South Africa women's cricket team in Pakistan in 2023

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South Africa women's cricket team in Pakistan in 2023
  Flag of Pakistan.svg Flag of South Africa.svg
  Pakistan South Africa
Dates 1 – 14 September 2023
Captains Nida Dar Laura Wolvaardt
One Day International series
Results South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Aliya Riaz (121) Marizanne Kapp (150)
Most wickets Sadia Iqbal (4)
Nashra Sandhu (4)
Nadine de Klerk (8)
Player of the series Nadine de Klerk (SA)
Twenty20 International series
Results Pakistan won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Sidra Ameen (133) Laura Wolvaardt (157)
Most wickets Nashra Sandhu (4)
Sadia Iqbal (4)
Nonkululeko Mlaba (3)
Player of the series Laura Wolvaardt (SA)

The South Africa women's cricket team toured Pakistan in September 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] [2] The ODI series formed part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship. [3] [4] In June 2023, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the schedule of the tour. [5] [6] It was the South African women's team's first tour of Pakistan. [7] [8]

Contents

Pakistan won the T20I series 3–0. [9] It was Pakistan's first ever whitewash of South Africa in the format. [10] South Africa won the ODI series 2–1. [11]

Squads

Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
ODIs [12] T20Is [13] ODIs and T20Is [14]

Pakistan named Anoosha Nasir, Omaima Sohail and Waheeda Akhtar as reserves for the T20Is, [15] while Najiha Alvi, Natalia Pervaiz and Tuba Hassan were named as reserves for the ODIs. [16]

Initially, South Africa did not name any captain. [17] However, on 24 August 2023, Laura Wolvaardt was appointed to lead the side for the tour. [18]

T20I series

1st T20I

1 September 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
150/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
151/5 (20 overs)
Tazmin Brits 78 (64)
Nashra Sandhu 1/20 (4 overs)
Bismah Maroof 37 (30)
Marizanne Kapp 1/24 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Tazmin Brits (SA)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shawaal Zulfiqar (Pak) made her T20I debut.
  • This was Pakistan's highest successful run chase in T20Is. [19]

2nd T20I

3 September 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
150/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
156/3 (19.1 overs)
Tazmin Brits 46 (48)
Sadia Iqbal 1/22 (4 overs)
Sidra Ameen 61 (44)
Nonkululeko Mlaba 2/20 (3 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Tariq Rasheed (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Sidra Ameen (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Umm-e-Hani (Pak) made her T20I debut.

3rd T20I

4 September 2023
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
150/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
144/5 (20 overs)
Bismah Maroof 39 (34)
Tumi Sekhukhune 2/24 (4 overs)
Laura Wolvaardt 72 (54)
Nashra Sandhu 2/16 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 6 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
Player of the match: Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mieke de Ridder (SA) made her T20I debut.

ODI series

1st ODI

8 September 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
292/4 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
165 (36.5 overs)
Suné Luus 107* (129)
Nashra Sandhu 2/50 (10 overs)
Aliya Riaz 49* (58)
Nadine de Klerk 3/23 (6 overs)
South Africa won by 127 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (SA)

2nd ODI

11 September 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
168 (44.2 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
169/4 (34 overs)
Fatima Sana 69 (87)
Nadine de Klerk 4/32 (8 overs)
Tazmin Brits 45 (54)
Sadia Iqbal 2/32 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 6 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Tariq Rasheed (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Nadine de Klerk (SA)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Women's Championship points: South Africa 2, Pakistan 0.

3rd ODI

14 September 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg
185 (48.1 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
186/2 (38 overs)
Nadine de Klerk 60 (95)
Sadia Iqbal 2/26 (10 overs)
Sidra Ameen 68 (82)
Ayabonga Khaka 1/27 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
Player of the match: Sidra Ameen (Pak)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Waheeda Akhtar (Pak) made her ODI debut.
  • Women's Championship points: Pakistan 2, South Africa 0.

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