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. Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    Sarah Glenn's average speed of 74 kph in 2024 is her slowest in a calendar year and down on her average speed of 78 kph when she made her debut. Her lack of speed makes it very difficult for opposing batters to attack her on these types of wickets.

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

    It was a bit fuller, a bit slower, a lovely ball.

    Sarah Glenn deserved that.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Bosch b Glenn 18 (SA 71-2)

    But Glenn strikes back!

    Anneke Bosch tries the conventional sweep this time, but is nowhere near it and the ball skids through to the stumps.

    I don't think that's the worst outcome in the world for South Africa, though. Superstar Marizanne Kapp comes to the middle.

    Bosch bowled by Glenn for 18

  4. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    A much needed boundary for South Africa, the first in 45 balls.

  5. SA 71-1

    Right on cue, Anneke Bosch reverse-sweeps Sarah Glenn for four.

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

    What I'm liking about this now is that the batters are looking tired, they've not done as much running since the powerplay.

  7. SA 67-1

    England's spinners keep working their magic, as the boundaries have really dried up.

    At the moment, Anneke Bosch is giving Heather Knight a huge helping hand with her 14 from 24 balls.

  8. SA 63-1

    Laura Wolvaardt's fitness is being tested here but crucially for South Africa, she is one of the fittest around. I'm told she runs the 2km time-trial, which is a pretty standard test used by cricketers, in around six and a half minutes.

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    Can't hope to win if you keep dropping catches. At least some of the four misses should have been taken.

    Tony in Putney

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

    Sarah Glenn has got the ball on string here.

  11. SA 60-1

    Another metronomic over from Sarah Glenn.

    Anneke Bosch sweeps well but the field is set perfectly, with Linsey Smith cutting it off for just a single.

    Three overs for just 10 runs now for Glenn.

  12. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    England are applying a lot of pressure here, but South Africa are holding on.

  13. SA 57-1

    A good squeeze from England since drinks.

    Anneke Bosch is back on strike. She needs to hit out, or get out. Marizanne Kapp must be getting twitchy on the bench.

  14. SA 56-1

    Anneke Bosch needs to get a wriggle on - with seven from 18 balls, she is piling the pressure on Wolvaardt who needs to bat through the innings.

    She goes for the slog sweep to Ecclestone's first ball and is trapped on the pads, but England opt against the review as it's a little high.

  15. Why so many drops at this World Cup?

    Brits survives after Knight drops a difficult early chance

    England have dropped four catches so far in this match - but they are far from the only ones who have struggled to hold them during the Women's T20 World Cup.

    Catches are being dropped at a surprising rate.

    Before this match there have been 62 catches and 35 drops, a catching success of just 63.9%.

    Of course, some of those chances will have been more difficult than others, but the percentage is considerably lower than normal.

    At the same stage of the 2023 World Cup in South Africa there were 50 catches and 11 drops, with a success rate of 82%, and after eight matches in the previous edition, in Australia in 2020, there were 48 catches and six drops at a success rate of 89%.

    Go back to the 2018 competition in the West Indies and catches were being taken 85% of the time.

    BBC Sport has investigated what's different at this World Cup...

  16. SA 54-1

    Brilliant from Sarah Glenn, just three runs from the 10th over as Anneke Bosch is struggling to get going. She either needs to get a move on, or get out - South Africa cannot afford to leave the likes of Marizanne Kapp and Chloe Tryon in the dugout for too long.

    It hasn't got away from England yet but they'll be very frustrated with the fielding so far. A few fumbles, and four drops which is frustrating considering that they've bowled pretty well.

  17. Here is the one that Dani Gibson held on to, though, for England's first wicket.

    Smith removes Brits for 13

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

    That's so disappointing, the pressure was created by Glenn the previous over, Dean's continued to put it on, Ecclestone takes that nine times out of 10, a big mistake form England there.

  19. dropped catch

    Bosch dropped on 4

    SA 51-1

    Dropped catch number four.

    This is sloppy from England. Heather Knight's at slip and Amy Jones' behind the stumps were very tough, ones that either stick-or-miss.

    But this should be taken, as Anneke Bosch drives firmly to Sophie Ecclestone at mid-off but it's spilled as she moves to her right. Again, it's not a sitter, but a player of Ecclestone's quality should take that when she gets two hands to it.

  20. How's stat?!

    South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt plays the cut shotGetty Images

    South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt has scored 40 plus runs in three of her last five T20 innings against England.