South Africa Women vs Australia Women, Semi-Final 2 (B1 v A2) - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Okay, brave the virus threat, plan your visas, fly across continents, fight through your jetlag and importantly fill the MCG. The Indians got a bye, the Aussies worked slightly harder, and now there's enough revenge at stake. So until Sunday, with streaks over a lakh blue and gold jerseys fighting for a louder voice, this is Vineet Anantharaman signing off on behalf of Akshay Maanay, Nikhil Jadhav and our scorer, Mukesh Gowda. Brace up, it's a renaissance, ta ta!!

Meg Lanning | Winning skipper: It was extremely tense. Even in the last couple of balls it just wasn't safe. They needed 19 off the last over and we knew we had to nail it. But that's T20 cricket for you; I was extremely nervous. We felt we had a good total without it being great. We felt that we needed to bowl really well to get the result we wanted. It was raining when we were coming out and we had a blueprint of how we had to bowl to them, from them. It has really just been about calming everyone down, the first few games just went on very quickly. We had to slow it down, and get back to playing the cricket that we wanted to. We weren't good in the first couple of games and then the openers just set it up for us. It was just a mindset thing. We weren't playing to our potential and the win against Sri Lanka perfectly set it up. India are a class side, they have been playing excellent cricket. We are going to have to play really well. We have been improving each day, it hasn't been an easy road. We wanted to give ourselves a chance of playing in the finals, and now we just need to enjoy ourselves. We are travelling to Melbourne tomorrow, train on Saturday and play on Sunday. I doubt there'd be much sleep happening tonight. I wish the game was tomorrow itself. South Africa have played very well, hope Kapp is okay because you want the best players to be playing. They put up an excellent fight today and we had to go till the last ball.

Dane van Niekerk | Losing skipper: I felt good with the target we got. But we have to give credit to Australia for the way they bowled and we just came six short. We brought them back with the ball really well, they got off to a flier and we thought they'd get to 160. All the bowlers did really well, and credit to them for how they brought it back. It was very emotional to see the ladies like that. To come short every time is difficult , and we aren't a team that blames anything or anyone; but unfortunately it just wasn't our year and it wasn't our day. It is a very talented team, Wolvaardt needs to get credit down the order. The way she has been going about her job is just incredible. It's a strong side and everyone was in great spirits for the day. South Africa is a great place to come to for the next World Cup. Everybody will thoroughly enjoy South Africa.

Meg Lanning | Player of the Match: That was very stressful, the way it rained during the day. The groundstaff here did an amazing job to get us on the field and we were lucky enough to get better weather. It was hard work as they bowled well and made it difficult on this skiddy wicket. It was difficult for us to get away as we lost a few wickets in the middle. It was nice to be able to contribute. It's been raining a lot in Sydney but the wicket was good as the groundstaff prepared it early. Very thankful that we got to play.

22:31 Local Time: Find an entire range of emotions to fit in, and these tears will justify it all. Sadness somewhere, joy elsewhere. Ellyse Perry, who's not even playing, can't keep calm, van Niekerk has called for a group huddle of tears. But to sum it up, the South Africans just can't seem to get over their semi-final heartbreak. It's a pattern, across genders, across formats, across levels. Given the way it was raining in the morning and given how bleak things looked in the innings break, they seemed to be pulling off an India. But in the 13 overs that Australia squeezed in, amidst a spitting drizzle by the end of it, amidst all the ball-wiping, they were just too clinical to not make it through to the MCG. This chase never quite got going, wickets tumbled regularly, and apart from that ten-minute phase when Wolvaardt and Luus switched up a gear and found the middle in their timing, there was never really even a scare. It was the rain that scared, and nearly scarred ..

Jonassen to Nadine de Klerk, 2 runs, heaves hard, the bat goes for a toss, and the ball trickles away. That'll do. That will do. Where's the ball, you ask? Nobody cares. Tears all around, joy all around

Jonassen to Nadine de Klerk, FOUR, low full toss, something Klerk's shuffling early into in a scoop-cum-sweep into fine leg

Jonassen to Wolvaardt, 1 run, a big-blooded shovel, hoicking away, deep mid-wicket. Superover, surely ..

Jonassen to Wolvaardt, 2 runs, another slog, flat, and there's enough water in the outfield to skid it through. Alas, it's not to be, thanks to some perfectly sliding fielding in the deep

Jonassen to Wolvaardt, FOUR, slices it powerfully behind point. Okay, there's width, Wolvaardt won't give it up, chopping past the fielder inside the ring .. 15 runs | 4 balls

Nadine de Klerk, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Jonassen to Tryon, out Caught by Lanning!! Full toss, floaty full toss. Exactly what South Africa would've wanted. Tryon full-bloods, a lot harder than she'd have liked, loses all shape, loses all timing, and finds extra cover. That's it. THAT'S IT. Tryon c Lanning b Jonassen 1(2)

Jonassen to Tryon, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Jess Jonassen [2.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack

Schutt to Wolvaardt, SIX, the missed-yorker-turned-full-toss. Wolvaardt mows it over cow corner. Hmmmm. It's breathing, it just won't die

Schutt to Wolvaardt, no run, swings back in late, something Wolvaardt takes on the full and strokes down to long-off

Schutt to Tryon, 1 run, slapped back, Schutt sticks out her palm in her followthrough, but no, it's not a catcher, it's a boundary-saver

Schutt to Wolvaardt, 1 run, near yorker, smashed straight down the ground

Chloe Tryon, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Schutt to Sune Luus, out Caught by Mooney!! Conventionally undone. Schutt floats the back-of-the-hand leggie, and Luus cannot keep it down. She's clearly not allowed to. She lofts, but isn't under the length at all, and will find long-off. Sune Luus c Mooney b Schutt 21(22) [4s-2]