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Key events
Whoever wins this game has nan unappetising imaginable of facing up to Australia successful nan last astatine Lord’s connected Sunday. They thrashed West Indies by 8 wickets connected Tuesday.
Afterwards, West Indies skipper Hayley Matthews had thing to opportunity connected nan “unfair” distribution of money successful women’s cricket.
Raf has conscionable hared over to The Oval “from a beautiful reception astatine nan Foreign Office to observe nan Afghanistan women’s cricket team. Richard Gould was location too, and is now present - someway sewage present quicker than me, contempt horrendous postulation betwixt Whitehall and The Oval (ECB backstage pitchy maybe?) It is VERY engaged - truthful engaged they’ve closed nan roadworthy - which is rather an breathtaking sign!”
South Africa XI
South Africa: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Tazmin Brits, Annerie Dercksen, Sune Luus, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba.
England XI
England: Amy Jones (wk), Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Alice Capsey, Heather Knight, Freya Kemp, Dani Gibson, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell.
Sophia Dunkley misses out
NSB would person had a vessel too. She says nan calf is arsenic bully arsenic it could beryllium and she’s really happy pinch wherever she is. Poor aged Sophia Dunkley misses out.
South Africa triumph nan flip and will bowl!
Woolvaardt: “I deliberation The Oval is rather a difficult crushed to take sides truthful we’ll person a bat later. We person room for betterment but I deliberation that’s nan breathtaking point - we’ve recovered ourselves successful nan semis without having afloat recovered our feet.”
Preamble
Hello London, hullo Cape Town – present we are again for different large beast conflict betwixt nan hosts and nan losing finalists successful nan past World Cup.
England person soared though their knock-out games undefeated, moreover without Nat Sciver-Brunt, who is backmost coming wearing nan captain’s armband. It has been much of a slog for South Africa but they cognize really to triumph these games and Laura Woolvaardt is yet to occurrence afloat – keeping her powder barren for today?
We will soon find out. The flip is imminent, let’s spell to The Oval.
