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EnglandAccording to women’s dream, the first three batsmen were out on zero. cricket world cup Glory suffered a crushing defeat by 125 runs in the semi-finals. South Africa,
Proteas skipper Laura Wolvaardt produced a masterclass to lead her team to victory in Guwahati, scoring 169 off 143 balls with the help of 20 fours and four sixes, taking the total to 319 for seven.
of England Chasing huge target gets off to disappointing start When? amy jones And heather knight Removed as part of Marizanne Kapp’s five-wicket haul in the first over tammy beaumont Ayabonga fell to Khaka on the opening ball of the second.
from the fifties Nat Sciver-Brunt (64) and Alice Capsey (50) made some resistance but never looked likely to make a successful pursuit England All out for 194 runs.
Helped by Sophie Ecclestone’s four wickets, the four-time champions appeared to be in good shape to reach their third consecutive World Cup final after restricting their opponents to 202 for six.
However, Charlotte Edwards’ side scored 117 runs in the last 10 overs before a remarkable top-order collapse paved the way for the upset.
South Africa will face either Australia or co-host India in the final on Sunday.
England, runners-up to Australia in 2022 after lifting the trophy at Lord’s in 2017, started the competition with a 10-wicket win over the Proteas and were keen to register another win.
Captain Sciver-Brunt won the toss and decided to bowl. Star spinner Ecclestone becomes fit In an unchanged team.
were south african When both sides met, they were all out for 69 runs. on 3 October, but – on a more favorable batting surface – surpassed that total without loss inside 14 overs.
The opening partnership of 116 runs between captain Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brittas was broken in the 23rd over when the latter was dismissed by Ecclestone for 45 due to a poor reverse sweep.
Ecclestone eased concerns about his fitness by bowling out Anneke Bosch for a duck after just three balls, before Sciver-Brunt continued the change of pace by dismissing Sune Luus for a single as South Africa lost three wickets for three runs.
All-rounder Kapp joined Wolvaardt to steady the ship, eventually falling eight runs short of his half-century after being caught by Charlie Dean at mid-on off Ecclestone.
South Africa, who had suffered semi-final defeats against England in the last two World Cups, were bowled out for 192 after five four balls when Sinalo Jafta was dismissed by Lauren Bell.
Wolvaardt brought up her century in the 40th over off 115 balls, but Anne Dirksen became Ecclestone’s fourth victim after a disastrous reverse sweep attempt. But England continued to be troubled by the tournament’s leading run scorer.
Wolvaardt made 69 from 28 balls after completing her century before being caught by Capsey off Bell, while Chloe Tryon’s unbeaten 33 added to the punishment. England’s difficult task rapidly became much more difficult.
Cap clean bowled Jones and then forced Knight to divert the ball onto the stumps, before Khaja dismissed Beaumont for a golden duck, leaving Edwards’ side reeling at one for three.
Capsey, who was dropped by Ndumiso Shangase on 28, and Sciver-Brunt reached 50 off consecutive balls before Capsey was caught cheaply off the bowling of Luus and the 107-run partnership ended.
Kapp ended Sciver-Brunt’s innings and then overtook India’s Jhulan Goswami as the women’s leading wicket-taker. cricket world cup Created history by dismissing Sophia Dunkley and Dean on consecutive balls.
Ecclestone was out for two, before De Klerk had Danny Wyatt-Hodge and Lynsey Smith caught for 34 and 27 respectively, sending South Africa into their first World Cup final with 45 balls to spare.
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