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

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse and Mark Mitchener

  1. Eng 215-7

    Four to win. Gunn drives, straight to cover. Four needed from seven.

  2. Eng 215-7

    Target 219

    Tense faces in the crowd as Laura Marsh swings her arms, but a thick outside edge goes down towards third man for another single. Outside edges are your best friends in these situations.

  3. Eng 214-7

    Marsh facing for the first time, also very experienced. A drive flashes straight along the ground to backward point. Dot. Five from nine needed.

  4. Eng 214-7

    Target 219

    Another full delivery and Gunn takes a step to the side before lobbing it down the ground for a deceptively leisurely single.

  5. Eng 213-7

    Moseline Daniels to bowl her last over. Laura Marsh is the new batter, but is non-striker as Gunn steers a dot ball to point. Six from 11.

  6. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    When you do that kind of shot, you expose yourself - it leaves a little window for South Africa. Fran has played that shot before and it's come off, but with only six needed, you don't want to rock the boat.

  7. Alison Mitchell
    BBC Test Match Special

    Wilson went for the scoop, and Trisha Chetty - who has not had the cleanest of days behind the stumps - held it one-handed. Is there another twist?

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Wilson c Chetty b Kapp 30 (Eng 213-7)

    Gone! A full ball from Marizanne Kapp, Fran Wilson tries that dinky scoop over the keeper's head, and Chetty leaps like a salmon out of water to cling on! Oh, there's absolute silence around Bristol, apart from the almighty yelp that comes out of Marizanne Kapp.

  9. Eng 213-6

    Gunn smears a single to mid-on. Six needed from 13 balls - the finish line is in sight.

  10. Eng 212-6

    South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk looks thoroughly miffed by proceedings, but Kapp responds with a dot ball as Gunn hustles the ball back towards the bowler.

  11. Eng 212-6

    Target 219

    Wilson takes a stride or two down the pitch, a pinched single to point means it's seven needed from 15 balls.

  12. Eng 211-6

    Target 219

    Jenny Gunn takes a step out of her crease and cobbles the ball down the ground for another single.

  13. Eng 210-6

    Kapp to Wilson, a single to third man. England need nine from 17 balls, and I'm joined by Amy Lofthouse on live texting duty as we go ball-by-ball...

  14. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    You can see the England camp there - they look a little more relieved! Jenny Gunn is using every bit of her experience to stay calm and put the ball in the gap.

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  15. Eng 209-6

    Target 219

    A swing and a miss from Gunn, who checks how many deliveries there are left in the over. But Ismail serves up a juicy full toss which Gunn pulls through cow corner for four. She digs out a yorker to end the over, 10 runs from 18 balls needed to book their ticket to Lord's. Faces on the balcony are starting to believe...

  16. Alison Mitchell
    BBC Test Match Special

    Jenny Gunn is turning it on!

    And here's the first of Gunn's two boundaries so far...

  17. Eng 205-6

    Gunn can't connect with a slower ball, but then boshes Ismail back over her head for four! She has 18 from 15 balls - England need 14 from 21.

  18. Alison Mitchell
    BBC Test Match Special

    I don't know how worried Jenny Gunn is. If that is out, that is one of the most incredible direct hit run outs that I've seen...

  19. Eng 201-6

    Shabnim Ismail to bowl to the experienced Gunn, there's a single there, they go for a second and the throw hits the stumps, they go upstairs... and she's just home! 18 from 23.

  20. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    That's a rare bit of width from Daniels, who has been dropping it on a penny.

    There's batting to come, but we've all seen games just turned on their head. Ismail is a fired up bowler as well. It's looking calm at the moment - I don't want to preempt anything...