England Women vs South Africa Women, 1st Semi-Final - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: ICC Womens World Cup, 2017 Venue: County Ground, Bristol Date & Time: Jul 18, 10:30 AM LOCAL
Taylor and Knight's 78-run stand helped resurrect England's chase after quick wickets.
Taylor and Knight's 78-run stand helped resurrect England's chase after quick wickets. © Getty

The England camp is overjoyed.. they've dodged a massive bullet here. Emotions take over.. bunch of them are in tears. South Africans, on the other hand, are inconsolable. They came very, VERY close to end England's World Cup but will go back home with their head held high. They've already exceeded expectations and a close contest like this makes this campaign a roraing success for them.

Sarah Taylor is the Player of the Match.

England it is! Into the finals with a nervy two-wicket win, with two balls to spare!

Shabnim Ismail sent back Laura Marsh off the third ball of the over to spice things up but Shrubsole sends the very first one she faces to the boundary line to seal their spot in the final, to be played in front of a full-house at Lord's on Sunday.

Wilson departs: Spoke too soon, I think! Marizanne Kapp is thrilled to put an end to that counter-attacking partnership between Gunn and Wilson. She has Wilson caught behind by Chetty, who hasn't had a very good thus far. Seven wickets down now, the hosts. Six required off 12 balls, still England's game to lose, I'd say.

Gunn and Wilson to the rescue: That's what you call keeping calm under pressure. The duo seem hardly frazzled by the narrowing gap between the runs required and the balls remaining. They are on a boundary hitting-spree. South Africa might have triggered a panic in England's camp but it might still not be enough.

BRUNT FALLS: Would you believe it! Moseline Daniels joins the wicket-takers' list and she's bowled Katherine Brunt. It was going to happen soon that later.. she was getting edgy after playing one too many dots. And with that wicket, Daniels has also dashed some of England's hopes. 46 required off as many deliveries now. Fran Wilson holds the key, and Gunn is the new batter in.

The game has changed in a matter of few minutes here and suddenly it looks like South Africa are n with a chance here. Can they create history? Down to Fran Wilson and Katherine Brunt to save England the blushes. 74 required off the remaining 15 overs. Powerplay take, Luus continues.

Is that a turnaround? Van Niekerk had a very, VERY animated chat wit her girls after Taylor's wicket and the results are there for you to see. Wolvaardt plucks one out of thin air and that's the end of Knight's knock. And Luus makes it two in an over as she's bowled Sciver, who had two centuries to her name, around her legs. Sweep has been her go-to shot but Sciver falls to one this time. What a game-changer this over. Luus, take a bow!

TAYLOR RUN OUT: Yet another mixup.. third of the day! Sarah Taylor pays the price this time. Where was the single girls, and what was the hurry? Knight sent the ball to the covers and the duo push for a single that was never there. Taylor falls inches short as Dane van Niekerk nails the direct hit at the keeper's end, even though she thinks she hasn't.

FIFTY FOR TAYLOR: Sarah Taylor doing what she does best - pile on more runs and misery on South Africa. She averages over 55 against them and now gets to another fifty. Remember the brilliant 147 in the league game earlier? England cruising now.

Here comes WWC17's leading wicket-taker, leg spinner Dane van Niekerk. Massive no-ball off the second delivery.

Bowled her! Birthday girl is on a roll. Beaumont and Taylor was the pair that batted South Africa out of the contest in the league round and Khaka takes out the former to ensure there is no repeat telecast. Dane van Niekerk is elated! Heather Knight walks in.

Chetty is back on the field and will resume her job behind the stumps.

FIRST BLOW: Change in bowling brings luck for South Africa and the birthday girl Ayabonga Khaka has dismissed Lauren Winfield for yet another low score in this World Cup. Winfield played out a maiden from Kapp and the pressure maybe got to her. Short and wide ball, Winfield tried to pull but the top-edge lobs up and Mignon du PReez covers some ground to pouch it at backward point. England 42 for 1, in comes Sarah Taylor.

UPDATE: Chetty had walked off the field and Lizelle Lee is behind the stumps now.

Poor keeping or nerves? Chetty is havig a tough time behind the stumps. Winfield is granted a life despite a full-length dive cheety put to her right. Tad late to react to that. Two balls later, a wide delivery down legside runs away to the boundary.

