South Africa beat Australia in the semi-final..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
South Africa beat australia in the semi-final..!?
South African women shocked the cricket world by beating australia women in the first semi-final of the 2024 Women's t20 World Cup. australia Women's team won the Women's t20 world cup three times. south africa beat the defending champions in the semi-finals after winning a hat-trick. Also, the Australian women's team has played in every t20 world cup semi-final since the 2009 t20 World Cup. australia had failed only in 2009. Since then, the Australian women's team has won a total of six t20 world cup semi-finals in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022. Also, australia had won the last 15 t20 world cup matches they had played. australia has been unusually dominant in women's cricket. south africa shocked the team that had won 15 consecutive world cup matches in the semi-finals. With this, south africa is telling australia that "the world cup is not written in your name".
Australia batted first in this first semi-final. Beth Mooney scored 44 runs off 42 balls, Dakila McGrath scored 27 runs off 33 balls, Elise Perry scored 31 runs off 23 balls and Pope Litchfield scored 16 runs off 9 balls. australia scored 134 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Next, the South African team chased. Many thought that it would be difficult for the team to reach the target of 135 runs. But starter Laura Ullward held her ground. Another opener, Tasmin Pritts, was dismissed for 15 off 15 balls.
Anek Bhosh, who came down to the third row, played an action game. He scored 74 runs off 48 balls and remained unbeaten till the end. Captain Laura Ullward scored 42 runs off 37 balls and lost the game in the 15th over. south africa scored 135 runs in 17.2 overs to win by 8 wickets.
With this, south africa advanced to the finals of the 2024 Women's t20 World Cup. Hat-trick champions australia crashed out of the series with a semi-final. west indies and new zealand will clash in the other semi-final. The match is scheduled to take place today (October 18) at 7:30 PM.
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