Summary

  • India win Women's World Cup for first time - full report

  • Tournament hosts complete victory on stroke of midnight local time

  • Deepti Sharma takes 5-39 as South Africa fall short

  • Wolvaardt hits sublime 101 but falls to juggling Amanjot catch

  • Part-time bowler Verma removes Luus & Kapp

  • India post 298-7 - Verma top-scores with 87 off 78 balls

  • Deepti hits unbeaten 58, Ghosh smashes 34 off 24

  • Khaka takes 3-58 but SA drop number of chances

Live Reporting

by Elizabeth Botcherby

  1. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    South Africa still have Marizanne Kapp up their sleeves. Surely, she will bowl her entire quota today.

  2. Ind 175-3

    This partnership really isn't clicking.

    Harmanpreet Kaur wants a single and gets a couple of paces down before Deepti Sharma holds up her hand. Then, the skipper attempts a ramp with the wicketkeeper stood up to the stumps and doesn't connect. Sensible cricket has gone out of the window.

    A wide and a single off the over.

  3. Ind 173-3

    Oh, India are getting skittish.

    Deepti Sharma, searching for a quick single, takes on the arm of Anneke Bosch and is nearly run out at the non-striker's end. A direct hit would have been close.

    India need to compose themselves. There's plenty of time left in their innings, two quality batters in the middle, and Richa Ghosh's fireworks still to come.

  4. Ind 172-3

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    I would like to offer my apologies to Laura Wolvaardt for doubting her decision to stick with Ayabonga Khaka (@13:13).

    She has 2-5 from her past two overs and has ripped this game wide open.

  5. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    No mistake about the catch in the end. Brilliantly done by Laura Wolvaardt as it was dipping on her, and she had to make sure she got one hand completely underneath the ball.

    A couple of wickets and pegging India back just a little bit, and we saw Australia misjudged their first innings as they were 20 runs short. India have to be wary of that.

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    Rodrigues c Wolvaardt b Khaka 24 (Ind 171-3)

    There'll be no repeat of Jemimah Rodrigues' semi-final heroics. She's been caught for 24 (37).

    She struck it like a tracer bullet but Laura Wolvaardt got her hands down low to take a sharp catch in the covers.

    'Game on here!' - Rodrigues is caught by Wolvaardt off the bowling of Khaka

  7. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    Laura Wolvaardt looked convinced that she had taken it cleanly.

  8. Umpire review

    Is that another wicket for South Africa? Laura Wolvaardt is confident that she's caught Jemimah Rodrigues.

    The umpire has sent it upstairs for a second opinion.

  9. Ind 171-2

    Jemimah Rodrigues takes a single early in the over to give us today's first installment of Marizanne Kapp vs Harmanpreet Kaur.

    Three dots before Kaur, crouching so low that her head is nearly below the height of the bails, plays a streaky shot behind the wicketkeeper for four. Kapp rakes her hand through her hair in fury.

    The over finishes with a dot.

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    Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    South Africa need to strike again to get Harmanpreet Kaur out early and help keep India under 300. Marizanne Kapp is the best bowler for that, having dismissed Kaur four times in ODIs for an average of just 17.

  11. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    Marizanne Kapp is always the one that Laura Wolvaardt turns to when she wants to break open an innings. And here she is.

  12. Shafali Verma's innings has put India in pole position on WinViz.

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  13. Ind 166-2

    This feels like a crucial window for South Africa.

    Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues were instrumental in India's victory over Australia. South Africa cannot afford to let them build a partnership.

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    Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

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    Shafali Verma’s 87 is the highest score by an Indian in a World Cup final, beating Punam Raut’s 86 (115) v England in 2017.

  15. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

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    From the outset, with Shafali Verma, it was about patience, but you can see the frustration, and she looks absolutely distraught as there is a sense that she has thrown her wicket away. But she has provided a really good platform for India, and given the fact that she was included in the squad very late, she can be proud of herself and her innings.

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    Verma c Luus b Khaka 87 (Ind 166-2)

    That was a tired shot from Shafali Verma.

    She had a life earlier in the over, an aerial shot dropping just short of Sune Luus at mid-off. Two balls later, she plays a similar shot and this time it carries.

    Verma, who was dropped on 56, departs for 87 (78). Her innings has set India up for a big total.

    Verma is caught by Luus off the bowling of Khaka

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    Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

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    South Africa’s spinners aren’t getting much assistance from this pitch. Their 1.4° of spin found so far is the joint lowest of any game in the tournament by this stage of the innings.

  18. Ind 162-1

    A better over for South Africa, Nonkululeko Mlaba conceding four singles.

    Laura Wolvaardt is going to stick with the expensive Ayabonga Khaka from the other end.

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  20. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    Frustration for South Africa, as that was the last ball of the over. And when you consider the free hit that was given and that extra ball that had to be bowled, a little bit of game management is needed from South Africa.