"It was a weekend that kept giving, one that will go down as one of the greats," the news website Stuff said.
Kerr finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker with 15 and collected both the Player of the Match and Player of the Tournament Awards.
For the second time this year, South Africa suffered heartbreak in the final of an ICC T20 World Cup, this time the women’s team falling short against first-time champions New Zealand at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the UAE yesterday.
Neither New Zealand nor South Africa have won a T20 World Cup title across the men's and women's tournaments.
New Zealand saw off the danger of Deandra Dottin to book their place in the Women's T20 World Cup final with a nail-biting eight-run win over West Indies in Sharjah on Friday.
South Africans will face either West Indies or New Zealand who meet in the second semi-final on Friday.
Joseph smashed 52 for her first T20 international half-century and skipper Matthews hit a 38-ball 50 as West Indies overhauled England's 141-7 with 12 balls to spare.
Pakistan’s chase quickly unravelled as they were bowled out for just 56 in 11.4 overs -- the second-lowest all-out total in Women's T20 World Cup history and their lowest in the competition
Taking confidence from their win over Scotland in the opener, Bangladesh will take on England, the champions of the inaugural ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2009, in their second Group B encounter at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium today.
Skipper Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits fired South Africa to a crushing 10-wicket win over the West Indies in their opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup on Friday.
The momentum for women's cricket in Bangladesh would have had a far bigger boost had they been staging the event as planned.
Pakistan produced a superb all-round display to beat Sri Lanka in the second match of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
“We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. We had in our minds that this is our moment. Means a lot,” said an emotional Joty, for whom it was more special as it was her 100th T20I match, during a post-match presentation ceremony.
At 24, she is also the second-youngest woman to achieve this feat, behind Rwanda’s 20-year-old all-rounder Henriette Ishimwe.
Bangladesh opted to bat in the opener of the ninth edition of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup against Scotland at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium today.
“Bangladesh is a crazy nation when it comes to cricket, with the emotion of the sport acting as an incredible tool for unity. If we perform well here, it will definitely have a positive impact on the Bangladeshi people.”
The tournament, which is being held in the United Arab Emirates, gets underway on Wednesday 3 October when host nation Bangladesh face Scotland at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
A huge mark-up in cash rewards has already turned the ninth edition of the tournament into a landmark event in women’s sports in general.