England Women vs South Africa Women, 1st Semi-Final, ICC Womens World Cup 2025 - Player Highlights

Ayabonga Khaka to Smith, 1 run, slower-ball on a length on off, Smith goes on the back foot and pulls to deep mid-wicket

Ayabonga Khaka to Smith, no run, full on middle, Smith gets forward to flick to mid-wicket

Ayabonga Khaka to Smith, no run, short of length outside off, Smith goes on the back foot and punches, to the left of backward point and again Bosch is there, she cuts it off

Ayabonga Khaka to Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, slower-ball on a fuller length on the stumps, Wyatt-Hodge gets forward to drive to long-on

Ayabonga Khaka to Smith, 1 run, good length down leg, Smith goes on the back foot to tuck and it's off the thick inside-edge on to pad and dribbles down to fine-leg

Ayabonga Khaka to Smith, no run, good length just outside off, Smith goes on the back foot and pushes it down to mid-off

Ayabonga Khaka to Smith, 1 run, slower-ball on a good length on off, Smith goes on the back foot and works it to deep mid-wicket

Ayabonga Khaka to Smith, no run, full outside off, Smith gets forward to drive straight to the fielder at mid-off

Ayabonga Khaka to Smith, 2 runs, full just outside off, Smith gets forward to drive and it's a good effort from Shangase the sub from mid-off, she chases and pulls it back with a desperate dive, to save two

Ayabonga Khaka to Smith, no run, full on middle, Smith gets forward to drive and it's off the thick outer half of the bat, rolls to cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Smith, no run, full just outside off, Smith gets forward to drive to short mid-wicket again

Ayabonga Khaka to Smith, no run, full on off, Smith gets forward to drive to short mid-wicket

Ayabonga Khaka to Ecclestone, 1 run, slower-ball on a good length outside off, Ecclestone waits and cuts to sweeper cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Ecclestone, no run, good length and on middle, Ecclestone gets forward to push it to mid-on

Ayabonga Khaka to Ecclestone, no run, full just outside off, Ecclestone gets forward to drive and picks out backward point

Ayabonga Khaka to Ecclestone, no run, short of length outside off, Ecclestone goes on the back foot and cuts it wide of backward point, still a dot

Ayabonga Khaka to Ecclestone, no run, length ball and on the stumps, Ecclestone gets forward to nudge to mid-on

Ayabonga Khaka to Ecclestone, no run, full on off, Ecclestone gets forward to drive and with an open face, backward point moves quickly and dives to her left to cut it off, Wyatt-Hodge sends Ecclestone back

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, good length on and around off, blocked out to mid-off

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, 112ks pitched up just outside off, Capsey presses forward and defends it into the off-side

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, FOUR, advances and gets a thick outside edge on the poke. The 104ks length delivery tails away late and beats the diving effort of the keeper to her right

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, 111ks full outside off, Capsey drives to the left of cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, full on the stumps, played back to the bowler

Ayabonga Khaka to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, almost a chop-on. Full outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt advances and gets a thick inside edge that dribbles past the leg stump for a quick single

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, pitched up just outside off at 110ks, Capsey drives firmly but can't beat the diving fielder at mid-off to her right

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, 109ks good length on off, Capsey blocks it off the front foot

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, FOUR, this time there is plenty of width on this 109ks length delivery. Capsey goes deep inside the crease and cuts fiercely past the diving left hand of cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, good length on off at 111ks, Capsey brings her bat in front of the pads to block it out to Wolvaardt at short extra cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, 110ks full and wide of off stump, Capsey drives and picks out the fielder at cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, full and swinging in towards off, Capsey is happy to block it into the off-side

Ayabonga Khaka to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full and holds its line outside off, nothing doing from the England skipper

Ayabonga Khaka to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full outside off at 109ks, Nat Sciver-Brunt drags the drive off the cue end to mid-on

Ayabonga Khaka to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR, full and in the slot wide of off, Nat Sciver-Brunt allows the ball to come in and belts the drive all along the ground in the gap through extra cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, 1 run, provides width on this length delivery and Capsey's cut evades the diving left hand of backward point. Another day, it might have gone straight to hand...

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, the length is full once again. Capsey strides across and jams the drive to the right of mid-off

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, full and shaping into the right hander, Capsey gets across and defends it back to the bowler

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, 112ks full just outside off, Capsey prods across and blocks into the off-side

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, 105ks fullish on off, Capsey drives with a closed bat face to mid-on

Ayabonga Khaka to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, 109ks touch fuller outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt hangs her bat out and gets a thick outside edge running down to deep third

Ayabonga Khaka to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full and swinging away outside off at 108ks, lures Nat Sciver-Brunt into a poke and takes it past the outside edge

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, 1 run, 110ks length ball outside off, Capsey opens the bat face and slices it to the left of backward point

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, 109ks back of a length outside off, Capsey cuts and finds backward point

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, 109ks good length on off, Capsey defends it under her eyes

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, full and holding its line outside off at 108ks, entices Capsey into a drive and beats the outside edge

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, good length on off, Capsey shows a straight bat in response

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, no run, on a length just outside off, Capsey blocks from the crease

Ayabonga Khaka to Capsey, FOUR, short outside off, Capsey cuts and gets it past the diving right hand of the fielder at cover

Ayabonga Khaka to Tammy Beaumont, out Caught by Sinalo Jafta!! What a dream start this for South Africa. England's top 3 back in the hut. And all three for a duck. It's the away swinger from Ayabonga Khaka, Beaumont came shuffling down the pitch in an attempt to negate the incoming delivery. The ball rose from a length and caught a tiny feather of an outside edge low to the right of the keeper. The bowler and keeper knew it straightaway and the umpire took her time before raising the finger. Tammy Beaumont c Sinalo Jafta b Ayabonga Khaka 0(1)

Ayabonga Khaka to Tammy Beaumont, wide, swinging away from a length wide of off, Beaumont looks to cut and gets beaten on the outside edge