Lauren Winfield and Tammy Beaumont, WWC17's leading run scorer, walk out to open England's innings. Shabnim Ismail will start the proceedings.

SA finish with 218: Du Preez's unbeaten 76 has taken South Africa to 218 for 6. Two run outs there and a wicket each for Knight, Shrubsole, Sciver and Gunn. 219 is the target for England for a place in the final.

Du Preez, in her mid-innings interview, says the total is "defendable with our bowling attack". Join us in 30 minutes for the hosts' reply.

FIFTY: Mignon du Preez brings up a responsible fifty. She's lost a bunch of partners at the other end in quick succession, which makes it an even more crucial contribution. She's the key for South Africa now. How much she adds to South Africa's total from here on could prove decisive.

No fireworks from Tryon: The last time these two sides met in WWC17, Tryon fired a brisk fifty. No fireworks this time though as Jenny Gunn has caught her off her own bowling to give England a big, big wicket. Tryon's very very disappointed with herself, stays put for a while but has to go back. Sune Luus joins du Preez in the middle.

Van Niekerk run out: The captain pressed the accelerator after playing fair bit of dots but departs after an unfortunate run out. Du Preez sent the ball to midwicket region and called for asingle before changing her mind. Van Niekerk is alsready halfway down the pitch, turn around quickly and puts a full length dive. Unfortunately though her bat is in the air and third umpire rules it out in two replays. South Africa 168 for 5, the captain departs and here comes her deputy, Chloe Tryon.

Batting powerplay: South Africa take the powerplay for the 36-40th over slot. Brunt back into the attack. 22 off the powerplay for South Africa, not what they would have hoped for.

England's Knight in shining armour: The captain comes to England's rescue. Wolvaardt was trying to make room but exposed her stuumps meanwhile and the ball crashed into her stumps. End of a defiant 77-run partnership between the opener and the former captain. Knight could have made it two in two but shells a tough return chance. Kapp luck runs out quickly though. Even a dive can't save her as Taylor removes the bails in a flash. Non-existent single, really. South Africa in a spot of bother now, two wickets in an over and 126 on the board. Here comes Dane van Niekerk.

Wolvaardt on the move: A slow fifty is not really Wolvaardt's style and she makes up for it with back to back boundaries off Sciver. South Africa's run rate has jumped past four, finally.

50 and 300: Laura Wolvaardt raises her third fifty against England in ODIs and what an occasion to do so! Seventh career half-century. Also goes past 300 runs in this World Cup. All at the age of 18.

While South Africa struggle to pep up run rate, here's something fun for you:

True that!

Chetty disappoints

Chetty's lean run with the bat continues as she is latest victim of some lazor sharp work behind the stumps from Sarah Taylor. How quick was that! Doesn't look like she's been away at all. Chetty loses her shape while trying to flick that one from Sciver, misses and has only fraction of a second to ground her bat. Taylor's already celebrating by then. England get another wicket, South Africa two down now. Former captain Mignon du Preez walks out now.

Bowling change: Shrubsole is off, here comes Nat Sciver. South Africa are 41/1 after the mandatory powerplay. Here's Laura Marsh.

Lee departs

Bowled her! The destructive Lee is on her way back to the hut after contributing just seven. She used DRS to her advantage and survived a LBW call just an over ago but now, Anya Shrubsole has her revenge. The pressure of too many dots gets on to the batter, she swings her bat wildly and is undone by an inswinging delivery that crashes into her offstump. Sarah Taylor, behind the stumps, and Shrubsole celebrate in a very identical manner. Trisha Chetty, most successful wicketkeeper in women's ODIs, is in next.

Toss

South Africa have won a crucial toss and opted to bat. England are unchanged, while Tryon comes in for Klass for South Africa.

Build Up

South Africa will look to continue their good run when they lock horns against England in the first Women's World Cup semifinal in Bristol.

South Africa, who started the tournament as dark horses, qualified for the semifinals, with four wins out of seven matches. Dane van Niekerk has led from the front, picking up 15 scalps, while Kapp has snared 12 wickets for them. Wolvaardt and Lee have been in prime form with the bat in hand.

England, too, have played with a sense of fearlessness after starting the tournament with a shock loss. Tammy Beaumont (372 runs) is the highest run-getter in the eight-team tournament, while Sarah Taylor, Heather Knight and Sciver have also been among the runs too.

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