Australia vs South Africa Highlights, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Bosch's 74* takes SA to 8-wicket win

Australia vs South Africa Highlights, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: SA beat AUS by eight wickets to enter the final.

Summary

Australia vs South Africa Highlights, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Anneke Bosch put in a dominant batting display as SA defeated AUS to reach the final.

Australia vs South Africa Highlights, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final (REUTERS)

Australia vs South Africa Highlights, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: South Africa defeated Australia by eight wickets in their Women's T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final, in Dubai on Thursday. Chasing 135, South Africa cruised to 135/2 in 17.2 overs, courtesy of Anneke Bosch's unbeaten knock of 74* runs off 48 balls, packed with eight fours and a six. For Australia's Annabel Sutherland struck twice. Initially, Australia posted 134/5 in 20 overs. Beth Mooney's 44 saw Australia set a target of 135 runs. Meanwhile, Tahlia McGrath (27), Ellyse Perry (31) and Phoebe Litchfield (16*) also played key knocks. For South Africa's bowling department, Ayabonga Khaka took two wickets.

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• 17 Oct 2024, 10:19:48 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: SA win by 8 wickets

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Bosch smacks Schutt for a four and wins it for SA! WHAT A SHOT AND WHAT A KNOCK! THEY KNOCK OUT AUS!

  SA W: 135/2 (17.2), Target: 135

• 17 Oct 2024, 10:09:51 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Wolvaardt falls!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: A full delivery by Sutherland, outside off. Wolvaardt tries to launch it for a boundary, but can't get enough on it! McGrath catches it at mid-off!

  Wolvaardt c McGrath b Sutherland 42 (37)

  SA W: 121/2 (15), Target: 135

• 17 Oct 2024, 09:59:58 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: SA W need 27 in 42 balls

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: A full delivery by Gardner and Bosch sweeps it wide of short fine for a four, then takes a double! Bosch gets her fifty! Then she smacks Gardner for a four! 15 in the over!

  SA W: 108/1 (13), Target: 135

• 17 Oct 2024, 09:56:53 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: SA dealing in boundaries!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: A poor delivery by Wareham and Bosch slog sweeps it fine for a four, wide of deep midwicket! Then she smacks her for a six over deep midwicket boundary! SHOT!

  SA W: 93/1 (12), Target: 135

• 17 Oct 2024, 09:49:18 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: SA in control

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Big appeal! A quick delivery by Wareham, turns. Bosch is hit on the pads, but impact is outside off. Australia also lose their review. Bosch takes a double in the next ball!

  SA W: 63/1 (8), Target: 135

• 17 Oct 2024, 09:37:20 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: SIX! SHOT!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: A full delivery by Brown, ad Wolvaardt goes ahead and hamemrs it over mid-on and long-on for a six! SHOT!

  SA W: 53/1 (6.5), Target: 135

• 17 Oct 2024, 09:22:34 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Sutherland removes Brits!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: OUT! FINALLY AUS GET THEIR BREAKTHROUGH! A length delivery by Sutherland, goes back in; Brits tries to cut, but doesn't connect, hits the off stump!

  Brits b Sutherland 15 (15)

  SA W: 25/1 (4.1), Target: 135

• 17 Oct 2024, 09:17:40 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: SA W - 16/0 (3), Target - 135

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: A full delivery by Schutt, outside off. Brits launches it over the bowlers past long-on fielder for a four! Then it is a single. Schutt sends a good length delivery, Wolvaardt edges it past the wicketkeeper for a four!

  SA W: 16/0 (3), Target: 135

• 17 Oct 2024, 09:16:19 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Gardner keeps it tight!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Brits sends the first delivery of the second over to mid-off for a double. Then it is five dots for Gardner as AUS keep it tight!

  SA W: 4/0 (2), Target: 135

• 17 Oct 2024, 09:08:00 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: The action resumes!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: The action resumes! Wolvaardt and Brits to open the chase for SA. Schutt to bowl the first over for AUS!

  Target for SA: 135

• 17 Oct 2024, 08:57:28 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: AUS W - 134/5 (20), Target for SA - 135

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Final over and Khaka begins with a neat yorker, dot ball. Then it is a single, followed by Perry hammering her for a four, straight of long-on. Then Perry takes a double, followed by another double. The final ball is a wide, and then Perry is caught by Brits!

  Perry c Brits b Khaka 31 (23)

  AUS W: 134/5 (20), Target for SA: 135

• 17 Oct 2024, 08:49:28 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Litchfield smacks back-to-back fours!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: A poor delivery by Mlaba, and Litchfield launches it over mid-off for a four! Then she smacks her past cover for another!

