Summary

  • South Africa shock defending champions Australia to reach final

  • Proteas chase 135 in 17.2 overs to win by eight wickets

  • Australia struggle for fluency on slow pitch - Mooney top-scores with 44

  • Australia had won past three T20 World Cups and six of past seven

  • West Indies face New Zealand in second semi on Friday

  • Final will be first in women's T20 or 50-over to not feature one of Australia or England

  • Listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary at top of page

Live Reporting

Mike Peter & Ffion Wynne

  1. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo writer on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    South Africa will never get a better chance than this to knock Australia out of a World Cup. Taking the teams and the players out of this, anyone would say that the chasing team should win this game.

  2. SA 97-1

    14 runs from the last three balls as Wolvaardt gets in on the action, sweeping Gardner past backward square.

    South Africa hit 14 runs off three balls

  3. Complete control...

    WinViz has it 94-6 in South Africa's favour against AustraliaBBC Sport/CricViz
  4. 6 runs

    SA 93-1

    42 needed from 48 balls

    Bosch, and indeed Bosch!

    Forgive the obvious pun, but unavoidable when Anneke Bosch plays shots like this.

    She slog sweeps Wareham for four through a vacant square leg, then crashes the following ball over mid-wicket for six.

    Her previous top score in this tournament was 25, but Bosch is now on 45 from 29.

  5. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    If they can take Megan Schutt for singles at this stage, South Africa will be happy. Australia have got to bring someone on to try and break this partnership.

  6. SA 81-1

    54 needed from 54 balls

    South Africa playing with fire after the interval, as Wolvaardt mistimes an aerial shot off Schutt into a gap behind the short mid-wicket fielder.

    Bosch then dramatically reverse scoops down to the boundary at third, two Australia fielders close in to relay the ball back to the keeper.

    No boundary for 3.5 overs now.

  7. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    A little bit of a problem for Australia here, in the sense that the ones are building for South Africa. The dot balls are not totalling at all. Boundaries have been infrequent but South Africa are still managing to collect runs.

  8. SA 74-1

    61 needed from 60 balls

    The worm has South Africa ahead of Australia after 10 oversBBC Sport/CricViz

    The left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux returns for Australia, and South Africa take five singles from her to go into the half way drinks break.

    South Africa are well-positioned here, can they close out the match in the back half of the innings?

  9. SA 69-1

    The South African pair work Sutherland's medium pace around for six runs.

    A run-a-ball over, a run-a-ball target - they need 66 from 66.

  10. Not out

    SA 63-1

    Terrible review.

    Impact far outside off stump - an insight into Australia's mindset, that they were desperate enough to try that?

    Wolvaardt finishes the over with a swept two through mid-wicket.

  11. Australia review

    Georgia Wareham appealed for lbwGetty Images

    Wareham goes up for an lbw appeal as she strikes Wolvaardt on the top of the pads.

    It looks rather hopeful, the South Africa captain had moved across her stumps, but Australia are going to take a look.

  12. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    South Africa are not holding back here, they are trying to do this with authority.

  13. SA 57-1

    Bosch welcomes Georgia Wareham to the attack by smacking the leg-spinner's first ball through long-off for a one-bounce four.

    She moves to 17 from 11.

  14. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo writer on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Laura Wolvaardt looks so dominating out there. She has had an incredible year and she is captaining this team in a very calm, controlled and mature way.

  15. South Africa are pretty firm favourites according to WinViz...

    WinViz has it 78-22 in South Africa's favour against AustraliaBBC Sport/CricViz

  16. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That is absolutely sensational! It sails over the boundary ropes...

  17. 6 runs

    SA 53-1

    Fifty up with a six!

    Seamer Darcie Brown enters the attack and South Africa work her for four singles before Wolvaardt absolutely gets hold of one, clearing the ropes at long-on with a mighty swing of the bat.

    Brown responds by whistling her final delivery past the South Africa captain's bat.

    Wolvaardt hits Brown for a 'majestic' six

  18. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That's a good-looking shot! This is why they have stuck with Anneke Bosch. She knows that ball will be angling into her, she just steps to the off-side - it's really clever batting.

  19. SA 43-1

    'That's a good looking shot!' - Bosch hits Molineux for back-to-back fours

    Consecutive fours for Bosch!

    She makes room and slog sweeps Sophie Molineux through an empty square leg, then just evades the hand of a leaping mid-off with a drive to the boundary.

    That's the end of the powerplay - Australia were 35-2 at this stage.

  20. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    South Africa have had a decent start and when it's not their day, Australia can be beaten. They definitely didn't bat like they can bat down to number nine, they batted with a certain timorousness.