Scotland grind out win at ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 as England and South Africa also triumph

Maisie Maceira’s five-fer and Gabrielle Fontenla’s nerveless batting set up Scotland’s exhilarating one-wicket win over Nepal.

England impressed with the ball and gloves but were made to work with the bat for their six-wicket victory against Pakistan.

South Africa claimed a confident win over debutants Samoa to move to two wins from two in the tournament.

The early matches had seen first triumphs for USA and Nigeria, with Australia edging a thriller.

Scotland edge out last-wicket nail-biter

Scotland v Nepal - UKM YSD Oval, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nepal 73 all out in 18.5 overs (Puja Mahato 27, Sabitri Dhami 10; Maisie Maceira 5/15, Ammy Baldie 2/17)

Scotland in overs (Pippa Sproul 35, Gabrielle Fontenla 12 not out; Rachana Chaudhary 2/13, Seemana KC 2/16)

Result: Scotland won by 1 wicket

Maisie Maceira took the first five-fer of the World Cup, but Scotland had to grind out their one-wicket win over Nepal.

Nepal’s captain Puja Mahato was the glue holding her side’s innings together as wickets fell around her.

The all-rounder made 27 before becoming Maceira’s second victim as the right-arm seamer took five wickets for 15 runs to bowl Nepal out for 73 in the penultimate over.

The Nepal skipper was involved early on in Scotland’s chase dismissing Pippa Kelly for a duck before running out her opposite number Niamh Muir to leave Scotland at 11 for three in the fifth over.

Pippa Sproul stood firm as the other batters wobbled and the dot balls stacked up, but she was eventually dismissed for 35 to leave Scotland needing 18 runs in 20 balls with two wickets remaining.

Gabriella Fontenla and Kirsty McColl were tasked with saving the match as a tenth-wicket partnership, as McColl hit the winning runs to spark huge celebrations.

Jones leads England to Pakistan win

England v Pakistan - Dato’ Dr. Harjit Singh Johor Cricket Academy (JCA) Oval, Johor, Malaysia

Pakistan 66 all out in 18.5 overs (Zoofishan Ayyaz 15, Komal Khan 12; Amuruthaa Surnekumar 3/17, Tilly Corteen-Coleman 2/2)

England 67/4 in 9.2 overs (Katie Jones 20 not out, Abigale Norgrove 14 all out; Mahnoor Zeb 2/23, Fatima Khan 1/12)

Result: England won by six wickets

Katie Jones starred with the gloves and the bat as England beat Pakistan for their first win of the World Cup.

Pakistan built to 18 without loss having been put into bat, but the wickets fell steadily from there despite Zoofishan Ayyaz’s best efforts.

Amu Surenkumar took three wickets for 17 but the star of the show was wicketkeeper Jones with three stumpings, one catch and a run out as she proved a constant threat.

Pakistan were bowled out for 66 and Davina Perrin started the chase strongly, scoring two fours in the first over before being dropped on eight.

Perrin had to go for 10 and England continued to give Pakistan easy catching chances as they were reduced to 19 for three.

The combination of Abigale Norgrove and Jones steadied the ship for England with Jones fittingly hitting the winning six to claim the victory.

South Africa too much for debutants Samoa

South Africa v Samoa - Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak, Malaysia

Samoa 16 all out in 9.1 overs (Avetia Fetu Mapu 3, Stella Sagalala 3; Nthabiseng Nini 3/4, Seshnie Naidu 2/0)

South Africa 17/0 in 1.4 overs (Jemma Botha 6, Simone Lourens 6; Olive Lefaga Lemoe 0/7)

Result: South Africa won by 10 wickets

South Africa claimed a second win of the tournament with a dominant 10-wicket win over Samoa in Sarawak.

Samoa were not given a gentle introduction to World Cup cricket having been put into bat, as Norah Jade Salima was dismissed first ball.

South Africa shared the wickets between them with Nthabiseng Nini claimed three for four while Seshnie Naidu did not concede a run from her two overs as the leg-spinner also took two wickets.

Samoa were bowled out for 16 in the 10th over, and South Africa needed just 10 balls to chase the modest total down as both Simone Lourens and Jemma Botha scored six runs.

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