How the Proteas beat England to reach T20 World Cup final

SPORTSAREENA.comFebruary 24, 2023

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Twin fifties from Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits gave the Proteas each likelihood of a profitable defence of their World Cup semi-final towards England.

Wolvaardt and Brits star

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Wolvaardt notched her second successive fifty after making a markedly sooner begin than in her earlier innings this match.

The hometown hero was lifted by a full home at Newlands that cheered their efforts at the crease.

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After Wolvaardt fell her opening associate Brits put the hammer down and took South Africa shut to an enormous rating.

The bowling effort was equally impressed however particular reward should go to Shabmin Ismail who bowled considered one of the best overs in Proteas historical past to safe a primary ever World Cup final for South Africa.

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Brilliant Brits wins the day

Brits couldn’t keep out of the motion and her 4 catches every difficult in their very own proper might need been sufficient to give her participant of the match on her personal.

Tazmin Brits of South Africa takes a catch to dismiss Danni Wyatt of England throughout the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Semi Final match between England and South Africa at Newlands Stadium on February 24, 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: ICC Media Zone

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Speaking after the match as per ESPN Cricinfo, Brits said: “As a cricketer you dream to show up at such moments. Thank you to the crowd, without them it wouldn’t have been possible. Nice to have backing from your country. We tried to accelerate at the beginning but got a measure of it as the game went on. 140 was a minimum but we got 160. I wrote it down on paper. [On that catch] I still cannot believe it. I am impressed and happy with it. We need to praise and glory to God for giving us this opportunity.”

Proteas delight, England despair

England skipper Heather Knight was crestfallen, and understandably in order it was her wicket in the final over that put the Proteas decisively on high finally after an unimaginable see-saw contest.

She mentioned: “Gutted. Brilliant recreation of cricket. We did effectively to take it shut. They bowled straight traces and made it robust for us. This group doesn’t outline us as a bunch. There is a big quantity of expertise. We are beginning to construct one thing properly. Sometimes superb margins occur and we lose the recreation. We are clear on how we would like to go together with T20 cricket.

“The girls embraced it but didn’t come off today. I took a moment at the end to take it all in. Good to see the crowd in and apply pressure on us. Just the professionalism, since I started. The amount of investment that has gone in since I started. The people yesterday and today were certainly entertained. [On the finals] I’ll be watching, gutted I won’t be there. Credit to Sune and her team.”