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Toss Winner - South Africa Women won the toss and choose to bat first
South Africa Women beat Ireland Women by 105 runs
South Africa and Ireland begin their three-match WT20I series on Friday!
We are backing South Africa Women to win!
| Tournament: | Ireland Women tour of South Africa 2025 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
| Weather: | 24.2°C|Sunny |
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This looks like being a fascinating opening game of the three-match series with South Africa Women coming into the game with poor WT20I form whereas Ireland Women are on an excellent run!
It was 2022 when the teams last met, and that head to head was the first in six years. Ireland Women made it two wins in a row by emerging from the opening game with a 10-run victory but South Africa Women then showed their class with back to back eight wicket wins in early June of that year in Ireland.
Newlands in Cape Town is a brilliant setting to kick this series off and a large crowd are expected.
Ireland Women will be the underdogs but they will be excited to go head to head against their hosts.
RSAW
148/4 in 18.3 8
147/6 in 20.0 7.35
116/4 in 19.2 6
113/6 in 20.0 5.65
133/6 in 20.0 6.65
WI-W vs SA-W
South Africa Women beat West Indies Women by 50 runs183/6 in 20.0 9.15
124/10 in 20.0 6.2
ENG-W vs SA-W 2024
England beat South Africa by 9 wickets128/1 in 11.3 11.13
168/6 in 20.0 8.4
ENG-W vs SA-W 2024
England beat South Africa by 36 runs204/4 in 20.0 10.2
IREW
155/4 in 20.0 7.75
PAK-W vs IRE-W 2025
Pakistan Women beat Ireland Women by 8 wickets156/2 in 17.4 8.83
171/6 in 20.0 8.55
PAK-W vs IRE-W 2025
Ireland Women beat Pakistan Women by 4 wickets168/6 in 20.0 8.4
142/10 in 19.4 7.22
PAK-W vs IRE-W 2025
Ireland Women beat Pakistan Women by 11 runs131/9 in 20.0 6.55
180/4 in 20.0 9
IRE-W vs ZIM-W 2025
Ireland Women beat Zimbabwe Women by 51 runs129/7 in 20.0 6.45
176/4 in 20.0 8.8
IRE-W vs ZIM-W 2025
Ireland Women beat Zimbabwe Women by 65 runs111/10 in 20.0 5.55
South Africa Women are considered one of the top four teams in women's international cricket at the moment which is why there was such shock when they lost their last bilateral T20I series, going down 2-1 against West Indies Women.
The Proteas won the opening match, getting over the line by a 50-run margin, and all roads pointed towards a series whitewash, but they then fell to successive six wicket defeats - showing frailties with both bat and ball.
Captain Laura Wolvaardt remains their most consistent batter and she needs to block out the noise of the team's poor results in this format and go and deliver the runs.
With the ball, expect the experienced Marizanne Kapp and Sune Luus to do the most damage.
Tazmin Brits, Sune Luus, Laura Wolvaardt (c), Miane Smit, Marizanne Kapp, Karabo Meso (wk), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka, Tumi Sekhukhune
Chloe Tryon, Masabata Klaas, Nondumiso Shangase, Dane van Niekerk, Sune Luus, Sinalo Jafta, Faye Tunnicliffe, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Laura Wolvaardt, Nadine de Klerk, Marizanne Kapp
Ireland Women come into this game on a long winning streak in WT20I cricket, but there should be a note of caution which accompanies that phrase as their victories all came in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Division 1 Qualifiers back in August.
The truth is that none of the teams who Ireland Women went head to head with are anywhere like the level of South Africa Women so the tourists must take the confidence from their run but also be ready for a much sterner challenge.
Batting wise, Amy Hunter at the top of the order and Laura Delany at number three are likely to be the key run-getters.
With the ball, expect Freya Sargent and Alana Dalzell to be the most threatening to the host batters.
Amy Hunter (wk), Ava Canning, Laura Delany, Rebecca Stokell, Leah Paul, Christina Coulter Reilly, Arlene Kelly (c), Jane Maguire, Lara McBride, Freya Sargent, Alana Dalzell
Gaby Lewis, Ava Canning, Christina Coulter Reilly, Laura Delany, Amy Hunter, Louise Little, Aimee Maguire, Jane Maguire, Lara McBride, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast
This time of year is always beautiful in Cape Town and we can expect more of just that in this game. The temperature will be up at 23 degrees with some cloud cover.
Newlands offers good pace, bounce and carry so most batters enjoy the conditions. Bowlers will have to work hard for their wickets and we predict a par total of around 170.
At the start of this series, both teams will want to begin with getting a strong total on the board so our prediction is the toss will result with the captains choosing to bat first.
This is one of the strongest Ireland Women sides we have ever seen and they are in excellent form but this is likely to be a very tough opener. Our prediction is for a competitive fixture but for South Africa Women to some out on top.
We are backing South Africa Women to win!
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