 for Oman); she scored 51* in her only previous T20I innings at Eden Park (21 March 2025 vs Australia).
- Tazmin Brits (1,846) is 51 away from becoming the third all-time leading run scorer for South Africa in women’s T20Is (Laura Wolvaardt – 2,378 and Dane van Niekerk – 1,958); she scored 53 against New Zealand last time out in the format (17 March 2026).
- Jess Kerr (New Zealand) has a bowling average of 10 in women’s T20Is in 2026, the second best of any player (min. 4 innings) from an ICC full member team (Shorna Akter – 9.9 for Bangladesh); although, she hasn’t taken a wicket across her two T20I bowling innings at Eden Park (4.5 overs bowled).
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