South Africa women's cricket team in Australia in 2023–24

The South Africa women's cricket team are touring Australia in January and February 2024, to play one Women's Test (WTest), three Women's One Day International (WODI) and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches.^[1][2][3]

South Africa women's cricket team in Australia in 2023–24
	Australia	South Africa
Dates	27 January – 18 February 2024
Captains	Alyssa Healy	Laura Wolvaardt
Test series
One Day International series
Twenty20 International series
Results	Australia won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Beth Mooney (167)	Tazmin Brits (100)
Most wickets	Ash Gardner (3)	Masabata Klaas (3) Nadine de Klerk (3)

The Test match will be first ever Test match to be played between the nations.^[4] The WODI series formed part of 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship.^[5] The T20I series formed part of both teams' preparation for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament.^[6]

Going into the tour, South Africa had never beaten Australia in any format of Women's International cricket.^[7] However, South Africa won the second T20I by 6 wickets,^[8] and defeated Australia for the first time in women’s internationals.^[9]

Squads

Australia			South Africa
Test	ODIs^[10]	T20Is^[11]	Test^[12]	ODIs & T20Is^[13]
	Alyssa Healy (c, wk) Darcie Brown Ashleigh Gardner Kim Garth Heather Graham Jess Jonassen Alana King Phoebe Litchfield Tahlia McGrath Beth Mooney (wk) Ellyse Perry Megan Schutt Annabel Sutherland Georgia Wareham	Alyssa Healy (c, wk) Darcie Brown Ashleigh Gardner Kim Garth Heather Graham Grace Harris Jess Jonassen Phoebe Litchfield Tahlia McGrath Beth Mooney (wk) Ellyse Perry Megan Schutt Annabel Sutherland Georgia Wareham	Laura Wolvaardt (c) Anneke Bosch Tazmin Brits Nadine de Klerk Mieke de Ridder (wk) Ayanda Hlubi Sinalo Jafta (wk) Marizanne Kapp Masabata Klaas Suné Luus Eliz-Mari Marx Nonkululeko Mlaba Chloe Tryon Delmi Tucker	Laura Wolvaardt (c) Anneke Bosch Tazmin Brits Nadine de Klerk Mieke de Ridder (wk) Ayanda Hlubi Sinalo Jafta (wk) Marizanne Kapp Ayabonga Khaka Masabata Klaas Suné Luus Eliz-Mari Marx Nonkululeko Mlaba Chloe Tryon Delmi Tucker

Tour match

24 January 2024 13:45 Scorecard

South Africa   7/149 (20 overs)	v	Governor General's XI 6/150 (19.2 overs)
Nadine de Klerk 48* (24) Courtney Sippel 2/20 (3 overs)		Sophie Molineux 59 (41) Masabata Klaas 3/16 (4 overs)

Governor General's XI won by 4 wickets North Sydney Oval, Sydney Umpires: Claire Polosak (Aus) and Eloise Sheridan (Aus) Player of the match: Sophie Molineux (GG XI)

• Governor General's XI won the toss and elected to field.

T20I series

1st T20I

27 January 2024 10:45 Scorecard

South Africa   6/147 (20 overs)	v	Australia 2/149 (19.1 overs)
Tazmin Brits 59* (54) Ellyse Perry 2/13 (3 overs)		Beth Mooney 72* (57) Nadine de Klerk 1/25 (4 overs) Marizanne Kapp 1/25 (4 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Sue Redfern (Eng) and Eloise Sheridan (Aus) Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

28 January 2024 10:45 Scorecard

Australia   6/142 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 4/144 (19 overs)
Grace Harris 31* (18) Masabata Klaas 2/16 (3 overs)		Laura Wolvaardt 58* (53) Ashleigh Gardner 2/26 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Claire Polosak (Aus) and Eloise Sheridan (Aus) Player of the match: Laura Wolvaardt (SA)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ellyse Perry (Aus) played in her 150th T20I.^[14]
• It was South Africa's first ever win against Australia in Women's International cricket.^[15]

3rd T20I

30 January 2024 19:05 (N) Scorecard

South Africa   7/162 (20 overs)	v	Australia 5/163 (19.2 overs)
Marizanne Kapp 75 (48) Tahlia McGrath 1/17 (2 overs)		Beth Mooney 82 (55) Masabata Klaas 1/13 (2 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: Sue Redfern (Eng) and Eloise Sheridan (Aus) Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Marizanne Kapp (SA) played in her 100th T20I.^[16]

ODI series

1st ODI

3 February 2024 14:10 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa   105 (31.3 overs)	v	Australia 2/106 (19 overs)
Marizanne Kapp 50* (58) Alana King 3/19 (4.3 overs)		Beth Mooney 52* (34) Nadine de Klerk 1/19 (4 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Claire Polosak (Aus) and Sue Redfern (Eng) Player of the match: Kim Garth (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Megan Schutt (Aus) played in her 200th international cricket match across formats.^[17]
• Women's Championship points: Australia 2, South Africa 0.

2nd ODI

7 February 2024 14:40 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa   6/229 (45 overs)	v	Australia 149 (29.3 overs)
Marizanne Kapp 75 (87) Ashleigh Gardner 2/31 (6 overs)		Kim Garth 42* (48) Marizanne Kapp 3/12 (5 overs)

South Africa won by 84 runs (DLS method) North Sydney Oval, Sydney Umpires: Claire Polosak (Aus) and Eloise Sheridan (Aus) Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (SA)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Australia were set a revised target of 234 runs in 45 overs due to rain.
• Ayanda Hlubi (SA) made her ODI debut.
• Ashleigh Gardner and Kim Garth (Aus) recorded highest ninth wicket partnership in WODIs (77).^[18]
• It was South Africa's first ever win against Australia in WODIs.^[19]
• Women's Championship points: South Africa 2, Australia 0.

3rd ODI

10 February 2024 14:40 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia	v	South Africa

North Sydney Oval, Sydney Umpires: Sue Redfern (Eng) and Eloise Sheridan (Aus)

Only Test

15–18 February 2024 Scorecard

Australia	v	South Africa

WACA Ground, Perth

References

1. "Blockbuster schedule announced as Australia host Pakistan in new WTC cycle". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
2. "Australia men set to host Pakistan and West Indies in packed home summer". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
3. "Women's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
4. "Proteas hoping for World Cup revenge in 'historic' tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
5. "Schedule revealed for 2023-24 Aussie summer of cricket". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
6. "Australia eye Bangladesh tour for pre-World Cup intel". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
7. "Proteas out to make history with first win over Aussies". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
8. "'Hopefully the voodoo is broken': Wolvaardt helps South Africa stun Australia for maiden win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
9. "Proteas women make history with first ever win over Australia". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
10. "Settled Australians set sights on South Africa". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
11. "King remains sidelined from Australia's T20I plans". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
12. "CSA unveil Proteas women squad for first-ever Test against Australia". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
13. "Tryon returns to SA white-ball squads for tour of Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
14. "South Africa stun Australia to claim their first ever win over the world champions". News.com.au. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
15. "South Africa level series with stunning first-ever win over listless Australia". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
16. "Mooney overcomes illness to steer Australia to T20I series victory". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
17. "'It's a stupid game but I just love it' - Schutt gets ready for 200th international outing". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
18. "All-round Kapp leads Proteas to historic ODI win over Aussies". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
19. "Kapp's stunning all-round display secures South Africa another famous win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo