BENONI: Captain Laura Wolvaardt’s responsible batting helped South Africa women defeat Pakistan by six wickets in the second T20 International at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Friday night.

The victory gave the hosts an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

Friday’s game was reduced to 14-overs-a-side due to rainy weather.

Chasing a modest 101, South Africa completed the task in 13.2 overs while losing four wickets.

Batting at number three, Wolvaardt struck an unbeaten 40 off 29 balls with the help of four fours. Opener Tazmin Brits (29 off 25, two fours, one six) was the other notable contributor for the hosts. Pakistan’s slow left-arm orthodox spinner Sadia Iqbal picked up two wickets for 15 in three overs.

Earlier after being put into bat, Pakistan women’s team failed to deliver and kept losing wickets regularly. The tourists, who struggled to reach 28-3 in the 4.1 overs of the reduced powerplay, could not recover. South African pacer Ayabonga Khaka claimed three wickets for 10 runs in her two overs while fellow fast bowler Masabata Klaas got 2-14 in two overs.

Only Aliya Riaz (20 off 18), batting at number seven, put up some valuable resistance that proved insufficient in the end.

Khaka was named player-of-the-match.

South Africa had won the series opener by five wickets in Potchefstroom. The third game of the series will be held in Benoni.

Published in Dawn, February 15th, 2026