{"id":624677,"date":"2026-06-06T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/624677\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:36:08","slug":"sa-w-vs-ire-w-womens-t20-world-cup-2026-warm-up-laura-wolvaardt-marizanne-kapp-shine-in-proteas-win-over-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/624677\/","title":{"rendered":"SA-W vs IRE-W, Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 warm-up: Laura Wolvaardt, Marizanne Kapp shine in Proteas\u2019 win over Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The South African cricket team<\/a> beat Ireland by 15 runs (DLS method) in their Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026<\/a> warm-up match in Loughborough, England, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Captain Laura Wolvaardt led from the front with a fluent 65 off 38 as world No. 5 South Africa posted 136\/8 in a rain-curtailed 18-over cricket<\/a> match. Arlene Kelly was the standout bowler for the ninth-ranked Ireland with figures of 3\/29.<\/p>\n

Defending a revised target of 136, the Proteas\u2019 bowlers struck at regular intervals to bundle out Ireland for 120 in 17.4 overs, with Marizanne Kapp leading the way with 4\/24.<\/p>\n

After Ireland opted to field first, the Proteas Women made a cautious start through Wolvaardt and Sune Luus. The pair added 32 runs for the opening wicket before Kelly dismissed Luus for 17 in the fifth over.<\/p>\n

Wolvaardt, however, anchored the innings from one end. The South African skipper struck seven fours and three sixes during her aggressive knock and shared a valuable 54-run stand with Annerie Dercksen for the third wicket.<\/p>\n

At 109\/2 after 13 overs, South Africa looked set for a total in excess of 150 before Ireland staged a late comeback.<\/p>\n

Cara Murray removed both Dercksen and Wolvaardt in the 14th over to trigger a collapse as the Proteas lost six wickets for just 27 runs in the final five overs.<\/p>\n

Ireland\u2019s chase also began poorly after Kapp removed Alana Dalzell in the opening over before dismissing Amy Hunter in the third to leave them reeling at 10\/2.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Stokell counterattacked with 19 off 14 balls while Leah Paul top-scored with 29, but South Africa\u2019s experienced attack never allowed Ireland to build sustained momentum.<\/p>\n

Ireland were reduced to 82\/6 in the 13th over and despite late resistance from Arlene Kelly, the Proteas closed out the contest comfortably with support from Shabnim Ismail, Nadine de Klerk and Nonkululeko Mlaba.<\/p>\n

The South African women’s cricket team will face defending champions New Zealand in their next\u00a0T20 World Cup<\/a> warm-up fixture on Tuesday. Live cricket scores<\/a> will be available on Olympics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

South Africa kick off their Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 campaign against record six-time winners Australia at Old Trafford in Manchester on June 13.<\/p>\n

SA-W vs IRE-W Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 warm-up brief scores<\/a>: South Africa Women 136\/8 in 18 overs (Laura Wolvaardt 65; Arlene Kelly 3\/29) beat Ireland Women 120 in 17.4 overs (Leah Paul 29; Marizanne Kapp 4\/24) by 15 runs (DLS method).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The South African cricket team beat Ireland by 15 runs (DLS method) in their Women\u2019s T20 World Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-624677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}