The second semi-final match of the Women’s ODI World Cup is one-sided, just like the first semi-final between Australia and the West Indies. The defending champions England reached the final for the second time in a row after losing by a huge margin of 138 runs to the South African girls.
The England women’s cricket team scored 293 runs in 50 overs at Daniel Waite’s century at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. In reply, South Africa were bowled out for 156 in just 36 overs by Sophie Ecclestone.
Two openers Lizal Lee (2) and Laura Ulvert (0) failed to chase the run. Anna Schrabsol, the number one batsman in women’s cricket, took the valuable wicket of Wolverine in the last World Cup final. Another opener, Lizal Leo, was his victim.
After that Lara Goodall (26), San Luis (21), Mignon du Preez (30), Marian Cap (21), Trisha Chettira (21) started well but could not pull their own innings. Ecclestone, the world’s number one bowler, did not allow them to play big innings.
Ecclestone took 6 wickets for just 36 runs in the best bowling of his career. In addition, Kat Cross and Charlie Dean took one wicket each.
Earlier, opener Daniel Waite brought a big collection to England. He scored 129 off 125 balls in his second ODI century of his career. Besides, 80 runs came from the bat of Sophia Dunkli.