South Africa Women vs Pakistan Women Match Prediction, ICC WT20 World Cup
South Africa will look to make it three wins from three in Group B when they face Pakistan as they World Cup action moves to the Sydney Showground Stadium. The match takes place on March 1 and is scheduled to start at 15:00 local time.
South Africa started with a surprise six-wicket win against England as Ayabonga Khaka took three wickets and Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp shared a key stand to lead the chase of 124 to win. Lizelle Lee’s 60-ball 101 then helped them to 195/3 and a 113-run win against Thailand last time out.
Pakistan, meanwhile, started with a surprise win against West Indies – restricting them to 124/7 before claiming an eight-wicket victory with ten balls to spare. Last time out, however, they could not capitalise on some good moments against England as they were bowled out for 116 in reply to 159.
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Toss Prediction
South Africa won the toss in both matches so far, so Pakistan are due this one and elected to field first last time they won a toss.
Weather Report
Sydney will be windy and humid but otherwise rain-free and warm on Sunday.
Pitch Condition
Judging by the Big Bash League, the Sydney Showground Stadium can offer a bit of everything.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for South Africa vs Pakistan (ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020).
SA Women Team News & Playing 11
SAW Team News
Marizanne Kapp was out through illness last time out, but Dane van Niekerk admitted it was more of a precaution and the South Africa captain will expect to have her wife back alongside her this time out.
SAW Key Players
Dane van Niekerk: Pushed up the order and it paid off when she hit 46 in the opening game and she has three wickets to her name too.
Marizanne Kapp: Took 2-19 and hit 38 in the opening game against England, having been in good form with bat and ball in the warm-up matches too.
Lizelle Lee: Hit 101 from 60 balls last time out – her first WT20i century – to get back to her best batting form.
SAW Team Form
South Africa have started with two wins from two so far – stunning England in their opening game when they restricted them to 123/8 and chased it down thanks to Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp’s partnership to seal a six-wicket win.
They backed it up with a dominant win against Thailand, as expected, when Lizelle Lee smashed 101 from 60 balls in a total of 195/3 and they bowled the World Cup debutants out for 82 in reply.
SA Women Predicted Playing 11
Lizelle Lee, Dane van Niekerk (c), Marizanne Kapp, Laura Wolvaardt, Mignon du Preez, Chloe Tryon, Sune Luus, Trisha Chetty (wk), Shabnim Ismail, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka
PAK Women Team News & Playing 11
PAKW Team News
Sadia Iqbal replaced Anam Amin last time out in the only change from the win against West Indies, but Pakistan could return to their original starting XI.
PAKW Key Players
Javeria Khan: Scored 35 in the opening game and hit four fours at the top of the order last time out. She has been in good batting form in T20 cricket.
Nida Dar: Two more wickets in the defeat to England means she now has 96 wickets in WT20i cricket and she is a useful batsman at number four.
Bismah Maroof: The Pakistan captain is a key all-rounder and started the tournament in good form with two tidy overs and an unbeaten 38.
PAKW Team Form
Pakistan started the tournament with a surprise win against West Indies, restricting them to 124/7 before sealing an eight-wicket win.
They were beaten heavily by England last time out, however – some useful bowling, including Aiman Anwer’s 3-30 from four overs, restricted them to 158/7 but Pakistan were bowled out for 116.
PAK Women Predicted Playing 11
Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali, Bismah Maroof (c), Nida Dar, Iram Javed, Umaima Sohail, Aliya Riaz, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Diana Baig, Aiman Anwer, Anam Amin
SA Women vs PAK Women Head to Head
South Africa have won eight of their 14 previous matches against Pakistan, including their 3-2 series win when they last met in WT20i cricket. Lizelle Lee hit 75* and Nadine de Klerk 37* as South Africa made light work of chasing 126 to win the decider in that series by nine wickets with 4.5 overs remaining.
SAW vs PAKW Head to Head Stats
Matches Played |
SAW Won |
PAKW Won |
Tie |
No Result |
14 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
SA Women vs PAK Women Betting Odds
South Africa are 1.10 favourites to beat Pakistan with Bet365, while Pakistan are 7.00 outsiders with Bet365.
Javeria Khan is 3.00 favourite with Bet365 to be Pakistan’s top team batsman, while Bismah Maroof is 4.00 and Muneeba Ali is 4.50. Anam Amin is 3.25 favourite to be Pakistan’s top team bowler with Bet365, while Nida Dar is 3.50 and Diana Baig is a very generous 6.00.
For South Africa, in-form Lizelle Lee is 3.50 with Bet365 to be their top team batsman as is Dane van Niekerk. Sune Luus and Marizanne Kapp are both 4.50. Shabnim Ismail is 3.50 favourite with Bet365 to be South Africa’s top team bowler. Kapp is 4.00, while Van Niekerk and Ayabonga Khaka are both 5.00.
🏆 SA Women vs PAK Women Prediction
South Africa have started this tournament in excellent form, and they are big favourites to continue that against Pakistan.
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