Cricket South Africa Women’s Professional Domestic T20 Challenge League made a landmark stride when the Fidelity Titans Women hosted the Recon Tactical Free State Women’s team in a live broadcast of their match, at SuperSport Park, Centurion on Friday 8 March 2024.
The televised match put on national display the immense talent and competitiveness within the women’s domestics cricket structure in South Africa, with both teams entertaining the crowd on the day.
Titans, having chosen to bowl first after winning the toss, showed their prowess and confidence from the get go as they restricted Free State to 115/7 in their innings.
Anneke Bosch stole the show with an unbeaten (65*) for the #DaislyLadies as they dominated the match to secure an 8-wicket victory.
DP World Lions women secured a 2-run victory over their visitors Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers in another thrilling encounter at the DP World Wanderers Stadium, on Sunday, 10 March.
Winning the toss, Badgers had a bowl first and they did not make things easy for the home team. Madison Landsman (30), Kirstie Thomson (23), Diara Ramlakan (26) and an unbeaten effort from Proteas wicketkeeper Sinalo Jafta (31*) pushed the Lions total to 114/5 in their allotted 20-overs.
Micaela Andrews took 3/16 with Tabitha la Grange contributing 2/16 for the Badgers as they restricted their hosts to a chasable total.
In response, the Badgers’ opening pair of La Grange (27), Tazmin Brits (25) and Asakhe Nyovane (21) all took the fight to the Lions bowlers, but the destructive pace bowler Ayabonga Khaka brought her #LionsPride to bear, taking 4/26 in an effort well-supported by Relebohile Mkhize (2/7), to beat the Badgers by a mere 2 runs.
In the only match in division two, Glencore Dragons beat the Mpumalanga Rhinos Women by 10 wickets in their match at White River. Choosing to bowl after winning the toss, Dragons restricted the Rhinos to 84/8 in their allotted overs. Angel Mngwenya (41*) and Lalique Broxham (13), were the only batters to reach double figures, as Dragon’s bowler Rode de Nysschen took 3/6 in her bowling spell.
In their response, the Dragons opening pair of Diedre van Rensburg (45*) and Rode van Nysschen (30*) chased down the target in the 17th over, awarding the Glencore Dragons Women a victory by 10 wickets, and the weekend double.
CSA Professional Domestic Women’s T20 League
CSA Women’s T20 Challenge – Division One
1 Oct 23: Western Province beat Hollywoodbets Dolphins by 7 wickets
1 Oct 23: DP World Lions beat Recon Tactical Free State by 7 wickets
8 Oct 23: Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers beat Fidelity Titans in Super Over
15 Oct 23: Western Province beat Recon Tactical Free State by 5 runs
15 Oct 23: DP World Lions beat Fidelity Titans by 7 wickets
22 Oct 23: Hollywoodbets Dolphins vs Western Province – Match Abandoned
22 Oct 23: Fidelity Titans beat Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers by 64 runs
22 Oct 23: Recon Tactical Free State lost to DP World Lions by 4 wickets
5 Nov 23: DP World Lions lost to Western Province by 3 runs
5 Nov 23: Fidelity Titans vs Hollywoodbets Dolphins
12 Nov 23: Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers lost to DP World Lions by 4 wickets
12 Nov 23: Recon Tactical Free State lost to Hollywoodbets Dolphins by 66 runs
19 Nov 23: Western Province beat Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers by 7 wickets
19 Nov 23: Hollywoodbets Dolphins beat Recon Tactical Free State by 16 runs
19 Nov 23: Fidelity Titans beat DP World Lions by 6 wickets
26 Nov 23: Hollywoodbets Dolphins lost to Fidelity Titans by 15 runs
26 Nov 23: Recon Tactical Free State lost to Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers by 38 runs
3 Dec 23: Fidelity Titans lost to Western Province by 63 runs
18 Feb 24: Hollywoodbets Dolphins Women beat DP World Lions Women by 10 wickets
18 Feb 24: Recon Tactical Free State lost to Western Province by 4 wickets
3 Mar 24: Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers beat Hollywoodbets Dolphins by 7 wickets
8 Mar 24: Fidelity Titans beat Recon Tactical Free State Women by 8 wickets
10 Mar 24: DP World Lions beat Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers by 2 runs
17 Mar 24: Hollywoodbets Dolphins Women vs Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers (Televised: Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium)
Division 2 Fixtures and Results:
8 Oct 23: Boland beat Eastern Cape linyathi by 5 wickets
8 Oct 23: Eastern Province vs Northern Cape, Match Abandoned
8 Oct 23: Glencore North West Dragons lost to Eastern Storm by 5 wickets
15 Oct 23: Mpumalanga lost to KwaZulu-Natal Inland by 6 wickets
29 Oct 23: Limpopo beat Mpumalanga by 13 runs
5 Nov 23: Eastern Cape Linyathi lost to Eastern Province by 7 wickets
12 Nov 23: Eastern Storm beat Limpopo by 5 wickets
19 Nov 23: KwaZulu-Natal Inland lost to Eastern Storm by 65 runs
19 Nov 23: Kei vs Boland (Result Awaited)
26 Nov 23: KwaZulu-Natal Inland lost to North West Dragons by 6 wickets
26 Nov 23: Northern Cape beat Kei by 10 wickets
3 Dec 23: Limpopo beat KwaZulu-Natal Inland by 3 wickets
3 Mar 24: Eastern Province lost to Boland by 7 wickets
10 Mar 24: Mpumalanga lost to Glencore Dragons by 10 wickets
17 Mar 24: Border vs Kei (Buffalo Park Cricket Stadium, East London)
Main Photo Caption: In a milestone moment for professional women’s domestic cricket in South Africa, there was live television coverage of Fidelity Titans Women’s 8-wicket win over Recon Tactical Free State at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on Friday, 8 March, 2024. Photo: Momentum Multiply Titans on X
Photo 2 Caption: DP World Lions women secured a 2-run victory over visitors Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers in thrilling encounter at the DP World Wanderers Stadium, on Sunday, 10 March, 2024. Photo: DP World Lions on X
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