Who Won Yesterday's Women's T20 World Cup Match, ENG vs SA: Yesterday Match 9 Result, Top Performers and POTM

Yesterday's Women's T20 World Cup Match Results, ENG vs SA: Aiming to end their 15-year-long trophy drought in the tournament, England defeated South Africa by seven wickets in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Group B match played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. After opting to bat, the Proteas could manage 124 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs but England, with a steady third-wicket partnership between Danni Wyatt and Nat Sciver-Brunt, helped chase the target down in the final over. The match between Heather Knight and Laura Wolvaardt's teams was the fifth match of Group B of the Women's T20 World Cup and England are now at the top of the group with four valuable points and a net run rate of 0.65. With this win against South Africa, England have almost sealed their spot in the semifinals for the seventh consecutive time.

Top playersSpinner Sophie Ecclestone and Sciver were the top performers for England in their second match of the Women's T20 World Cup. While Ecclestone picked two wickets in her four overs while giving away only 15 runs, Sciver scored an unbeaten 36-ball 48.

There is only one Sophie Ecclestone 🫶👏#EnglandCricket #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/gT0bEEMwch

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) October 7, 2024

Top scorersSciver, whose last 40+ score was in the Hundred in August, was the top run-scorer for England on Monday. She faced 36 balls and with the help of six boundaries, scored 48 runs. She built a match-winning 64-run partnership, along with Wyatt, who scored 43 runs off as many balls. For South Africa, skipper Wolvaardt scored 42 runs from 39 balls, but that wasn't enough to help her side post a competitive total. Top wicket-takersEcclestone was the highest wicket-taker in the game, finishing with figures of 4-0-15-2. She dismissed a set Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp. Player of the MatchFor her brilliant bowling spell, Ecclestone was picked as the Player of the Match in England's second match of the Women's T20 World Cup.