CSA Women Pro50 Series 2026/27 reaches 2nd Match with Eastern Province Women and Lions Women still to start an ODI at St George's Park, Gqeberha, Saturday, 3 October 2026 at 01:30 pm. Read this as the pre-match piece: conditions first, then the two XIs, then the contest that decides the day.
Eastern Province Women and Lions Women are the names the rest of the day hangs on. CSA Women Pro50 Series 2026/27 runs from Saturday, 3 October 2026 at 01:30 pm to Saturday, 2 January 2027 at 05:29 am. 2nd Match is not a standalone.
Match snapshot
- Fixture: 2nd Match
- Series: CSA Women Pro50 Series 2026/27
- Format: ODI
- Venue: St George's Park, Gqeberha
- Date and time: Saturday, 3 October 2026 at 01:30 pm
- Status: Yet to start
- Eastern Province Women: Eastern Province Women
- Lions Women: Lions Women
The 2nd Match score stays on the live scoreboard.
What 2nd Match does to CSA Women Pro50 Series 2026/27
If Eastern Province Women win at St George's Park, Gqeberha, their XI tends to stay for the next CSA Women Pro50 Series 2026/27 game. If Lions Women lose, every low score becomes a selection argument. That is the stake in this 2026 ODI.
Eastern Province Women want the new ball to ask a question or the top order to survive it. Lions Women want the opposite hour. Follow the passage, not only the headline total, on the live page once 2nd Match starts.
What St George's Park, Gqeberha asks of this ODI
St George's Park, Gqeberha shows its hand in the first hour. If the new ball moves, the top order has to leave. If it sits up, the opening stand can settle the day before the change bowlers arrive. Eastern Province Women and Lions Women play that surface on this date, not a generic one.
Fifty overs at St George's Park, Gqeberha split into a powerplay, a middle, and a death. Eastern Province Women and Lions Women win it in the phase where the fifth bowler is hiding.
Who has to win their hour
Eastern Province Women carry the batting job for Eastern Province Women. Lions Women carry it for Lions Women. In this ODI between them at St George's Park, Gqeberha, one partnership that lasts is worth more than three starts.