South Africa Women thrashed England to attain their maiden final conflict of the T20 World Cup. The Proteas defeated Heather Knight-led workforce by six runs within the second semifinal on the Newlands, Cape Town on Friday.
South Africa will now face Australia on the twenty sixth of February, Sunday within the summit conflict of the match.
Opting to bat after profitable the toss, South Africa managed to put 164/4 on the board in 20 overs. Their innings had been powered by sensible knocks of the opener Laura Wolvaardt (53) and Tazmin Brits (68). For England, star spinner Sophie Ecclestone took a three-wicket haul.
When it got here to England’s flip, despite the fact that they began on a excessive notice, they may solely handle 158/8. Star pacer Ayabonga Khaka (4/29) took 4 wickets to assist the hosts cross the road.
“It was a brilliant game of cricket. We fought really hard at the end to try and take it as close as we did. I guess South Africa with their bowling plans were really good, they had clear and simple plans and bowled straight. This game is one of the finest groups I have ever come up against,” England skipper Knight mentioned.
“There is a big quantity of time (for the following World Cup), we are attempting to construct one thing good however generally when you’re enjoying in opposition to good sides these effective margins occur. We are very clear on how we would like to go about our T20 cricket, clearly hasn’t come off right now, however the future for us going ahead, is younger gamers being actually aggressive and actually attacking and making an attempt to take the sport on and making an attempt to entertain, she added.
On the opposite hand, South Africa captain Sune Luus claimed that their tea has the most effective bowling assault on this planet and shared the workforce’s technique that led to victory.
“England played well it was a great match. I think we were out of it, in it again, out of it again and it just went in waves but I think we do have the best bowling attack in the world and I guess it was against the best batting attack in the world, I just don’t know what to say,” she mentioned.
“We kept saying to them (openers) to be brave and back themselves, they made us extremely proud and that gave us the platform for Marizanne and everyone coming in. She (Khaka) is a phenomenal bowler, one of the best in the world and I just think she just showed her class once again. It’s massive, every game we play we keep making history and keep inspiring the nation. I hope this is really a turning point for not just women’s cricket in South Africa, but sport in general in South Africa, so I hope with one game to go we can keep doing that,” she added.
