2022–23 South Africa women's Tri-Nation Series

The 2022–23 South Africa women's Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in South Africa in January and February 2023 as a preparatory series before the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[1][2][3] It was a tri-nation series between India women, South Africa women and the West Indies women cricket teams, with the matches played as Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) fixtures.[4] In December 2022, Cricket South Africa confirmed the fixtures for the series, with all the matches to be played at Buffalo Park in East London.[5]

2022–23 South Africa women's Tri-Nation Series
Date19 January–2 February 2023
LocationSouth Africa
Result South Africa won the series
Player of the seriesIndia Deepti Sharma
Teams
 India  South Africa  West Indies
Captains
Harmanpreet Kaur[n 1] Suné Luus Hayley Matthews
Most runs
Harmanpreet Kaur (109) Chloe Tryon (86) Hayley Matthews (125)
Most wickets
Deepti Sharma (9) Nonkululeko Mlaba (6) Shamilia Connell (3)

The West Indies were eliminated after a 10-wicket defeat to South Africa in their third game of the round-robin stage.[6] Chloe Tryon's unbeaten fifty in the final helped the hosts to claim a 5-wicket victory over India.[7]

Squads

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  India[8]   South Africa[9]   West Indies[10]

Before the tournament, Cherry-Ann Fraser was ruled out due to injury and was replaced in the squad by Shanika Bruce.[11] The West Indies added Trishan Holder, Zaida James, Djenaba Joseph and Jannillea Glasgow to the squad as injury replacements for their final game of the tournament.[12] All four players had competed in the recently concluded 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa.[13]

Round-robin

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Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   India 4 3 0 1 7 2.181
2   South Africa 4 2 1 1 5 1.006
3   West Indies 4 0 4 0 0 −2.435
Source: ESPNcricinfo[14]

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Fixtures

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Match 1
19 January 2023
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India  
147/6 (20 overs)
v
  South Africa
120/9 (20 overs)
Amanjot Kaur 41* (30)
Nonkululeko Mlaba 2/15 (3 overs)
Suné Luus 29 (30)
Deepti Sharma 3/30 (4 overs)
India won by 27 runs
Buffalo Park, East London
Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Thomas Mokorosi (SA)
Player of the match: Amanjot Kaur (Ind)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Amanjot Kaur (Ind) made her WT20I debut.

Match 2
21 January 2023
15:00
Scorecard
South Africa  
141/5 (20 overs)
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  West Indies
97/8 (20 overs)
Marizanne Kapp 52 (43)
Shamilia Connell 2/17 (3 overs)
Hayley Matthews 23 (35)
Masabata Klaas 4/21 (4 overs)
South Africa won by 44 runs
Buffalo Park, East London
Umpires: Ryan Hendricks (SA) and Phillip Vosloo (SA)
Player of the match: Masabata Klaas (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 3
23 January 2023
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India  
167/2 (20 overs)
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  West Indies
111/4 (20 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 74* (51)
Karishma Ramharack 1/12 (4 overs)
Shemaine Campbelle 47 (57)
Deepti Sharma 2/29 (4 overs)
India won by 56 runs
Buffalo Park, East London
Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Phillip Vosloo (SA)
Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 4
25 January 2023
15:00
Scorecard
West Indies  
97/6 (20 overs)
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  South Africa
98/0 (13.4 overs)
Hayley Matthews 34 (26)
Tumi Sekhukhune 2/24 (4 overs)
Tazmin Brits 50* (43)
South Africa won by 10 wickets
Buffalo Park, East London
Umpires: Ryan Hendricks (SA) and Thomas Mokorosi (SA)
Player of the match: Tazmin Brits (SA)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Annerie Dercksen (SA) made her WT20I debut.

Match 5
28 January 2023
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India  
4/0 (2 overs)
v
No result
Buffalo Park, East London
Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Ryan Hendricks (SA)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

Match 6
30 January 2023
15:00
Scorecard
West Indies  
94/6 (20 overs)
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  India
95/2 (13.5 overs)
Hayley Matthews 34 (34)
Deepti Sharma 3/11 (4 overs)
Jemimah Rodrigues 42* (39)
Hayley Matthews 1/7 (2 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Buffalo Park, East London
Umpires: Thomas Mokorosi (SA) and Phillip Vosloo (SA)
Player of the match: Deepti Sharma (Ind)

Final

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2 February 2023
15:00
Scorecard
India  
109/4 (20 overs)
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  South Africa
113/5 (18 overs)
Harleen Deol 46 (56)
Nonkululeko Mlaba 2/16 (4 overs)
Chloe Tryon 57* (32)
Sneh Rana 2/21 (4 overs)
South Africa won by 5 wickets
Buffalo Park, East London
Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Thomas Mokorosi (SA)
Player of the match: Chloe Tryon (SA)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

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  1. ^ Smriti Mandhana captained India in the first match of the tournament.

References

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  1. ^ "South Africa to host India and West Indies in build-up to 2023 women's T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. ^ "South Africa to host West Indies, India in tri-series before Women's T20 World Cup". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Women's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  4. ^ "T20I Tri-Series in South Africa - Women". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Momentum Proteas to face India and West Indies in T20I Tri-Series in East London". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Brits and Mlaba knock out West Indies as South Africa coast to 10-wicket win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Tryon fifty seals tri-series title for South Africa". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  8. ^ "India squad for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 & tri-series in South Africa announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Dane van Niekerk left out of SA tri-series against India and West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  10. ^ "West Indies Women name 16-member squad for Tri-Series against South Africa and India". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Shanika Bruce replaces Cherry Ann Fraser for women's T20I Tri-Series in South Africa". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  12. ^ "West Indies Women call up under 19 rising stars as injury cover for final tri-series match". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  13. ^ "West Indies Women call up Under 19 Rising Stars as injury cover for final Tri-Series match". Cricket World. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  14. ^ "South Africa Women's T20I Series 2022/23 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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