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AUS-W vs SA-W, 1st Semi Final T20, WT20 World Cup 2024 live
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135-2(17.2)
South Africa Women won by 8 wickets 🏆
AUS-W
(20.0)134-5
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That's all we have from the 1st Semi-Final of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 between Australia and South Africa. Who will face South Africa Women in the Final? We have to wait and see tomorrow as we have the 2nd Semi-Final all the way from Sharjah.
For now, this is Pritam Dey signing off on behalf of co-commentator Akshay Bhide who, along with scorer/analyst Raju Khariya brought all the actions of this clash. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world. BYE BYE👋
Australia Women's streak of 15 consecutive wins in T20 World Cups has been broken tonight.
Consecutive scores of 40+ in Women’s T20 World Cup knockouts:
4* - Laura Wolvaardt (2020-2024)
4* - Beth Mooney (2020-2024)
3 - Meg Lanning (2014-2016)
Highest partnerships against Australia Women in T20 World Cups:
122* - Beth Morgan 🤝 Claire Taylor (England Women) at The Oval, 2009
120 - Hayley Matthews 🤝 Stefanie Taylor (West Indies Women) in Kolkata, 2016
118* - Suzie Bates 🤝 Aimee Watkins (New Zealand Women) in Taunton, 2009
96 - Laura Wolvaardt 🤝 Anneke Bosch (South Africa Women) in Dubai, 2024
Highest targets successfully chased by South Africa Women in T20 World Cups:
135 vs Australia Women in Dubai, 2024
124 vs England Women in Perth, 2020
119 vs West Indies Women in Dubai, 2024
115 vs New Zealand Women in Sylhet, 2014
Highest individual scores for South Africa Women in T20 World Cups:
101 - Lizelle Lee vs Thailand Women in Canberra, 2020
90* - Dane van Niekerk vs Pakistan Women in Sylhet, 2014
74* - Anneke Bosch vs Australia Women in Dubai, 2024 Semi-Final
68 - Tazmin Brits vs England Women in Cape Town, 2023 Semi-Final
67* - Lizelle Lee vs Pakistan Women in Sylhet, 2014
Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa Women Captain): "Yeah, it's right up there, this is one of the best wins of my cricketing career for sure. Couple of other girls said it as well.
It was a phenomenal batting performance from Anneke Bosch and yeah, really happy.
(On Beating Australia for the first time in World Cup) Yeah, it has been a really good year for us, as a collective group we have always done well but glad that we got over the line. Maybe we analyzed a bit more than other teams on their weakness and really happy with the win. Some of our plans we made for today, I think our bowlers were simply exceptional.
Well in the run chase, we did not start well in the first couple of overs but I had a chat with Tazmin and we decided to put the foot down and accelerate. Then Anneke played her role brilliantly as well.
(On Anneke Bosch) Yeah, her Innings was one of her best knock of her career and what a time to bring it up.
(On Semi Final-2) Ah, I really don't know, both the sides are really strong. Obviously West Indies Women are unpredictable and really strong, so may the best team win."
Tahlia McGrath (Australia Women Captain): "It's a pretty tough pill to swallow. It was a shock tonight. You cannot perform like this in such tournaments. But credit to South Africa for the way they played.
This World Cup was in our minds for a long time. We had prepared well. We did well in the off-season camp. We left no stone unturned. This is a shock.
We found it quite tricky and South Africa bowled well. They took pace off. At the halfway mark, we thought 140-150 would be par. But they batted really well.
We were trying to keep it really simple on that wicket. We didn't execute it and got punished. We kept saying couple of wickets and couple of wickets and the momentum will shift to our side. But it wasn't to be.
Schutt has been huge for us this tournament. She picks wickets for us. Also, there are a couple of young girls coming up.
We have got a really big summer to finish first. There is always something on the calendar."
As Proteas have qualified for the Final, Nonkululeko Mlaba also makes HISTORY by becoming the only South African Women’s bowler to pick up 10 wickets in a single tournament. She is also the joint top wicket-taker in this tournament.
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