The South Africa women's under-19 cricket team represents

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in international under-19

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. The team is administrated by

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. The team played their first official international matches against

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in late 2022 and early 2023, in preparation for the

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, the first ever international women's under-19 cricket competition, held in South Africa. They reached the Super Six stage at the inaugural tournament.

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the

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. The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in

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, in

. As the host nation, South Africa qualified automatically for the tournament. In December 2022, the side competed in one of South Africa's domestic competitions, the

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, losing all of their completed matches. Later in December and in January 2023, they played a five-match T20I series against

. At the Under-19 T20 World Cup, the side reached the Super Six stage, in which they finished fourth in their group.

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for South Africa under-19s. Currently, this includes the squad for their series against India and the

Records & statistics

International match summary ''As of 24 January 2023'' Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations ''As of 24 January 2023''

Leading runs scorers

Leading wickets takers

Highest individual innings

Highest individual bowling figures

Under-19 World Cup record

References

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