Since playing their first international cricket match in December 1960, the South Africa national women's cricket team have contested a number of cricket series against other nations, in all three forms of the game: Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket. A cricket series can consist of any number of individual matches, but typically includes between one and five matches.
The first international cricket match involving South Africa women was a Test match in 1960, held at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, the same venue as the one for first men's Test match in the country in 1889, and ended in a draw. South Africa then played a subsequent series against New Zealand in 1971–72. As part of the international campaign against apartheid, the Commonwealth of Nations signed the Gleneagles Agreement in 1977, excluding South Africa from competing in international sporting events. Because of this exclusion, they did not play another Test until hosting India in 2001–02, before facing England again in 2003, the Netherlands in 2007 and most recently India in 2014.
One Day International and Twenty20 International series have been contested regularly since 1997 and 2007 respectively.
Key Season denotes the cricket season in which the series takes place. H/A/N denotes whether the venue is home (South Africa), away (opposition's home) or neutral. First match denotes the date on which the first match of the series commenced. Matches denotes how many matches were played in the series. W denotes how many matches in the series were won by South Africa. L denotes how many matches in the series were lost by South Africa. T denotes how many matches in the series were tied. Drawn denotes how many matches in the series were drawn. Won denotes that the series was won by South Africa. Lost denotes that the series was lost by South Africa.
Test series Series Season Opponent H/A/N First match Matches W L Drawn Result Ref 1 1960–61 Home 4 0 1 3 Lost 2 1971–72 Home 3 0 1 2 Lost 3 2001–02 Home 1 0 1 0 Lost 4 2003 Away 2 0 1 1 Lost 5 2007 Away 1 1 0 0 Won 6 2014–15 Away 1 0 1 0 Lost Overall Total 12 1 5 6
One Day International series Series Season Opponent/Event H/A/N First match Matches W L T N/R Aban Result Ref 1 1997 Away 3 3 0 0 0 0 Won 2 1997 Away 5 1 2 0 1 1 Lost 3 1997–98 Women's Cricket World Cup Neutral (in India) 6 3 3 0 0 0 Eliminated in quarter-finals 4 1998–99 Away 3 0 2 0 0 1 Lost 5 1998–99 Away 3 0 3 0 0 0 Lost 6 2000 Away 5 2 3 0 0 0 Lost 7 2000–01 Women's Cricket World Cup Neutral (in New Zealand) 8 4 4 0 0 0 Eliminated in semifinals 8 2001–02 Home 4 2 1 0 1 0 Won 9 2003 Away 3 1 2 0 0 0 Lost 10 2003–04 Home 5 1 4 0 0 0 Lost 11 2004–05 Home 2 0 2 0 0 0 Lost 12 2004–05 Women's Cricket World Cup Neutral (in South Africa) 7 1 4 0 1 1 Eliminated in group-stage 13 2004–05 Home 3 1 2 0 0 0 Lost 14 2006–07 Home 5 4 0 0 1 0 Won 15 2007 Away 3 3 0 0 0 0 Won 16 2007–08 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier Neutral (in South Africa) 5 5 0 0 0 0 Won 17 2008 Neutral (in England) 1 1 0 0 0 0 Won 18 2008 Away 5 0 4 0 0 1 Lost 19 2008–09 Women's Cricket World Cup Neutral (in Australia) 4 1 3 0 0 0 Seventh place 20 2009–10 Home 4 2 1 1 0 0 Won 21 2010–11 Women's Cricket Challenge Neutral (in South Africa) 5 5 0 0 0 0 Won 22 2011–12 Home 3 0 3 0 0 0 Lost 23 2011–12 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier Neutral (in Bangladesh) 6 4 2 0 0 0 Fourth place 24 2012–13 Away 3 2 1 0 0 0 Won 25 2012–13 Away 5 2 2 0 1 0 Drawn 26 2012–13 Women's Cricket World Cup Neutral (in India) 7 2 5 0 0 0 Sixth place 27 2013–14 Home 3 3 0 0 0 0 Won 28 2013–14 Home 3 2 0 0 1 0 Won 29 2013–14 2013–14 PCB Women's Tri-Nation Series in Qatar Neutral (in Qatar) 5 3 1 0 0 1 Won 30 2014–17 ICC Women's Championship Home and Away 18Note 8Note 9Note 0Note 1Note 0Note Ongoing tournament 31 2014–15 Away 4** 2** 1* 0 1* 0 Won 32 2014–15 Away 3* 2* 1* 0 0 0 Won 33 2014–15 Neutral (in UAE) 3* 2* 1* 0 0 0 Won 34 2015–16 Away Cancelled 35 2015–16 Home 3* 1* 2* 0 0 0 Lost 36 2015–16 Home 3* 1* 2* 0 0 0 Lost 37 2016 Away 4 3 1 0 0 0 Won 38 2016–17 Home Cancelled 39 2016–17 Home 7** 2** 5** 0 0 0 Lost 40 2016–17 Away [5**] TBD Overall Total 151 71 67 1 7 5 * Matches also valid and counted for ICC Women's Championship 2014–2017.** The first 3 matches of this series were also part of the ICC Women's Championship 2014–2017, South Africa's results valid for the tournament were 1 won against Sri Lanka; 1 won and 2 lost against New Zealand.Note: It includes matches played on multiple series listed below, therefore, to avoid double count, it is NOT included in the overall total matches count.
Twenty20 International series Series Season Opponent/Event H/A/N First match Matches W L N/R Result Ref 1 2007 Neutral (in England) 1 0 1 0 Lost 2 2007 Away 1 0 1 0 Lost 3 2008 Neutral (in England) 1 1 0 0 Won 4 2008 Away 3 0 3 0 Lost 5 2009 Women's World Twenty20 Neutral (in England) 3 0 3 0 Eliminated in group-stage 6 2009–10 Home 3 0 3 0 Lost 7 2010 Women's World Twenty20 Neutral (in West Indies) 3 0 3 0 Eliminated in group-stage 8 2010–11 Women's Cricket Challenge Neutral (in South Africa) 3 2 1 0 Third place 9 2011–12 Home 3 0 2 1 Lost 10 2012–13 Away 3 2 1 0 Won 11 2012 Women's World Twenty20 Neutral (in Sri Lanka) 4 2 2 0 Eliminated in group-stage 12 2012–13 Away 2 0 2 0 Lost 13 2013–14 Home 3 3 0 0 Won 14 2013–14 Home 3 2 1 0 Won 15 2013–14 PCB Qatar Women's 20-over Tri-Series Neutral (in Qatar) 5 3 2 0 Runners-Up 16 2013–14 Women's World Twenty20 Neutral (in Bangladesh) 5 3 2 0 Semifinals 17 2014 Away 3 0 3 0 Lost 18 2014 Neutral (in England) 3 3 0 0 Won 19 2014–15 Away 3 2 1 0 Won 20 2014–15 Away 1 0 1 0 Lost 21 2014–15 Neutral (in UAE) 3 1 2 0 Lost 22 2015–16 Away Cancelled 23 2015–16 Home 3 1 2 0 Lost 24 2015–16 Home 3 2 1 0 Won 25 2015–16 Women's World Twenty20 Neutral (in India) 4 1 3 0 Eliminated in group-stage 26 2016 Away 2 1 1 0 Drawn 27 2016–17 Home Cancelled Overall Total 71 29 41 1
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