England Women vs South Africa Women, 1st Semi-Final, ICC Womens World Cup 2025 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Bell to Wolvaardt, out Caught by Capsey!! Wolvaardt's magnificent innings ends. The England players come up and shake her hand. It's a slower-ball full outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to loft and miscues it, simple catch for long-on. Bell pats Wolvaardt on the back and then the England players come to shake her hand. One of the all-time great knocks and surely it has put her side in a dominant position. Wolvaardt c Capsey b Bell 169(143) [4s-20 6s-4]

Bell to Wolvaardt, 1 run, wide leg-cutter and the slower-ball again, was a wide had Wolvaardt left it. She reaches for it and toe-ends it back over Bell for one

Bell to Wolvaardt, wide, nearly off the cut-strip. The leg-cutter goes way outside off, left alone and wide taken

Bell to Wolvaardt, no run, short on the stumps, Wolvaardt gets forward to pull and misses

Smith to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, slower, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive to long-off and retains the strike with that run - 20 off the over and South Africa are motoring here

Smith to Wolvaardt, FOUR, can't bowl there. It's full and down leg, with no deep backward square-leg, asking for trouble, Wolvaardt sweeps and takes an easy four

Smith to Wolvaardt, FOUR, Wolvaardt on fire. It's full on off, Wolvaardt gets low and slogsweeps, flat hit and beats Wyatt-Hodge's attempt to her left at deep mid-wicket

Smith to Wolvaardt, FOUR, more runs. On a length and sliding down middle and leg, Wolvaardt bends her back knee and pulls to the deep backward square-leg fence, the fielders were inside the ring and that was almost a free-hit for Wolvaardt

Smith to Wolvaardt, SIX, 150 now for Wolvaardt. She raises her bat and gets on with it. On a length just outside off, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and pulls, just has enough to clear the leap of deep mid-wicket, the fielder tried to palm it back, but the ball had enough

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, SIX, full on middle, Wolvaardt gets forward to heave and times it well, she is dealing in sixes at the moment, flies over deep mid-wicket - another big over - 14 off the over

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 1 run, the attempted yorker on the stumps, is a low full-toss, Wolvaardt heaves straight to the fielder at deep mid-wicket

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, FOUR, full and cross-seam on middle and leg, Wolvaardt clears her front leg and heaves, into the gap and wide of deep mid-wicket, problems for England now

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, fired full on the stumps, Wolvaardt makes room and drives to long-on

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, fired full on leg-stump, Wolvaardt makes room and drives it down to long-on

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, FOUR, Wolvaardt opens the off-side up. She again backs away and this is tossed up and slower on off, she gets forward to loft over extra-cover, so nicely played

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, FOUR, tough chance and Dunkley on the dive at deep mid-wicket drops. It's full and outside the leg-stump, Wolvaardt backs away and thrashes it flat, Dunkley moved and went with two hands, but it bursts through, runs away for four too

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, FOUR, Wolvaardt turning it on now. On a short of length on the stumps, she goes on the back foot and pulls flat, to the deep backward square-leg fence, swivelled and put it away into the gap, Beaumont had no chance to her right

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, SIX, back of the hand slower-ball on a length outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward and heaves across the line, good connection and it clears the deep mid-wicket fence, just had enough

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 1 run, floaty slower-ball leg-cutter outside off, Wolvaardt leans back and carves it, just wide of Linsey Smith at backward point, was in the air but wide of the fielder

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 2 runs, full and the slower-ball outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward and drives well, Capsey at long-on fumbles and that allows the 2nd

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, 1 run, on a length on off, Wolvaardt leans back and cuts to sweeper cover

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Wolvaardt shuffles across and sweeps hard and straight to deep mid-wicket

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, on a good length on off, Wolvaardt leans back and cuts to backward point

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, NSB with good work at extra-cover, she moves to her left and half-stops to keep it to one. Full outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive hard and wide of NSB at extra-cover

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, SIX, in the slot and smashed over wide long-on. It's tossed up full on middle, Wolvaardt gets forward and lofts cleanly, way back into the stands

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, fired full and down leg, swiped straight to the fielder at deep backward square-leg

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, FOUR, now she gets it away. Full and down leg, Wolvaardt sweeps and beats Bell at backward square-leg to her right, was a poor delivery and Wolvaardt hit it along the ground

