Summary

  • England win with two balls to spare

  • SA 218-6: Du Preez 76*, Wolvaardt 66

  • Wickets for Shrubsole, Sciver, Gunn & Knight

  • Taylor's superb stumping removes Chetty

  • England play Australia or India in Lord's final

  1. TMS on air nowpublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 18 July 2017

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    Alison Mitchell, Dan Norcross, Isa Guha and Natalie Germanos wll bring you ball-by-ball action, with expert analysis from Ebony Rainford Brent, Charlotte Edwards and Mel Jones.

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  2. The story so farpublished at 10:14 British Summer Time 18 July 2017

    This is South Africa's first World Cup semi-final since 2000 and it's come on the back of some impressive bowling.

    Captain Dane van Niekerk is the tournament's leading wicket-taker so far with 15 scalps to her name, including a spell of four wickets for no runs against the West Indies.

    The Proteas finished fourth in the group, winning four of their seven matches, but they lost to both England and Australia - who take on India in the other semi-final.

    "I don't think there's any pressure on us at all, I don't think most people thought we would be here - in that sense I'm very proud of the girls," captain van Niekerk sad.

    "I'm really excited to be in this position and the girls are really excited for the challenge ahead."

    .Image source, Reuters
  3. The story so farpublished at 10:11 British Summer Time 18 July 2017

    England topped the group after a run of six consecutive matches, and have continually improved from their opening match defeat by India.

    Natalie Sciver has been in great form - not content with two centuries so far, she's also found time to make up her own batting shot, external - and England's bowling and fielding has also come on.

    They showed that in emphatic fashion in their dominant 92-run win over the West Indies, which saw five Windies wickets fall for 36 runs.

    England also set a new record in women's ODI cricket after seven batsmen fell lbw for the first time.

  4. Captain's viewpublished at 10:07 British Summer Time 18 July 2017

    England captain Heather Knight: "I would have had a bat as well. Hopefully we can bowl very smartly. We're used to the track here.

    "We've really tried to keep today as normal as possible and just make it another game. The girls have done that brilliantly. They've practiced really well. The leasing thing is we've won in different ways every time. The perfect performance is still to come for us and hopefully it comes today."

  5. Captain's viewpublished at 10:05 British Summer Time 18 July 2017

    South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk: "We'll have a bat - I think we got it wrong in the previous game so we hope we can rectify that. England are a world-class team, I'm super proud of the girls and there's all to play for today."

  6. SA win toss & batpublished at 10:03 British Summer Time 18 July 2017

    Lovely blue skies at Bristol as Heather Knight tosses the coin up - and it's Dane van Nekerk who call correctly!

    South Africa will have a bat first.

  7. Morning!published at 10:02 British Summer Time 18 July 2017

    Hello! Ready for some cricket?

    This should be a good 'un. England have the tournament's leading run scorer at the top of the order, in the form of Tammy Beaumont. And South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk is the leading wicket-taker in the World Cup so far.

    But first, the toss.

  8. Postpublished at 10:00 British Summer Time 18 July 2017

    Semi-final number one. England v South Africa.

    Game faces are well and truly on. Well. In a way, they are...

    .Image source, Heather Knight