New Zealand women's cricket team in South Africa in 2023–24

The New Zealand women's cricket team toured South Africa in September and October 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.^[1][2] The ODI series formed part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship.^[3]

New Zealand women's cricket team in South Africa in 2023
	South Africa	New Zealand
Dates	24 September – 15 October 2023
Captains	Laura Wolvaardt	Sophie Devine
One Day International series
Results	South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Laura Wolvaardt (198)	Amelia Kerr (210)
Most wickets	Masabata Klaas (6)	Lea Tahuhu (5)
Player of the series	Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
Twenty20 International series
Results	5-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Suné Luus (81)	Amelia Kerr (134)
Most wickets	Nadine de Klerk (4) Chloe Tyron (4) Masabata Klaas (4)	Molly Penfold (3)
Player of the series	Amelia Kerr (NZ)

Squads

South Africa	New Zealand
ODIs and T20Is[4]	ODIs[5]	T20Is[6]
Laura Wolvaardt (c) Anneke Bosch Tazmin Brits Nadine de Klerk Mieke de Ridder (wk) Lara Goodall Sinalo Jafta (wk) Marizanne Kapp Ayabonga Khaka Masabata Klaas Suné Luus Nonkululeko Mlaba Tumi Sekhukhune Nondumiso Shangase Chloe Tryon Delmi Tucker	Sophie Devine (c) Kate Anderson Suzie Bates Bernadine Bezuidenhout (wk) Eden Carson Izzy Gaze (wk) Maddy Green (wk) Brooke Halliday Fran Jonas Amelia Kerr Jess Kerr Molly Penfold Georgia Plimmer Hannah Rowe Lea Tahuhu	Sophie Devine (c) Kate Anderson Bella Armstrong Suzie Bates Bernadine Bezuidenhout (wk) Eden Carson Izzy Gaze (wk) Maddy Green (wk) Brooke Halliday Fran Jonas Amelia Kerr Jess Kerr Molly Penfold Georgia Plimmer Hannah Rowe Lea Tahuhu

Before the start of the series, New Zealand's Bernadine Bezuidenhout was ruled out of the tour after getting diagnosed with pericarditis and was replaced in New Zealand's T20I squad by Izzy Gaze.^[7]

Tour match

21 September 2023 10:00 Scorecard

New Zealand  345/7 (50 overs)	v	South Africa XI 113 (26.3 overs)
Brooke Halliday 87* (74) Miane Smit 2/36 (6 overs)		Miane Smit 34 (42) Amelia Kerr 2/7 (3 overs)

New Zealand won by 232 runs Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA)

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

ODI series

1st ODI

24 September 2023 10:00 Scorecard

New Zealand  235/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 236/6 (47.1 overs)
Brooke Halliday 76 (92) Masabata Klaas 3/60 (9 overs)		Chloe Tryon 71 (58) Hannah Rowe 2/26 (6 overs)

South Africa won by 4 wickets JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Siphelele Gasa (SA) Player of the match: Nadine de Klerk (SA)

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

2nd ODI

28 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard

New Zealand  253 (49.5 overs)	v	South Africa 257/3 (45.2 overs)
Amelia Kerr 88 (110) Nonkululeko Mlaba 3/41 (10 overs)		Laura Wolvaardt 124* (141) Lea Tahuhu 2/40 (7.2 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets City Oval, Pietermaritzburg Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA) Player of the match: Laura Wolvaardt (SA)

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

3rd ODI

1 October 2023 09:30 Scorecard

South Africa  209 (44.3 overs)	v	New Zealand 210/4 (43.2 overs)
Marizanne Kapp 72 (73) Sophie Devine 3/33 (9 overs)		Amelia Kerr 100*(117) Nonkululeko Mlaba 2/41 (9 overs)

New Zealand won by 6 wickets Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA) Player of the match: Amelia Kerr (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 45 overs per side due to rain.
• Women's Championship points: New Zealand 2, South Africa 0.

T20I series

1st T20I

6 October 2023 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa	v	New Zealand

Match abandoned Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA)

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

2nd T20I

8 October 2023 14:00 Scorecard

New Zealand  111/9 (20 overs)	v	South Africa
Maddy Green 45* (36) Chloe Tryon 4/15 (4 overs)

No result Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Kate Anderson and Bella Armstrong (NZ) both made their T20I debuts.

3rd T20I

10 October 2023 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa	v	New Zealand

Match abandoned Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA)

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

4th T20I

14 October 2023 14:00 Scorecard

South Africa  172/4 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 174/2 (18.5 overs)
Laura Wolvaardt 53 (44) Jess Kerr 2/41 (4 overs)		Amelia Kerr 70* (46) Masabata Klaas 1/29 (3 overs)

New Zealand won by 8 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA) Player of the match: Amelia Kerr (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

5th T20I

15 October 2023 14:00 Scorecard

South Africa  155/5 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 144/8 (20 overs)
Tazmin Brits 45 (38) Lea Tahuhu 2/20 (4 overs)		Amelia Kerr 61 (47) Nadine de Klerk 3/24 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 11 runs Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste (SA) and Lauren Agenbag (SA) Player of the match: Masabata Klaas (SA)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.