it's all over with the 10th wicket on the last ball. Ismail made some room yet again and tried to clear mid off but only handed a straightforward catch to the fielder
AUS Women vs SA Women, 25th Match at Taunton, Jul 15 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary
That's it from us then. Just to confirm, since England finished on top, the semi-finals line-ups are: England v South Africa on 18 July at Bristol and Australia v India on 20 July at Derby. thanks for tuning in today, it's goodbye for now from Annesha and Vishal. Ciao!
Perry is the Player of the Match - Watching a little bit of Champions Trophy before coming here, there wasn't much swing. It's a lovely place to bat when we've come here in the past couple of years, with good wickets and quick outfield. We've got a good momentum in the last few matches even though we have few things to work on in the back end of the game. I would want to go on with my innings and keep my Strike rate up, finish off my overs as well. Our fielding was pretty good, we set a great base but couldn't finish it off that well in the end with the batting.
Rachael Haynes: Happy with my 100% record. It was important to maintain momentum heading into the semi-final. We came back well with the ball and built pressure after what wasn't a great start while bowling. Then we built some scoreboard pressure. Like Ellyse said, while batting we couldn't finish off the innings because we were looking for 300 plus.
Dane van Niekerk: Don't think [losing] was bad luck. There were couple of lapses in the field and we were letting the ball through. The way we pulled it back, they were looking for 300 plus and we thought 270 was gettable. I don't talk about the fielding lapses in the innings break, don't want to affect the batters and it was not the performance we wanted today.
4.55pm South Africa did give Australia a scare by first limiting them to 269 and then getting off to a solid start, thanks to Wolvaardt but Australia are too strong. They built the pressure on Wolvaardt and then stifled the middle and lower order with accurate bowling from the spinners and Perry. Not to forget, the double strike from Haynes that started the stutter. Their sixth win from seven matches
tries the slow and ballooning yorker again, it's a low and dipping full toss, she heaves to midwicket and says no for the single
tries the slow and ballooning yorker again, it's a low and dipping full toss, she heaves to midwicket and says no for the single
slow yorker on the off stump, she backs away and drills it through the covers
angled in from length, Ismail makes room and then decides to defend it back
angles it in and Daniels works it gently to leg, they want a quick single and just manage to get it
Schutt for the last over, keeper is up
gets some width outside off, she's well outside the crease and drives that square of the wicket, beating third man and deep cover for four
lofted high down the ground Haynes gives it a chase from mid off. She runs a long way, watches the ball bounce just inside the rope and slaps it in with her left hand to save two
slices the ball with a thick edge in the air to third man for one
angled away from outside off, quite full and she tries to drive it away, swing and a miss
bit toomuch down the leg side, wide this time
errs down the leg side, Daniels tries flicking it away and gets some bat to get it fine on the leg side for four
a length delivery on the stumps, she blocks it back
gets one in the block hole with some drift, Daniels gets off the mark by closing the face of the bat to leg
gets a full delivery and it's cross-batted to midwicket
works the ball with the turn to leg and takes off for a quick single
goes down on a knee and slog-sweeps that handsomely over wide mid on for a four
dances down and drills that down to long off
dances down and drills that down to long off
dances down and drills that down to long off