Captain Laura Wolvaardt produced a masterclass with the bat before Marizanne Kapp delivered a superb five-wicket haul as South Africa outplayed England by 125 runs to storm into their first-ever Women’s ODI World Cup final on Wednesday. Wolvaardt’s magnificent 169 off 143 balls anchored South Africa’s total of 319/7, setting England a record chase in the semifinal. Despite a fighting stand in the middle, the four-time champions were bowled out for 194 in 42.3 overs, with Kapp doing the bulk of the damage. “It still feels a bit unreal. You dream as a kid of scoring a hundred in a World Cup knock-out game,” Wolvaardt said after receiving the Player of the Match award. “This probably has to be right at the top considering the context, a World Cup semi-final. It is right up there,”

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