Newlands Cape Town Pitch Report for Women’s T20 WC Final and Records at the Ground

5-time champions Australia Women are scheduled to lock horns with South Africa Women in the tournament finale of T20WC 2023 at Newlands, Cape Town, the pitch report for which is shared herein. 

The Kangaroos have been ruthless, as they’ve always been, and are on a 5 match unbeaten streak in the ongoing edition of the showpiece event. The hosts, on the other hand, are lucky to find themselves in the decisive encounter even after a subpar group stage. 

However, Sune Luus and co. will be high on confidence after their inspiring semi-final win against a dangerous England side. SA will also have the home crowd to rile them up in the finale, much like they did in the semis. 

Newlands Cape Town Pitch Report for T20 WC Final

The pitch at Cape Town assists slower bowlers a fair bit while the ball comes on nicely to bat when there is pace on the ball. Spinners rule the roost at Newlands and more often then not, pacers resort to slower ones to put a cork on run-rate. There is little to no lateral movement with the new ball. 

Both of the semi-finals were held at Cape Town and on both occasions, the defending side prevailed as the stripe got sluggish as game progressed. 

Keeping Newlands, Cape Town pitch report and the scoreboard pressure of a T20WC finale in mind, batting first should be the obvious decision. 

Cape Town T20 records

Men and Women’s cricket combined, a total of 37 T20 internationals have been held at Cape Town cricket ground. 

The side batting first holds the edge in the overall statistics as well, having bagged 21 of the 35 completed matches. The team batting 2nd has won just 14 encounters. 

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The highest team total (213/5) at Cape Town has come from ENG-W against PAK-W in the group-stage of the ongoing event, while the Proteas Ladies own the lowest score defended (119/3) at the ground.