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South Africa Women v West Indies Women

Women's World Twenty20, 2009

At Taunton, June 11. West Indies won by three runs. Toss: West Indies. West Indies 123-7 (20 overs) (S. R. Taylor 50); South Africa 120 (19.4 overs) (M. du Preez 38). West Indies 2 pts. Twenty20 international debuts: D. van Niekerk (South Africa); M. R. Aguilleira, P. Y. Lavine (West Indies). Player of the Match: S. R. Taylor.

South Africa's 16-year-old leg-spinner Dane van Niekerk lined up against 40-year-old Bajan opener Pamela Lavine. Lavine's opening partner Stafanie Taylor set up West Indies' win with a run-a-ball fifty on her 18th birthday.

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