2010 ICC Women's World T20 - England Versus South Africa

Group A had a very interesting turn; especially aftersix runs off 13 balls. Captain Charlotte Edwards, who
England Women lost their first game against Australiadid the bulk of the scoring, was next out after
after tying the one-over eliminator. England Womenscoring 18 runs from 18 balls. England reached 56 at
were already out of the tournament after twothe end of the 11th over before Claire Taylor (20 off
narrow defeats - by sixes scored (against Australia)19) fell to Dane van Niekerk. Laura Marsh, with 33 off
and by two runs (against the hosts, West Indies32 balls, helped England to raise 100 in the 16th over
Women). Their opponents were in the samebefore van der Westhuizen dismissed her; England
situation, already eliminated with a 17-run loss (againstWomen were 100/4.
West Indies Women) and a 24-run defeat (againstLydia Greenway (34 off 22 balls) and Jenny Gunn (21
Australia). This match was of academic value - anoff 12 balls) boosted the England total to 141/6. The
opportunity for both teams to depart theEnglish batters scored 37 runs off 20 balls at the end
tournament with a consolation win.of the innings, derailing South Africa's ambitions. Dane
England Women batted first and had a slow start.van Niekerk was the best bowler for the Proteas,
The openers posted 24 runs for the first wicketwith 1/23 off four overs.
before Sarah Taylor was out for a rather pedestrian