Highlights, India Women vs South Africa Women, 3rd T20I at Johannesburg, Full Cricket Score: Hosts win by 5 wickets, keep series alive

South Africa Women 134/5 after 19 overs 

Four, six and out. Some high octane action from Tryon. Marizanne Kapp comes in at the fall of that wicket. South Africa are within touching distance of a win. A scrappy single and South Africa win. They win by 5 wickets to keep the 5-match series alive. South Africa have now beaten India for the first time in T20Is.

South Africa Women 121/4 after 18 overs 

Pandey comes in to bowl. An edge off the first ball. Brilliant chase by Poonam Yadav, pulls the ball back just before it would have crossed the fence. Saves one run. Tryon takes a massive stride forward and places the ball well to the backward point boundary. Tryon is playing a top class innings. But the Indians are hanging in there. Ten runs off that over. SA need 13 runs off 12 balls.

South Africa Women 111/4 after 17 overs 

Vastrakar comes into the attack. A quick single. South Africa inch closer. Two runs from that over and the wicket of Luus. Nadine de Klerk is the new batter in. SA need 23 runs off 18 balls.

South Africa Women 109/3 after 16 overs 

Tryon comes down the pitch gets a four straight down long off. What a shot. SA need 25 runs off 24 balls. The game is theirs to lose now.

South Africa Women 91/3 after 15 overs 

Chloe Tryon comes in to join Luus. Gayakwad bowling the 15th over. Luus gives the charge again but is beaten in flight. Meanwhile ‘Ganati Bappa Morya’ chants ring around the stadium. Luus gets a boundary off the last ball.

South Africa Women 84/3 after 14 overs 

Yadav continues. Luus gets a boundary going. This stand is looking dangerous now. Du Preez caught in the deep off the last ball. Big wicket that.

South Africa Women 76/2 after 13 overs 

Gayakwad comes back. Du Preez comes down the track and hits straight. It is high but doesn’t get the distance. Chance for Veda in the deep. But dropped. What a miss! Four runs from that over. SA need 58 runs to winnfrom 42 balls. Easy, you would feel.

South Africa Women 72/2 after 12 overs 

Yadav continues. Giving the ball generous flight. Four runs off the first four balls. Du Preez advances down the track off the fifth ball, but can’t find the gap. Nearly a mix-up between the South Africans, But Luus safely back at the crease in the end. Four runs from that over.

South Africa Women 68/2 after 11 overs 

Pandey back into the attack. Taken for runs by Luus. Two fours in the last two balls. 13 runs from that over.

South Africa Women 55/2 after 10 overs 

Yadav continues. Three runs off the first three balls. The fourth ball has du Preez sweeping but there is no connection. An attacking shot off the next ball. The ball goes one bounce to long on. The last ball is a googly and the batter doesn’t pick it. Could have easily chopped it on to her stumps. Four runs off that over. South Africa shouldn’t be unduly worried at the halfway stage.

South Africa Women 51/2 after 9 overs 

Patil continues. Luus collects a boundary. Then du Preez hits one forcefully to deep mid-wicket. Smriti Mandhana pulls out an incredible stop at the fence. She jumps up to catch the ball, but seeing that the momentum would carry her over the ropes, flicks the ball back into play. Saves a certain six. Eight runs from that over.

South Africa Women 43/2 after 8 overs 

Poonam Yadav into the attack now. Another spinner. Had a fine World Cup, one might remember. She is giving it a real tweak. Du Preez comes down the track to smother the spin. Only three runs from that over.

South Africa Women 40/2 after 7 overs 

Anuja Patil comes in with her right-arm off-break. Five runs from the over. The SA women rotate the strike well in that over.

South Africa Women 35/2 after 6 overs 

Gayakwad intio the attack. Van Niekerk hits Gayakwad for a boundary off the third ball, but Gayakwad comes back to have the batter stumped. Mignon du Preez comes in. Six runs from that over.

South Africa Women 29/1 after 5 overs 

Vastrakar continues. Van Niekerk going after her. Walks down the pitch and hits her to the straight fence twice in two balls, which impels the ‘keeper to come up to the stumps. Van Niekerk gets another boundary though. She is playing a captain’s innings!

South Africa Women 16/1 after 4 overs 

Rajeshwari Gayakwad comes in with her left-arm orthodox spin. Van Niekerk tries a fac=ncy reverse sweep, but can’t connect. That was not too far away from her off-stump. A good over from Gayakwad. Only three runs from that over.

South Africa Women 13/1 after 3 overs 

Van Niekerk hammers a boundary through extra cover. That was a superb shot. Vastrakar comes back well. Bowling a good line, with a bit of movement away. Gets the wicket of Lee as she hits her straight to Patil at long off. Sune Luus comes in. The batters had changed ends though as the ball was in the air. A single off the last ball for Van Niekerk.