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

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, dragged short on the stumps, Nat Sciver-Brunt pulls and the fielder at deep mid-wicket does well to sprint in and keep it down to a single

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, short on off, punched back to the bowler

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, wide, full and sliding down the leg-side, Sciver-Brunt sweeps and misses

Luus to Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, worked away square on the leg-side

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, full on the stumps, wristed away wide of mid-wicket

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 2 runs, dropped. Whoops! Tazmin Brits is holding her right shoulder and this is not a good sign for South Africa. Nat Sciver-Brunt ran down the wicket to whip and skewed it off the toe end of the bat. Brits leapt to her fullest and tipped it over the bar. It would have been the catch of the tournament had she plucked that, but wasn't to be. It went to her left and she gave it all with the one-handed leap. Brits holds her right arm and is slowly walking off the field.

Luus to Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, full on off, driven down to long-on

Luus to Wyatt-Hodge, 1 run, short outside off, cut away to the left of sweeper cover and Wyatt-Hodge is off the mark with a single

Luus to Capsey, out Caught by de Klerk!! Oh dear! Capsey puts her hand on her helmet as she trudges back to the pavilion. Luus is chuffed to bits. Just when things started to shift a bit, Capsey has thrown it away. England already got 9 runs off the over. Was that necessary from Capsey? She ran down the pitch looking to go downtown and skewed the lofted drive off the cue end to mid-off. de Klerk holds on to a straightforward catch. Capsey c de Klerk b Luus 50(71) [4s-6]

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, full on the stumps, Nat Sciver-Brunt stays low and sweeps it to the right of deep square

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, SIX, now it is the turn of Nat Sciver-Brunt. She brings up her 26th ODI fifty with a well-timed loft over long-off

Luus to Capsey, 1 run, full and just outside off, Capsey brings up the 100-run stand with a drive down to long-on. It is also her maiden fifty in ODIs.

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, short outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt goes deep inside the crease and slaps it to sweeper cover

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, quicker on off, punched back to the bowler

Luus to Capsey, 1 run, flat on off, Capsey goes deep inside the crease and pulls to deep mid-wicket

Luus to Capsey, no run, offbreak on off, punched to the left of cover

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, short on off, punched away to the left of mid-wicket

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR, a bit too full on the stumps, Nat Sciver-Brunt charges out of her crease and drills it straight back past the bowler. Long-on dives to her left, but to no avail...

Luus to Capsey, 1 run, short outside off, punched away off the back foot to the left of sweeper cover

Luus to Capsey, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Capsey drives to the left of short mid-wicket and a misfield from Brits allows the single

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, flatter outside off, punched down the ground to long-on

Luus to Capsey, 1 run, cut away to the left of sweeper cover

Luus to Capsey, no run, short outside off, pushed into the off-side

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, slower and fuller on off, Nat Sciver-Brunt goes hard on the sweep to the right of a diving deep square

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, short on off, punched back to the bowler

Luus to Capsey, 1 run, a better throw would have had Nat Sciver-Brunt struggling. Clipped to short fine and Mlaba sent in a flat throw that was too high for the keeper...

Luus to Capsey, FOUR, full and sliding down the leg-side, Capsey gets down on one knee and plays the slogsweep to the right of the fielder at backward square

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, nudged away off the pads square on the leg-side

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full on the stumps, Nat Sciver-Brunt flicks and can't get it past Wolvaardt at mid-wicket

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, advances and flicks the offbreak to mid-wicket

Luus to Capsey, 1 run, short outside off, punched away to the left of the diving extra cover

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, full on off, eased down to long-on

Luus to Capsey, 1 run, short outside off, Capsey cuts it to the left of cover

Luus to Capsey, no run, dropped. A one-kneed slog from Capsey and skews off the toe end straight to long-on. The sub fielder Shangase got there quickly, got both hands and failed to cling on. To make matters worse, South Africa missed a run-out opportunity as well. The throw came in sharply to the bowler's end, but Luus wasn't close to the sticks and had to reach out to dislodge the bails. Nat Sciver-Brunt, who was sent back on the single, was saved by a matter of inches there...

Luus to Capsey, 2 runs, Luus continues to bowl it short. Capsey powers it down the ground to the left of long-on. Easy two and a diving stop in the deep....

Luus to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, slow and short outside off, cut away to sweeper cover

Luus to Capsey, 1 run, dropped short on the stumps, Capsey rocks back and pulls to deep mid-wicket