Women's T20 World Cup 2024: 2023 Runners-Up Start Their Campaign With Drubbing Of West Indies

South Africa Women Beat West Indies Women: All-round masterclass from Laura Woolvardt's side toppled-off the Caribbean Women in Match 3 of Women's T20 World Cup 2024. Read below.

South Africa Women restricted West Indies to 118, before chasing the total with 10 wickets in hand and 13 balls remaining

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South Africa Women Beat West Indies Women: South Africa Women have started their Women's T20 World Cup 2024 campaign with a thumping 10-wicket win over West Indies Women. The last edition's runners-up were sheer class in Match 3, as West Indies Women looked completely out-of-sorts in every department, and today's win will act as a major boost for Laura Woolvardt's side, who will now face England Women on Monday.

Ladies and gentlemen, THE PROTEA WOMEN come out guns blazing to win their first #T20WorldCup match against the West Indies by 10 wickets! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Laura Wolvaardt 59 (55)*
Tamzin Brits 57 (52)*#AlwaysRising #WozaNawe #BePartOfIt #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/b7h1gqCQlI

— Proteas Women (@ProteasWomenCSA) October 4, 2024

South Africa Women Vs West Indies Women, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 HIGHLIGHTS

Laura Woolvardt won the coin toss and took a bold call to bowl first under extremely hot conditions at the Dubai International Stadium. The bowling attack of Proteas Women did not let their skipper down as they got rid of the dangeroud Hayley Kristen Matthews in the 3rd over, and the West Indies Women skipper departed for an individual score of 10.

Stefanie Taylor anchored the innings till the end but found no real support from the other end, as wickets kept falling down at regular intervals. A returning Dendra Dottin started off her innings with a scintillating boundary but found no-real going further ahead as her quick and short knock came to an end at 13.

Nonkululeko Mlaba was the star bowler for Proteas Women, as he recorded the figures of 4/29 in her 4 overs, and came agonisingly close of registering the first five-wicket haul of the tournament but could not do so.

An unbeaten 44 off 41 from Stefanie Taylor was the only bright knock for West Indies Women, as they were restricted to 118/6 in ther 20 overs.

In reply, skipper Laura Woolvardt and Tazmin Brits left no crumbs behind in ther smashing of West Indies Women by registering their respective half-centuries and in the process, a 10-wicket win, as the pair registered an unbeaten stand of 119.