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After Australia were restricted to 134 for 5, Bosch smashed her career-best 74 not out off 48 balls to seal the win
Anneke Bosch played plenty of sweeps in her unbeaten 74 • Associated Press
South Africa 135 for 2 (Bosch 74*, Wolvaardt 42, Sutherland 2-26) beat Australia 134 for 5 (Mooney 44, Perry 31, Khaka 2-24) by eight wickets
South Africa showed 'em all how it is done - with the papare band blaring at the Dubai International Stadium in front of a sparse crowd.
A collective bowling effort was followed by a strong batting show, led by a 96-run partnership between captain Laura Wolvaardt and Anneke Bosch. They registered an eight-wicket win in the first semi-final to send Australia packing from Women's T20 World Cup 2024, thereby ending their run of seven successive finals in the competition.
Australia's first ICC competition after Meg Lanning's retirement ended in the knockout stages, with the six-time champions also missing Alyssa Healy who suffered a foot injury against Pakistan.
South Africa first restricted Australia to 134 for 5 despite a late surge, and then romped home by eight wickets with 16 balls to spare to make a massive statement and enter their second consecutive T20 World Cup final.
Wolvaardt and Bosch knock out Australia
Like Australia, South Africa also faced 19 dot balls in the first six overs. But they hit five fours and a six in that phase to finish on 43 for 1, the highest by any team against Australia in this T20 World Cup. But while Australia scored 21 in their nine attacking shots in the powerplay, South Africa managed 32 off ten. It began with Tazmin Brits unafraid of using her feet against Ashleigh Gardner and then against Megan Schutt, too. Brits hit Gardner for a six, clearing the leaping Annabel Sutherland at the rope.
Sutherland, though, struck with her first ball, getting a length delivery to skid and rattle Brits' off stump. The time was ripe for Australia to apply the squeeze, but Wolvaardt and
Bosch had other ideas. The former first clubbed Sutherland over midwicket before Bosch hit back-to-back boundaries off Sophie Molineux in the sixth over. Wolvaardt also swung her Adelaide Strikers team-mate Darcie Brown over long-on for a massive six.
Intent was writ large throughout South Africa's chase with Bosch attempting a couple of reverse hits and being nimble on her feet against spin. South Africa had hit a four in every over from the third to the eighth. It was followed by three boundary-less over but Bosch broke the shackles by hitting Wareham for a four and six off back-to-back deliveries. She then went 4, 2, 4 against Gardner in the next over to bring up her fifty.
Wolvaardt fell - holing out to mid-off - with South Africa only 14 away. Bosch duly finished it off to remain unbeaten on 74, her best T20I score.
Only earlier this year, South Africa had defeated Australia for the first time in T20Is. Who knew that would be a precursor to something massive like this, and put them a step closer to their maiden world title?
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