England were knocked out of the Women's T20 World Cup after inspired hosts South Africa won a gripping semi-final by six runs.

Chasing 165 to win, England were cruising at 132-3 before Nat Sciver-Brunt's dismissal for 40 sparked a collapse of five wickets for 26 runs in 22 balls.

With 13 runs needed from the final over, Shabnim Ismail held her nerve to bowl England captain Heather Knight for 31 and seal a thrilling victory in front of a packed Cape Town crowd.

Defending champions Australia reached their seventh consecutive Women's T20 World Cup final with a tense five-run win over India.

India slipped to 28-3 in reply to Australia's 172-4, but Harmanpreet Kaur's sensational 52 from 34 balls and Jemimah Rodrigues' 43 led an entertaining recovery.

Meg Lanning's side looked rattled before Harmanpreet was run out in the 15th over to change the course of the game as India fell short on 167-8.

Plenty of local support today in Cape Town!

It should be a really special atmosphere.

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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket writer in Wellington

Despite the devastating physical impact, Tazmin Brits can clearly remember the moment that changed her life.

The song on the radio. The smell of the dirt. How she rolled across the ground. Seeing her javelin spikes flying through the air.

It was November 2011. In the few seconds it took her car to career off the road, Brits' Olympic dream was crushed.

What followed was seven years spent "in a hole".

Now, in a remarkable story of resilience and redemption, the batter is preparing to play for South Africa against defending champions Australia.

Read more on her journey from javelin thrower to opening batter here.

South Africa captain Sune Luus: "We'd have had a bat first as well. We'll look to restrict them.

"We're unchanged today.

"With the quick turnaround we haven't had much time to enjoy the moment. But we're focused.

"We've got to stay as calm as possible, we'll stick to our basics.

"The crowd will turn up today. They're behind us all the way, that's very cool."

Australia's captain Meg Lanning: "It's a good wicket and hopefully we can go out there and bat well.

"We've gone for the same team and hopefully it will be good.

"I've really proud to leading this group and they make my job very easy. We just want to get out there.

"It's what happens today that matters, we need to be ready for the challenge and we are."

No changes for either side. Here are the teams.

South Africa XI: Laura Wolvaardt, Tazmin Brits, Marizanne Kapp, Sune Luus (c), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Anneke Bosch, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba.

Australia XI: Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown, Jess Jonassen.

Australia will be playing in their seventh Women's T20 World Cup final on Sunday, having won five of them already.

"There are no guarantees," said Australia captain Meg Lanning this week. "There's pressure on everyone, it's a World Cup final.

"To get to a final, you've beaten good teams, and they are riding a wave of emotion at home as well.

"We're not going to be the team that everyone's cheering for, but that's fine, it will still be an incredible atmosphere at an amazing venue."

It's been some tournament for South Africa with plenty of twists and turns.

In fact there was controversy even before it began when Dane van Niekerk was omitted from the squad after failing a fitness test.

The hosts lost their opening two matches against Sri Lanka and Australia in the groups.

But they've rallied, and now they are the first South Africa side to reach a World Cup final.

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Easy enough choice for Australia captain Meg Lanning.

Ffion Wynne
BBC Sport in Cape Town

What a venue for a World Cup final!

It's fair to say we're going to miss these views after today.

That's right, it's a sellout at Newlands, in fact an extra 3,000 tickets were made available yesterday and they too were snapped up within a few hours.

It's going to be rocking in Cape Town.

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Here it is, the big one!

After more than two weeks of cricket across 12 matches just defending champions Australia and hosts South Africa remain.

Will five-time winners Australia add another T20 World Cup crown?

Or can South Africa pull off an upset in front of a sellout crowd?