South Africa surged to their fourth win in four outings, beating Ireland by seven wickets for the perfect start to their ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 Super Six stage fixtures at the Borneo Cricket Ground in Kuching, Sarawak in Malaysia, on Saturday, 25 January, 2025.
Having come through the group stage with three wins from three, South Africa and Ireland had to wait for the rain to clear before being able to play a 10-over-a-side match, and the South Africans wasted no time.
South Africa Beat the Rain to See Off Ireland
Ireland won the toss and chose to bat, but soon found themselves in trouble. Freya Sargent looked good on her way to nine, but was pinned in front by Fay Cowling.
Kayla Reyneke (3/2) then made inroads including two wickets in three balls to leave Ireland in trouble at 10 for three.


Monalisa Legodi’s introduction proved a masterstroke as she wreaked havoc with her in-swingers, finishing with figures of four for four. Abbi Harrison and Julie McNally were both bowled by Legodi, who picked up three wickets in one over with Ireland in all sorts of trouble at 26 for seven.
They were eventually bowled out for 35 with two balls left of their 10 overs.
South Africa’s reply did not start brilliantly, Jemma Botha trapped LBW by Jennifer Jackson for four. Jackson then bowled Diara Ramlakan with another in-swinger, as SA U19 found themselves six for two after one over.
Any nerves were eased by skipper Reyneke, who scored an unbeaten 16, adding 28 with Simone Lourens (14) before the latter skied one with just two left to win.
Reyneke finished the job with the first ball of the seventh over to seal another win for South Africa, who matched Australia in making it four from four.
The African champions bowled well to set up a straightforward chase, with four wickets for Player of the Match Monalisa Legodi and three for captain Kayla Reyneke, ending the Irish innings for just 35 runs, in the 10th over.


The SA U19 top order needed six overs and one ball to knock off those runs, Reyneke with a captain’s knock to steer them home after a couple of early wickets.
The win places the South Africans within eyesight of the tournament semifinals, with just a solitary final fixture against the USA on Tuesday, 28 January, before the semi-finals on Friday 31 January, and the tournament final in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 2 February.
Australia Continue Perfect Start to the Tournament
Australia made the perfect start after putting the West Indies into bat, with three quick wickets to reduce them to seven for three.
Asabi Callender was bowled by Eleanor Larosa (2/6) for one, before Naijanni Cumberbatch was brilliantly stumped by Grace Lyons off the bowling of Hasrat Gill for a duck.
Larosa added Jahzara Claxton with Australia all over the West Indians. Skipper Samara Ramnath tried to fight back, making 14 before falling to Juliette Morton, with Tegan Williamson then taking two wickets in as many balls to leave the West Indies 31 for six.
Brianna Harricharan provided some resistance with a score of 17, but the wickets kept falling at the other end. Caoimhe Bray got two of them, including Harricharan to finish with figures of two for nine as the Windies were bowled out for 53.
The chase was comfortable for Australia despite losing Ines McKeon from the second ball, bowled by Selena Ross.


