England women's cricket team in South Africa in 2015–16

The England women's cricket team toured South Africa in February 2016. The tour consisted of a three T20Is match series and a three ODIs match series. The ODI series was part of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship.^[2] England won both series by 2–1.

England women's tour of South Africa
	South Africa women	England women
Dates	2 February – 21 February
Captains	Mignon du Preez	Charlotte Edwards
One Day International series
Results	England women won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Trisha Chetty (187)	Heather Knight (154)
Most wickets	Shabnim Ismail (5)	Anya Shrubsole (7)
Player of the series	Heather Knight (Eng)[1]
Twenty20 International series
Results	England women won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Dane van Niekerk (120)	Sarah Taylor (200)
Most wickets	Shabnim Ismail (5)	Anya Shrubsole (5)
Player of the series	Sarah Taylor (Eng)

Squads

ODIs		T20Is
South Africa[3]	England[4]	South Africa[3]	England[4]
Mignon du Preez (c) Trisha Chetty (wk) Laura Wolvaardt Andrie Steyn Marizanne Kapp Dane van Niekerk Lizelle Lee Dinesha Devnarain Chloe Tryon Suné Luus Shabnim Ismail Masabata Klaas Ayabonga Khaka Marcia Letsoalo Sinalo Jafta	Charlotte Edwards (c) Katherine Brunt1 Kate Cross Georgia Elwiss Lydia Greenway Rebecca Grundy Jenny Gunn Danielle Hazell Amy Jones (wk) Heather Knight Nat Sciver Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor (wk) Lauren Winfield Danni Wyatt	Mignon du Preez (c) Trisha Chetty (wk) Lara Goodall Moseline Daniels Marizanne Kapp Dane van Niekerk Lizelle Lee Dinesha Devnarain Chloe Tryon Suné Luus Shabnim Ismail Masabata Klaas Ayabonga Khaka Marcia Letsoalo Yolani Fourie	Charlotte Edwards (c) Tammy Beaumont (wk) Katherine Brunt1 Georgia Elwiss Lydia Greenway Rebecca Grundy Jenny Gunn Danielle Hazell Amy Jones (wk) Heather Knight Nat Sciver Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor (wk) Lauren Winfield Danni Wyatt

¹ Katherine Brunt suffered a back injury during the second ODI match and was ruled out of the tour, missing the third ODI and the entire T20I series. She was replaced by Natasha Farrant.^[5]

Tour matches

2 February 10:00 SAST (UTC+2) Scorecard

England Women  337/8 (50 overs)	v	SA Emerging Players 193 (49.1 overs)
Lauren Winfield 81 (50) Michelle Burt 3/63 (10 overs)		Danni Wyatt 62 (42) Katherine Brunt 4/20 (7 overs)

England Women won by 144 runs LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria Umpires: Dennis Smith (SA) and Phillip Vosloo (SA)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

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4 February 10:00 SAST (UTC+2) Scorecard

SA Emerging Players  62 (28.2 overs)	v	England Women 63/1 (10.1 overs)
Lauren Booysen 9 (28) Danni Wyatt 3/7 (5 overs)		Amy Jones 44* (35) Moseline Daniels 1/28 (5 overs)

England Women won by 9 wickets Mamelodi Oval, Pretoria Umpires: Allahudien Paleker (SA) and Dennis Smith (SA)

• SA Emerging Players Women won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

ICC Women's Championship 7 February 10:00 SAST (UTC+2) Scorecard

South Africa  196 (49.2 overs)	v	England 150/3 (28.3 overs)
Trisha Chetty 90 (122) Anya Shrubsole 4/29 (10 overs)		Sarah Taylor 41* (44) Chloe Tryon 1/17 (4 overs)

England Women won by 7 wickets (DLS method) Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Allahudien Paleker (SA) and Brad White (SA) Player of the match: Anya Shrubsole (Eng)

• South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain interrupted play at 13.1 overs of the second innings (England was batting at 63/2), reducing the innings to 48 overs with a revised target of 194.
• Lightning and rain interrupted play at 25 overs of the second innings (England was batting at 120/3), reducing the innings to 35 overs with a revised target of 150.
• Laura Wolvaardt (SA) made her ODI debut.
• ICC Women's Championship points: South Africa Women 0, England Women 2

2nd ODI

ICC Women's Championship 12 February 10:00 SAST (UTC+2) Scorecard

England  262/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 265/5 (48.5 overs)
Heather Knight 61 (76) Shabnim Ismail 3/32 (10 overs)		Lizelle Lee 69 (56) Danielle Hazell 2/34 (10 overs)

South Africa Women won by 5 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Phillip Vosloo (SA) and Brad White (SA) Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (SA)

• England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sarah Taylor (Eng) made her 100th ODI match.^[6]
• ICC Women's Championship points: South Africa Women 2, England Women 0

3rd ODI

ICC Women's Championship 14 February 10:00 SAST (UTC+2) Scorecard

South Africa  196/9 (50 overs)	v	England 198/5 (43.5 overs)
Lizelle Lee 74 (77) Anya Shrubsole 3/35 (10 overs)		Heather Knight 67* (100) Chloe Tryon 2/28 (8.5 overs)

England Women won by 5 wickets New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Dennis Smith (SA) and Phillip Vosloo (SA) Player of the match: Heather Knight (Eng)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.
• ICC Women's Championship points: South Africa Women 0, England Women 2

T20I series

1st T20I

18 February 13:30 SAST (UTC+2) Scorecard

England  147/7 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 132/6 (20 overs)
Sarah Taylor 74* (51) Moseline Daniels 2/20 (4 overs)		Dane van Niekerk 52 (49) Anya Shrubsole 3/25 (4 overs)

England Women won by 15 runs Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Allahudien Paleker (SA) and Dennis Smith (SA) Player of the match: Sarah Taylor (Eng)

• South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

19 February 13:30 SAST (UTC+2) Scorecard

England  156/6 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 145/3 (17.2 overs)
Sarah Taylor 66 (53) Suné Luus 2/26 (4 overs)		Dane van Niekerk 63 (43) Georgia Elwiss 1/15 (2 overs)

South Africa Women won by 17 runs (DLS method) Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Allahudien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Dane van Niekerk (SA)

• South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain stopped play for 10 minutes after 13 overs of the second innings (South Africa was batting at 108/2), no overs were lost.
• Rain interrupted play at 17.2 overs of the second innings (South Africa was batting at 145/3) and no further play was possible. At that stage, South Africa Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method par score was 128 runs, therefore they were declared winners by 17 runs.

3rd T20I

21 February 10:00 SAST (UTC+2) Scorecard

South Africa  131/4 (20 overs)	v	England 133/6 (15.3 overs)
Lizelle Lee 69* (61) Anya Shrubsole 2/28 (4 overs)		Sarah Taylor 60 (40) Shabnim Ismail 3/27 (3 overs)

England Women won by 4 wickets New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Dennis Smith (SA) Player of the match: Sarah Taylor (Eng)

• England Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Mignon du Preez (SA) and Sarah Taylor (Eng) scored their 1,000th and 2,000th T20I runs respectively.^[7]