  AUS W: 114/4 (18)

• 17 Oct 2024, 08:45:03 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Kapp strikes!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Mooney goes now! AUS are 4 down! Mooney falls short, and Kapp gets her direct hit at the striker's end. Replays show that Mooney fell short!

  Mooney run out Kapp 44 (42)

  AUS W: 99/4 (16.5)

• 17 Oct 2024, 08:25:08 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: OUT! IMPORTANT WICKET FOR SA!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Mlaba takes the pace off, and keeps it wide. McGrath tries go for the lofted drive, but gets a thick outside edge, goes to backward point for a catch!

  McGrath c Dercksen b Mlaba 27 (33)

  AUS W: 68/3 (12.1)

• 17 Oct 2024, 08:10:58 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: AUS W - 44/2 (9)

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: A flighted delivery by Luus, on middle and leg. McGrath guides it to midwicket, no run. Another dot, and then a single, followed by a dot. Mooney taps it to long on for a single and the over ends with a dot. Luus keeps it tight!

  AUS W: 44/2 (9)

• 17 Oct 2024, 07:48:51 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: SA get early control! ANOTHER WICKET!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: A wider delivery by Kapp, and Wareham goes for the cut, fint edge and goes to Jafta for a catch, toe-ended! UltraEdge, and there is a spike, original call is reversed and Wareham has to leave!

  Wareham c Jafta b Kapp 5 (9)

  AUS W: 18/2 (3)

• 17 Oct 2024, 07:45:09 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: FOUR! PAST MIDWICKET!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: A full delivery by Kapp, and Wareham hammers it past midwicket for a four! SHOT!

• 17 Oct 2024, 07:40:17 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: OUT! Khaka strikes!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Back of a length delivery by Khaka, wide of off. Harris tries to cut, but fails to keep it low. She is caught by Bosch for a simple catch!

  Harris c Bosch b Khaka 3 (5)

• 17 Oct 2024, 07:35:48 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Good opening over!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Kapp sends a short length delivery to begin with, Harris is beaten on the outside edge, no run. Another dot and then a double. Then Kapp shortens her length and harris takes a single, off backward of square on the off side. Mooney is on strike, byes, four! The final ball is a dot.

  AUS W: 7/0 (1)

• 17 Oct 2024, 07:31:16 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: The action begins!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Harris and Mooney to open the innings for Australia. Kapp to bowl the opening over for SA. The action begins!

• 17 Oct 2024, 07:09:28 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Toss update!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: AUS - Grace Harris, Beth Mooney(w), Tahlia McGrath(c), Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown

  SA - Laura Wolvaardt(c), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Sune Luus, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Sinalo Jafta(w), Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka

• 17 Oct 2024, 07:08:29 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: What did the captains say?

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: After winning the toss, SA captain Wolvaardt said, "We will field first. Looks like a fresh wicket, pretty nice and we'll chase. Same team again. It comes onto the bat better in the second half. We're quietly confident coming into the match, they're a quality side and I'm hoping to do well."

  Meanwhile, AUS stand-in captain McGrath said, "Looks like a nice wicket, quick outfield and runs on the board could be very useful in a knockout game. We're playing the same side that played against India. Nothing changes tonight, we'll have to go out and execute our plans."

• 17 Oct 2024, 07:05:04 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Toss update!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Toss is done as SA win and opt to field!

• 17 Oct 2024, 06:32:15 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Will Healy play today?

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Speaking ahead of the match, AUS stand-in vice-captain Perry commented on Healy's fitness. She said, "As it stands, it's the same thing for Midge, the medical staff and the team are going to give her every opportunity and possibility of playing tomorrow night. I don't think anything's changed in that respect. We'll just have to see in the next 24 hours."

• 17 Oct 2024, 06:22:54 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Squads

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: AUS - Grace Harris, Beth Mooney(w), Georgia Wareham, Tahlia McGrath(c), Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown, Alyssa Healy, Kim Garth, Alana King, Heather Graham

  SA - Laura Wolvaardt(c), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Sune Luus, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Sinalo Jafta(w), Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka, Tumi Sekhukhune, Ayanda Hlubi, Seshnie Naidu, Mieke de Ridder

• 17 Oct 2024, 06:10:00 PM IST

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Hello and welcome everyone!

  Australia vs South Africa Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final: Hello and welcome everyone, to our live coverage of the first semi-final fixture between AUS and SA, in Dubai! It will be a thriller, and some fans will also be hoping for SA to spring a surprise win. But AUS remain the favourites, and even without Healy, are the team to beat in this World Cup.