South Africa delivered a fine performance to secure their fourth consecutive win in the tournament, moving to second on the points table with eight points from five outings. The match, part of the ICC Women's World Cup, took place on October 17, 2025, at R.Premadasa Stadium.
Match Summary: SL Women vs SA Women
SL Women vs SA Women, 18th Match at Colombo, Women's World Cup, Oct 17 2025 - Match Result(14.5/20 ov, T:121) 125/0 SA Women won by 10 wickets (with 31 balls remaining) (DLS method). Player Of The Match: 60* (47) & 2 catches Match centre Scores: Sudeep Poojar | Comms: Abhimanyu Bose Scorecard summary Sri Lanka Women • 105/7(20 overs) South Africa Women • 125/0(14.5 overs)
The win puts Proteas in good stead ahead of their sixth match of the league stage against Pakistan on October 21 at the same venue.
The result was South Africa’s fourth consecutive win in the tournament, all coming through successful chases, as they delivered another fine performance to move to second on the points table with eight points from five outings.
Sri Lanka's Innings
Vishmi Gunaratne (34), who had earlier retired hurt, returned to the crease and top scored for Sri Lanka before falling from the final ball of the innings. However, she found little support from the other end as wickets continued to tumble at regular intervals.
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Before the rain interruption, South Africa had kept Sri Lanka in check at 46/2 after 12 overs.
Vishmi Gunarathne (34), who had earlier retired hurt, returned to the crease and top scored for Sri Lanka before falling on the final ball of the innings.
After the dismissals of Dilhari and Samarawickrama, Gunarathne anchored the innings and took charge.
Nilakshika de Silva was caught in the deep and later, Anushka Sanjeewani was run out while trying to complete a second run.
Soon after play resumed, South Africa made early inroads in just the second over. Nadine de Klerk struck first, dismissing Kavisha Dilhari on the final ball of her over as the batter was caught out.
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South Africa's Chase
South Africa follow not far behind, they're in a fantastic position. Still no breakthrough for Sri Lanka and it is surely a matter of when, rather than if, South Africa win this game.
Laura Wolvaardt goes to 50 from 41 balls with consecutive boundaries off Kavisha Dilhari. The first of them is the classic cover drive, elegant as ever and into the gap at extra. That's followed up by a big slog-sweep.
Laura Wolvaardt is still going strong, hitting a trademark cover drive beautifully for four, while Tazmin Brits - though still struggling a tad - shows her power again with a thumping shot back over the bowler's head.
She survived a review for lbw the ball before after being hit on the back leg by Kavisha Dilhari's off spinner. It was close but only clipping leg stump - umpire's call and it stays not out.
Here come Harshitha Samarawickrama and Kavisha Dilhari for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka need wickets. Plenty of them.
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After two close-fought games where their middle order rescued them, South Africa's openers have powered them to a commanding 10-wicket win in Colombo, after they were almost robbed of a point by rain. Wolvaardt and Brits followed up a very good bowling display by finishing their 121-run chase with a little over five overs to spare after the game was reduced to 20 overs a side. It was a struggle for bowlers and fielders of both sides after the rain due to the wet, slippery ball and outfield, but Sri Lanka couldn't get enough on the board and Wolvaardt and Brits made short work of their bowling.
Klaas gave them a good start with the key wicket of Athapaththu among her two. But then rain came with 12 overs played and threatened to wash the game out. But excellent work from the groundstaff meant we got a game in at the last possible minute and the weather Gods played nice after that. Sri Lanka added 59 runs in the eight overs they had, but it proved to be not quite enough.
Piumi Wathsala to Brits, SIX runs! Shot! Brits seals the win with a six, and reaches her half-century too to put an end to a streak of ducks! On a length outside off and she hits a front foot pull for a flat six over midwicket!
Piumi Wathsala to Brits, FOUR runs! Thick edge flies fine on the off side for four. Full and wide, Brits throws her bat at it and it goes fine of the keeper and short third can't chase it down.
Piumi Wathsala to Wolvaardt, 1 run. Full outside off, Wolvaardt eases a drive to deep cover.
Piumi Wathsala to Wolvaardt, 5 wide. That's a wild delivery! Beats every one! It's a full toss that flies down leg, and Wolvaardt can't connect on the sweep and the keeper can't collect to her left either. Slower one gone wrong.
Piumi Wathsala to Brits, 1 run. Full outside off, driven to long-on's left now.