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, Wolvaardt misses out. A low full-toss outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive and picks out extra-cover, either side and it was runs

Bell to Wolvaardt, 1 run, slower-ball on a length and wide outside off, Wolvaardt reaches for it to cut to sweeper cover

Bell to Wolvaardt, 2 runs, 100 for Wolvaardt. She has been the form player for her side and she has come up trumps on the big night. What a time to get your first World Cup hundred too. The entire South African contingent are up on their feet to applaud. She gets there with a push wide of third man to a length ball on off, ran hard and took on Linsey Smith to come back. She removes the helmet and then raises the bat, hugs Annerie Dercksen and there's a smile on her face. Fine hundred and she looked in great nick right from the start today, but she knows she has to kick on and be there till the end for her side

Bell to Wolvaardt, 1 run, slower-ball on a length outside off, Wolvaardt cuts hard and straight to sweeper cover

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive wide of extra-cover for one

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, no run, good length on off, Wolvaardt gets forward and pushes it back

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, on a good length on off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive to long-on

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, fullish on off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive and beats Charlie Dean's dive to her left

Capsey to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive square of the wicket on the off-side for one

Capsey to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive wide of extra-cover who gets across and cuts it off with a dive

Capsey to Wolvaardt, FOUR, dragged down and even though it kept a tad low on the stumps, Wolvaardt pulls it away, goes on the back foot and gets it wide of the dive of Bell at backward square-leg, no protection in the deep and it's four

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, good length on middle, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and tucks it to deep mid-wicket

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, Wolvaardt comes down the track and drives it down to long-off

Capsey to Wolvaardt, 1 run, on a length on off, Wolvaardt gets forward and punches it down to long-on

Capsey to Wolvaardt, 1 run, good length and on middle, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and tucks it wide of mid-wicket

Capsey to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive to sweeper cover

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up full and Wolvaardt comes down the track to drive to long-off

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive to long-on

Smith to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive it hard and back at Smith, she can't stop it, parries it down to long-off

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, good length on middle, Wolvaardt gets forward to push to short mid-wicket

Smith to Wolvaardt, 1 run, good length on off, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and punches firmly, beats short cover to her left

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, no run, flat good length on middle, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and tucks it to short mid-wicket

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, flat good length on the pads, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and tucks it to deep square-leg

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 2 runs, superb fielding by Beaumont from deep backward square-leg. Charlie Dean cleverly fires this down leg as she sees Wolvaardt chip down, swept into the gap, Beaumont runs and dives full-length to parry it back to the other fielder backing up, saves two

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, FOUR, Wolvaardt comes down the track and takes it on the full, drives wide of cover and no chance for long-off to her left, races away

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, no run, tossed up full on middle, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive it back to Charlie Dean

Smith to Wolvaardt, 1 run, dragged down outside off, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and pulls it hard and straight to deep mid-wicket

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, four dots in a row. Wolvaardt steps out and nudges it to short mid-wicket who gets across and cuts it off

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, again she finds the fielder at extra-cover, Wolvaardt comes down the track and drives well but it's not in the gap

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, tossed up full outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive to extra-cover, straight to the fielder

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, tossed up full on middle, Wolvaardt gets forward to flick, thick inside-edge hits the pad and rolls back to Smith

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 1 run, slower-ball off-cutter just outside off, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and works it to deep square-leg

Smith to Wolvaardt, 1 run, good length on middle, Wolvaardt gets forward to punch it down to long-on, was in the air but well wide of Smith to her right

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, fired full on the pads, sliding down, Wolvaardt looks for a paddle, misses, off the pad to short fine

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, no spin as Smith bowls on a good length on off, Wolvaardt punches well, but short mid-wicket dives to her left to cut it off

Smith to Wolvaardt, 1 run, good length and flat down leg, glanced to short fine for a quick single

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, tossed up on a length on middle, Wolvaardt gets forward to work it to short mid-wicket

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 1 run, full outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive to sweeper cover

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, maiden. It's tossed up full on off, Wolvaardt gets forward to push, extra bounce and the ball rolls off the thick outer half of the bat to backward point, the extra bounce forced the outer half there

