Summary

  • Group B, Sharjah

  • England chase 125 to win by seven wickets with four balls to spare

  • Sciver-Brunt hits unbeaten 48 and Wyatt-Hodge makes fine 43

  • SA 124-6 (20.0 overs): Wolvaardt 42 (39); Ecclestone 2-15

  • Scroll back through live text to watch highlights

Live Reporting

by Timothy Abraham & Ffion Wynne

  1. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    After 8.4 overs South Africa were 50-1, England are also 50-1.

  2. Eng 50-1

    Nadine de Klerk into the attack for South Africa.

    Danni Wyatt-Hodge is buzzing about the crease like a cat on a hot tin roof.

    The England opener smashes De Klerk over cover for a brutal four.

  3. Eng 40-1

    England, perhaps, guilty of not running hard enough as they miss out on a couple of twos in Chloe Tryon's second over.

    Seven runs off that over.

  4. Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    Marizanne Kapp found plenty of movement earlier with the new ball but her accuracy is what makes her so tricky to face - 62% of her deliveries were on a good length, England's batters didn't know whether to play her off the front or back foot.

  5. Eng 37-1

    Alice Capsey looks like she could be key for England here.

    Having swept Chloe Tryon in the previous over, Capsey skips down the pitch and biffs her over the head of mid-off for four.

    How crucial will the drop off Marizanne Kapp prove for South Africa?

  6. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo writer on BBC Sounds

    I think South Africa would have been more comfortable with a score of 140.

  7. Eng 33-1

    England are just lagging behind on the worm at the moment after a tight start by the South Africa attack.

    A worm graph showing England are slightly behind South Africa after seven oversCricViz

  8. Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Sounds

    I think this innings will test the fitness of our girls.

  9. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Clever batting from Alice Casey with the ramp shots.

  10. Eng 30-1

    Left-arm spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba, who bagged four in South Africa's opener against Bangladesh, into the attack.

    Alice Capsey ramps Mlaba's first two deliveries - picking up two from the first but settling from a bye after failing to connect with the second.

  11. How's stat?!

    England opener Danni Wyatt-Hodge has scored 40 plus runs in three of her last six T20 international innings, including a knock of 41 runs from 40 balls against Bangladesh in England’s opening game of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024.

  12. Eng 28-1

    A much more profitable over for England as Alice Capsey brings out the sweep to Chloe Tryon.

    Twice Capsey reaches outside of off stump and powerfully whips the ball square and to the boundary.

  13. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    South Africa are on top here, England can't seem to get going.

  14. Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Sounds

    The best bit about that was Marizanne Kapp celebrating far too early.

  15. dropped catch

    Capsey dropped on zero

    Marizanne Kapp is absolutely fuming.

    Alice Capsey drives the South Africa all-rounder on the up but Anneke Bosch dives forward and ends up spilling the catch.

    A wicket maiden for Kapp.

  16. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    It was all a bit claggy from Maia Bouchier, she never really got going.

  17. Eng 16-1

    A bit of a scratchy innings from Maia Bouchier, if the truth be told.

    Alice Capsey is the new batter.

  18. Katherine Sciver-Brunt
    Ex-England bowler on BBC Sounds

    That is a very generous call, there's no way I'd every get that call.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Bouchier lbw b Kapp 8 (Eng 16-1)

    That looked a decent decision to review by Maia Bouchier - it looked high and potentially slipping down leg - but the technology backs up the umpire's decision.

  20. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    They're going upstairs, instinctively I'm not sure.