Piumi Wathsala to Brits, 2 runs. Loopy and full around middle and off, chipped on the bounce to deep midwicket's left.
Athapaththu to Wolvaardt, 2 runs. Shortish on off, pulled wide of long-on and they ease their way to a couple more runs.
Athapaththu to Brits, 1 run. Tossed up outside off, Brits steps across and pulls it on the bounce to Nilakshika at deep midwicket.
Athapaththu to Wolvaardt, 1 run. Full outside leg, whipped to deep midwicket.
Athapaththu to Brits, 1 run. Full outside off, Brits lofts a drive down the ground but it doesn't carry to long-off.
Athapaththu to Wolvaardt, 1 run. Shortish outside off, pulled down to long-on.
Athapaththu to Wolvaardt, FOUR runs! Picks the gap on the pull! Dropped short and Wolvaardt hammers it away in front of square. Deep midwicket ran to her left but had no chance.
Dilhari to Brits, FOUR runs! Glorious! Full on leg and crunched along the pitch, along the carpet, with the bowler failing to stop the ball on the followthrough.
Dilhari to Brits, FOUR runs! A third boundary in the over! South Africa don't want to risk any rain coming soon. They want to get this done quickly if they can. Full on leg. She charges down the track and smacks it over the bowler. Long on has no chance!
Dilhari to Wolvaardt, 1 run. Full outside off. Flicked from way outside off with the turn to midwicket.
Dilhari to Wolvaardt, FOUR runs! Placed! And that's fifty for Wolvaardt! Her 32nd in ODIs. Length ball wider outside off. Bit of turn in. She drags a shot in front of square, slapping it between long on and deep midwicket.
Dilhari to Wolvaardt, 1 wide. Tries to cramp her. Length ball angling down leg. Wolvaardt attempts a sweep. Misses, and the keeper does well to cover ground and grab the ball.
Dilhari to Wolvaardt, no run. Full around off. Comes down the track to play the on-drive. Hits it onto her own boot.
Dilhari to Wolvaardt, FOUR runs! Caressed! Tossed up outside off. She dances down the track, makes a shade of room, and drives through cover's left.
Ranaweera to Brits, no run. Looks for the reverse, but can't clear short third.
Piumi Badalge to Tazmin Brits, SIX, and SA win by 10 wickets! Finishes off with a sixer. Tazmin Brits gets to her third ODI fifty. That was dropped short, Tazmin Brits danced out and hammered it over deep mid. SA have won but not before making a powerful statement. Their fourth win and all of them have come in a run-chase.
Piumi Badalge to Tazmin Brits, FOUR, off the edge and four more. Tazmin Brits moves to 49. SA need two more to win. That was wide, outside off, Tazmin Brits looked to swing it away and got it off the edge for a four.
Piumi Badalge to Wolvaardt, 1 run, length delivery, outside off, punched down to the fielder at deep cover for a single.
Piumi Badalge to Wolvaardt, 5 wides, poor one, the writing is on the wall now. Was a terrible delivery down leg, the batter missed it and so did the keeper but the ball has gone away for five wides. 7 needed now.
Piumi Badalge to Tazmin Brits, 1 run, chips down the track and pats it down to long-on for a single.
Piumi Badalge to Tazmin Brits, 2 runs, fuller length delivery, heaved down to deep mid for a brace. That was not timed by Tazmin Brits as she lofted the ball away.
Chamari Athapaththu to Wolvaardt, 2 runs, stabs the ball off the sticks and gets it wide of long-on who dives to stop it. Two more added to end the over.
Chamari Athapaththu to Tazmin Brits, 1 run, short of the fielder at deep mid.
Post-Match Analysis
Excellent work from the groundstaff meant we got a game in at the last possible minute and the weather Gods played nice after that.
South Africa jump up to the second spot with this win and have one foot in the semi-finals.
While the South African fielders struggled to cope with the slippery ball, their openers were happy to face it chasing a revised target of 121.
Captain Laura Wolvaardt was the aggressor from the word go and ensured that her team was always ahead of the rate. Brits played the second fiddle but she too showed her hitting prowess.
Both the openers brought up their fifties as the Proteas wrapped up the proceedings with 31 balls to spare.
After the game was reduced to 20 overs a side, Wolvaardt and Brits finished their 121-run chase with a little over five overs to spare following up a very good bowling display.
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