Rain caused a temporary delay, but when they returned, Kate Pelle (11) and Lucy Hamilton (28) put on 38 to take Australia close. Both were dismissed, but Bray and Ella Briscoe saw out the seven-wicket win.
New Zealand Stay Alive Thanks to Stellar Bowling
In the first game in Kuala Lumpur, New Zealand fought back to see off the USA by 18 runs after a thrilling encounter.
The Kiwis looked in a lot of trouble after being bowled out for 97 with Ritu Singh taking five wickets after breaking a promising opening stand of 32.
The chase looked in a good shape but after Disha Dhingra fell for 30, New Zealand’s slow bowlers were able to stifle the scoring and bowl out the USA for 79.
In the other early game in Sarawak, rain meant that there was no play possible between England and Nigeria, with both teams taking a point from the game.
Super Sixes Round Results at the ICC U19 Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia on Saturday, 25 January 2025
New Zealand v USA – UKM YSD Oval, Kuala Lumpur
New Zealand 97 all out in 19.5 overs (Hannah Francis 25, Rishka Jaswal 17; Ritu Singh 5/15, Maahi Madhavan 1/1)
USA 79 all out in 17 overs (Disha Dhingra 30, Aditi Chadusama 15; Rishka Jaswal 2/14, Kate Irwin 2/15)
Result – New Zealand won by 18 runs
England v Nigeria – Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak
Result: Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Australia v West Indies – UKM YSD Oval, Kuala Lumpur
West Indies 53 all out in 16.3 overs (Brianna Harricharan 17, Samara Ramnath 14; Eleanor Larosa 2/6, Caoimhe Bray 2/9, Tegan Williamson 2/10)
Australia 57 for 3 in 10.5 overs (Lucy Hamilton 28, Caoimhe Bray 11 not out; Erin Deane 1/5, Naijanni Cumberbatch 1/14)
Result – Australia won by seven wickets
Ireland v South Africa – Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak
Ireland 35 all out in 9.4 overs (Freya Sargent 9, Julie McNally 8; Monalisa Legodi 4/4, Kayle Reyneke 3/2)
South Africa 36 for three in 6.1 overs (Kayla Reyneke 16 not out, Simone Lourens 14; Jennifer Jackson 2/6, Lara McBride 1/6)
Result – South Africa won by seven wickets
SA U19 Women Fixtures and Results for the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 (All times CAT)
Sat 18 Jan: South Africa beat New Zealand by 22 runs (Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak)
Mon 20 Jan: South Africa beat Samoa by 10 wickets (Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak)
Wed 22 Jan: South Africa beat Nigeria by 41 runs (DLS) (Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak)
Super Six Stage* (Top 2 of Each Group Qualify for Semi-Finals)
Saturday, 25 January
New Zealand beat USA by 18 runs (YSD UKM Oval, Kuala Lumpur) (Group 2)
England v Nigeria – Match abandoned (Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak) (Group 2)
South Africa beat Ireland by 7 wickets (Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak) (Group 2)
Australia beat West Indies by 7 wickets (YSD UKM Oval) (Group 1)
Sunday, 26 January
Sri Lanka v Scotland (Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur) (Group 1) (10:30 CAT)
India v Bangladesh (Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur) (Group 1) (14:30 CAT)
Monday 27 January
England v New Zealand (Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak) (Group 2) (10:30 CAT)
Tuesday 28 January
South Africa v USA (Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak) (Group 2) (10:30 CAT)
Bangladesh v West Indies (Bayuemas Oval) (Group 1) (10:30 CAT)
India v Scotland, both in (Group 1) (14:30 CAT)
Wednesday 29 January
Nigeria v Ireland (YSD UKM Oval) (Group 2) (10:30 CAT)
Australia v Sri Lanka (YSD UKM Oval) (Group 1) (14:30 CAT)
Fri 31 January
1st Semi-final (Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur) (10:30 CAT)
2nd Semi-final (Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur) (14:30 CAT)
Sunday, 2 February
Final (Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur) (14:30 CAT)
Original Copy: The ICC, with editing by gsport
Main Photo Caption: Mieke van Voorst celebrates with Monalisa Legodi after taking a catch to dismiss Ireland’s Lara McBride. SA surged to their fourth win in four outings, beating Ireland by seven wickets for the perfect start to their ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 Super Six stage fixtures at the Borneo Cricket Ground in Kuching, Sarawak in Malaysia, on Saturday, 25 January, 2025. All Photos: Matthew Lewis-ICC/ICC via Getty Images
Photo 2 Caption: Monalisa Legodi struck with four wickets for four runs in two overs, Ireland captain Niamh MacNulty among three wickets in her second over for South Africa.
Photo 3 Caption: SA opening bat Simoné Lourens played her familiar positive game to start the South African reply, her effort key in making short shrift of the asking total.
Photo 4 Caption: Third bat Diara Ramlakan looked good initially but was undone, bowled by a big in-swinger by Ireland’s Jennifer Jackson without getting off the mark.
Photo 5 Caption: The plucky SA U19 keeper Karabo Meso had a quiet day in the runs and wickets column, but the pressure of her presence behind the wickets is indispensable.