ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020: South Africa opt to bowl first against England

South African skipper Dane van Niekerk. (Photo: Twitter/@ICC)


In match 4 of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup between England and South Africa, South Africa skipper Dane van Niekerk has won the toss and chosen to bowl first at Perth’s WACA Ground.

“We are going to bowl. It was quite difficult to defend during the big bash. So we would like to restrict them and chase it down,” van Niekerk said at the toss as quoted by Cricbuzz.

Meanwhile, England skipper Heather Knight also stated that she would have liked to bowl first at this wicket.

“We would have bowled as well. We are excited to start the campaign. We have changes in the management and we have a lot of freshness,” Knight said.

Here are the Playing XIs of both the teams:

South Africa: Dane van Niekerk(c), Lizelle Lee, Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Mignon du Preez, Sune Luus, Laura Wolvaardt, Trisha Chetty(w), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

England: Amy Ellen Jones(w), Danielle Wyatt, Heather Knight(c), Natalie Sciver, Fran Wilson, Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Winfield, Katherine Brunt, Anya Shrubsole, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn