AUS W vs SA W: South Africa broke Australia’s pride, defeated them by 8 wickets and made it to the final
In the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, South Africa created history by defeating Australia in the semi-finals. For the first time since 2009, Australia will not be a part of the final. At the same time, South Africa made it to the final for the second consecutive time. Also, avenged the defeat in the final last time. Anneke Bosch played an unbeaten 74-run innings for South Africa.
South Africa won the toss and asked Australia to bat first. Australia, who came to bat first, had a bad start. 6-time champion Australia lost their first wicket at a score of 7. Grace Harris was dismissed after scoring just 3 runs. The score had just reached 18 runs when Georgia Wareham returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. However, Beth Mooney kept scoring runs from one end.
Pressure built on Australia from the beginning
Beth Mooney first got the support of Tahlia McGrath (27). Then made a small partnership with Alice Perry (31). Beth Mooney was out after scoring 44 runs and the team somehow managed to reach the score of 134. Ayabonga Khaka took two wickets. The pressure that South Africa maintained on Australia in the match continued till the end.
Some important information
- Australia will not play the final for the first time since 2009
- South Africa made it to the final for the second time in a row
- Australia defeated South Africa in the final of 2023
- Australia has been the champion six times
- Australia team was undefeated in this T20 World Cup so far
- Anneke Bosch played an unbeaten innings of 74 runs
Anneke Bosch played an unbeaten innings
This was also seen while chasing the target. Chasing 135, South Africa lost their first wicket at a score of 25. Tazmin Brits was out after playing an innings of 15 runs. After this, captain Laura Wolvaardt got the support of Anneke Bosch. There was a partnership of 96 runs in 65 balls between the two. Anneke Bosch remained unbeaten till the end by scoring 74 runs in 48 balls. The captain played an innings of 42 runs in 37 balls. South Africa made it to the finals for the second consecutive time by scoring 135 runs for the loss of two wickets in 17.2 overs.