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, full on off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive, the thick inside-edge hits the pad and rolls near her feet

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, four dots in a row. It's slower and fuller on the stumps, Wolvaardt gets forward to defend to short cover

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, good length and flat on middle, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and turns it to square-leg

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, on a length on off, tight delivery and Wolvaardt gets forward to defend

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, tossed up full outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive and mistimes it to extra-cover

Bell to Wolvaardt, 1 run, full on off, Wolvaardt gets forward and drills it straight, Bell sticks a foot and takes pace off the shot, mid-off gets across and cuts it off with a dive to her right

Bell to Wolvaardt, 1 run, short of length on off, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and tucks it wide of mid-wicket for one

Bell to Wolvaardt, no run, good length outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward to drive square and finds backward point

Bell to Wolvaardt, no run, good length on off, Wolvaardt gets forward to defend to short cover

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, 1 run, good length and flat on off, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and punches it wide of cover

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, very full on the stumps, arrowed in, dug out to short mid-wicket

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, flat and good length on the pads, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and tucks to backward square-leg

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, 1 run, on a good length and flat just outside off, Wolvaardt goes on the back foot and punches it to sweeper cover

Bell to Wolvaardt, 1 run, slices the drive to backward point and a fumble from Dean enables the quick single

Bell to Wolvaardt, wide, lifter outside off, Wolvaardt ignores it to the keeper. Too high and called a wide...

Bell to Wolvaardt, no run, full on off stump, Wolvaardt drives with a closed bat face and drags it to Capsey at mid-wicket

Bell to Wolvaardt, no run, pitched up outside off at 110ks, Wolvaardt drives and can't get it past Knight at cover

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, 1 run, full on off, Wolvaardt drills it down to long-off

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, 2 runs, short outside off, cut away square to the left of sweeper cover

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, quick and full outside off, Wolvaardt drives and finds cover

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, no run, full on off, blocked off the front foot

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, no run, steps out and pushes the full delivery back to the bowler

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, no run, quicker and just outside off, stabbed away into the off-side

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, no run, full on off, driven back to the bowler

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Wolvaardt. She leans on the front foot and spanks the full ball all along the ground in the gap through extra cover

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, FOUR, full and just outside off, Wolvaardt was quick to dance down the wicket and slap the drive past the outstretched left hand of the bowler...

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, 1 run, gets an inside edge onto pad that rolls to short fine and responds for a quick single from her partner. There was a direct hit from Bell, but Tazmin Brits was well in...

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, 1 run, Wolvaardt brings up her 4th half-century of the tournament with a drive to sweeper cover

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, full outside off, Wolvaardt drives off the front foot to cover

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, goes deep inside the crease and flicks with the spin to deep square leg

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, no run, skates down the track and nudges the offbreak to short mid-wicket

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, no run, quicker outside off, driven straight to Knight at cover

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, spins away with extra bounce outside off, entices Wolvaardt into a drive and takes it past the outside edge

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, full on off, blocked from the crease

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, FOUR, full and slipping down the leg-side, Wolvaardt becomes the 6th player to claim 5000 WODI runs with a sweep to the fine leg fence. She is the second quickest after Smriti to get there...

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, 1 run, full outside off, driven past the diving bowler to her right. Down to long-on for an easy single

Ecclestone to Wolvaardt, no run, full on leg stump, Wolvaardt presses forward and blocks

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, full outside off, driven away to the left of a diving cover. A slight fumble results in a quick single

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, floated up wide of off, Wolvaardt drills it to Dunkley at sweeper cover

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, no run, full on off, Wolvaardt prods forward and blocks to cover

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 1 run, 102ks drifting into the pads, Wolvaardt clips it fine to the right of the fielder in the deep

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 1 run, 106ks short outside off, Wolvaardt swivels and pulls to the right of Dunkley at deep mid-wicket

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 2 runs, 105ks short of length outside off, Wolvaardt slaps it to the left of sweeper cover and backs it up with excellent running between the wickets

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, no run, good length on and around off, Wolvaardt is happy to block it into the off-side

Charlie Dean to Wolvaardt, 1 run, tossed up wide of off, Wolvaardt uses the width to stay low and slot the drive to deep cover

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 1 run, 100ks short of length outside off, Wolvaardt stays on the back foot and punches to Capsey at sweeper cover

