Opting to bat first, South Africa lost Faye Tunnicliffe in the second over but it was all one-way traffic in the opposite direction thereafter. Sune Luus and Laura Wolvaardt, batting at number three, stitched a 176-run stand to deflate the Irish bowlers. While Luus fell to Ava Canning in the 18th over, Wolvaardt carried on and brought up three-figures an over later as South Africa posted a mammoth 220/2 in 20 overs. Dane van Niekerk, making her comeback, chipped in with an unbeaten 21 off just 8 balls.
