South Africa women's cricket team in England in 2018
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The South Africa women's cricket team toured England in the 2018 cricket season, playing three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) against the England women's cricket team, followed by a tri-series which also featured New Zealand. The WODI series formed part of the 2017–2020 ICC Women's Championship, which determined qualification for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup. England were captained by Heather Knight, while South Africa were led by Dane van Niekerk.
England women | South Africa women | ||
Dates | 9–15 June 2018 | ||
Captains | Heather Knight | Dane van Niekerk | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | England women won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Tammy Beaumont (212) | Lizelle Lee (211) | |
Most wickets | Katherine Brunt (6) | Ayabonga Khaka (7) | |
Player of the series | Tammy Beaumont (Eng) |
The three-match WODI series started at New Road, Worcester, where a score of 92 not out from Lizelle Lee and a strong bowling performance helped South Africa to victory. The win was their first against the hosts in England for fifteen years. In the second match, at the County Cricket Ground, Hove, England batted first once again, and centuries from Sarah Taylor and Tammy Beaumont propelled them to 331 for six.[lower-alpha 1] Despite a century from Lee, South Africa could not chase the target down, and England levelled the series. The final match was played at St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, where South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first. They were bowled out with one ball of the innings remaining for 228; van Niekerk top-scored with 95. In response, England chased down their required target with six overs remaining, during which Beaumont scored her second century of the series.