Summary

  • South Africa win by six wickets

  • First Proteas side to reach a World Cup final

  • They will face defending champions Australia on Sunday

  • SA post 164-4 after fifties by Brits and Wolvaardt

  • Brits takes four catches, including one-handed stunner to dismiss Capsey

  • Ragged England lose 5-26 in 22 balls to fall to defeat

  1. SA 126-1published at 16 overs

    Another half-chance goes begging as Sophie Ecclestone looses the ball in the sky and Marizanne Kapp is let off the hook, running an easy two.

    If Ecclestone would have clocked that, that could have been a catch on the dive.

  2. Postpublished at 14:03 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    That is a such a good shot from Brits - probably the best we have seen today.

  3. SA 120-1published at 15.3 overs

    Brits 57, Kapp 2

    Tazmin Brits is on a roll now, picking NSB's slower ball and chipping one over the covers for a two-bounce four.

  4. Postpublished at 14:02 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Anything over 145 I will be a bit twitchy, purely because of scoreboard pressure.

    England should be able to chase anything they are set. The pitch is good. Even if South Africa get 160+ it does not mean it is game over.

  5. SA 116-1published at 15.2 overs

    A dot, a precious dot from Nat Sciver-Brunt who returns to the attack.

    Next ball and it's a dot again.

  6. Postpublished at 14:01 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2023

    Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport in Cape Town

    A mightily impressive half-century from Tamzin Brits after a really tough start to the competition.

    England have got to stay calm - the game is not lost but there are some ominous signs.

    Not many players have cleared the rope in this tournament because of how big the boundaries are, but Brits has just made it look rather easy.

    England are not used to being under the pump like this.

  7. SA 116-1published at 15 overs

    Is that the over we'll come back to at the end of this game? Eighteen runs from it.

    I'd rather be in South Africa's position with five overs to go in the first innings.

  8. 50 runs

    50 for Britspublished at 14.5 overs

    SA 115-1

    What an over. Brits smashes a four through the off side to move on to 52 off 43.

  9. Postpublished at 13:59 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2023

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    This is dangerous now for England.

  10. 6 runs

    SA 111-1published at 14.3 overs

    Brits goes again and it's six again!

    This one is clubbed over the leg-side boundary. She's on to 48 from 42.

  11. Postpublished at 13:58 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    That is a great shot from Tazmin Brits and exactly what South Africa need her to do in this situation.

  12. Postpublished at 13:58 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2023

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That is a mighty, towering six.

  13. 6 runs

    SA 105-1published at 14.2 overs

    Oh no Hartley, what have you done?

    Tazmin Brits brings up South Africa's hundred, stepping down the ground and launching Sarah Glenn for a huge six.

  14. Postpublished at 13:57 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Brits' strike-rate could be what hurts South Africa here, especially when you have Chloe Tryon waiting to come in.

  15. Postpublished at 13:57 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2023

    Laura Wolvaardt was looking in such good form. She was set and looked primed to push on.

  16. SA 98-1published at 14 overs

    Eight runs off Ecclestone's latest over. But a huge breakthrough as well.

  17. Postpublished at 13:55 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2023

    Ecclestone celebrated quite aggressively there. England look very relieved with that breakthrough.

    The run map shows Laura Wolvaardt scored 53 with 1 six, 5 fours, 1 three, 3 twos, and 18 singles for South Africa WomenImage source, BBC Sport
  18. Postpublished at 13:55 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    A big send-off from Sophie Ecclestone. That is purely frustration.

  19. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 13.4 overs

    Wolvaardt c Dean b Ecclestone 53 (SA 96-1)

    Finally England have their wicket.

    Sophie Ecclestone gets the crucial scalp of Laura Wolvaardt who falls tamely, chipping the ball straight to Charlie Dean in the inner-ring.

    Relief.

  20. 50 runs

    50 for Wolvaardtpublished at 13.1 overs

    SA 94-0

    Sophie Ecclestone returns to the attack but the number one bowler in this format isn't shown any respect from Laura Wolvaardt who reaches her fifty off 42 balls with a four over the covers.

    South Africa are in a very