Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 Highlights: Sri Lanka stuns South Africa by 3 runs in opener

Follow live scores, commentary and updates from the Women’s T20 World Cup opener between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Cape Town on Friday.

Chasing 130, South Africa has lost Tazmin Britz and Marizanne Kapp early. | Photo Credit: AFP

Host South Africa gets its T20 World Cup campaign started against Chamari Athapaththu’s Sri Lanka. South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl.

Chamari Athapaththu’s half century powered Sri Lanka to 129/4 in 20 overs. South Africa needs 130 to win.

Sri Lanka Women XI: HMD Samarawickrama, C Athapaththu, RMVD Gunarathne, MAA Sanjeewani, NND Silva, WK Dilhari, OU Ranasinghe, KADA Kanchana, S Kumari, I Ranaweera, WGAKK Kulasuriya

South Africa Women XI: L Wolvaardt, T Brits, M Kapp, S Luus, CL Tryon, AE Bosch, N de Klerk, S Jafta, S Ismail, A Khaka, N Mlaba

Match schedule timings and streaming details for the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup

The 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network and will be streamed online on Disney+Hotstar.