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, no run, short of length outside off, Wolvaardt cuts late to the left of backward point

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 1 run, 101ks good length outside off, Wolvaardt cuts it away to the left of sweeper cover

Smith to Wolvaardt, 1 run, full on off stump, wristed away into the mid-wicket pocket

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, forward and blocked

Smith to Wolvaardt, FOUR, once again it is the driving length for Wolvaardt. Ample width as well for the skipper who smokes it past the diving right hand of cover

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, full ball dished wide of off stump, Wolvaardt drilled it straight to Dunkley at extra cover

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 1 run, dug in short on the stumps, Wolvaardt pulls and gets a top-edge that lands well short of the fielder at deep backward square leg

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, FOUR, too full and the width is too tempting to miss out. Wolvaardt bends her back knee and smacks the cover of that delivery with an eye-pleasing drive square on the off-side

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, wide, full and swinging down the leg-side, Wolvaardt looks for a flick, but no dice!

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, no run, good length on and around off, blocked out to short mid-wicket

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, 2 runs, 98ks full and wide of off, Wolvaardt throws her hands on the drive and slices it in the gap between backward point and cover. Beaumont with a long chase manages to put in a dive inches inside the ropes to prevent the boundary

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, no run, full and wide of off, Wolvaardt opens the bat face and slices the drive to the left of cover

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, no run, length delivery attacking the stumps, blocked back to the bowler

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, no run, short of length on off, punched off the back foot to mid-on

Nat Sciver-Brunt to Wolvaardt, wide, on a length swinging down the leg-side, Wolvaardt flicks and misses

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, full outside off, Wolvaardt drives and picks out Dunkley at extra cover

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, tossed up just outside off, tapped to the left of cover

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, full on off, Wolvaardt gets forward and drives to cover

Smith to Wolvaardt, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries as Wolvaardt punches it through covers and finds the gap. It was short and Wolvaardt went deep inside the crease to get her placement right...

Smith to Wolvaardt, FOUR, a full toss by Smith and Wolvaardt drilled it through covers for four runs

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, short and wide outside off, punched to cover by Wolvaardt

Bell to Wolvaardt, 1 run, hesitation - all ends well for South Africa. Wolvaardt tapped it to cover and was a bit tentative in calling for a quick single. Brits decides to take off and a direct hit would have been trouble for her at the batting end. Not to be...

Bell to Wolvaardt, no run, 114ks pitched up outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward and drives to the right of cover

Bell to Wolvaardt, wide, 113ks back of a length angling down the leg-side, Wolvaardt looks to clip and misses

Bell to Wolvaardt, no run, good length swinging into the pads at 114ks, Wolvaardt clips it to short mid-wicket

Smith to Wolvaardt, 1 run, short and just outside off, Wolvaardt uses her bottom hand power to biff it down to long-on

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, full outside off, Wolvaardt drives and picks out cover

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, full and just outside off, Wolvaardt strides across and blocks into the off-side

Smith to Wolvaardt, FOUR, flat and wide of off stump, Wolvaardt feasts on the width with a cracking punch-drive through covers. Right in the gap between backward point and cover...

Smith to Wolvaardt, no run, short and flat on the stumps, Wolvaardt hangs back and nudges to short mid-wicket

Bell to Wolvaardt, no run, overpitched outside off, Wolvaardt belts the drive off the front foot and Dean, at cover, does superbly well with a dive to her right

Bell to Wolvaardt, wide, length ball swinging down the leg-side, Wolvaardt looks for a tickle and misses

Bell to Wolvaardt, no run, good length just outside off, solid in defence is Laura Wolvaardt

Bell to Wolvaardt, no run, on a good length just outside off, Wolvaardt gets forward and mistimes the drive to the right of short mid-wicket

Bell to Wolvaardt, no run, shortens the length and keeps it wide of off stump, Wolvaardt shoulders arms

Bell to Wolvaardt, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for the skipper. Full and swinging away late wide of off, Wolvaardt throws her hands on the drive and ekes out a thick edge that flies away past the slip and to the third man fence

Bell to Wolvaardt, FOUR, nailed through extra cover. Pitched up and very minimal movement away from the right-hander, Wolvaardt leans across and shows full face of the bat on the drive on the off-side