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

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, out Caught by Sinalo Jafta!! Marizanne Kapp you beauty! What a player. Just when South Africa needed that wicket she produces the goods. Full and angled in on off, it then held its line, Nat Sciver-Brunt gets forward to drive and plays slightly across the line of it, the outside-edge is found and it's a good low catch by Sinalo Jafta. Once again Kapp is pumped and rightly so. That was a peach, the late inward movement sucked Sciver-Brunt in and then it held its line to take the edge. Now South Africa can breathe easy. Nat Sciver-Brunt c Sinalo Jafta b Marizanne Kapp 64(76) [4s-6 6s-1]

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full on off, Nat Sciver-Brunt gets forward to drive and the ball hits Wyatt-Hodge and deflects to mid-off

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full and angled in on the pads, flicked to the short mid-wicket fielder

Chloe Tryon to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, short and wide outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt reaches for it to carve to sweeper cover

Chloe Tryon to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, tossed up full outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt gets low to swipe, the thick inside-edge hits the pad and rolls near her feet

Chloe Tryon to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 2 runs, great effort by Nadine de Klerk from long-on. She runs and dives to her left to save two. It's a length delivery outside off, flat-batted powerfully and wide of mid-off. Nadine put in the hard yards

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, full outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt gets forward to drive to sweeper cover and takes one

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, good length and angled in on middle, Nat Sciver-Brunt gets forward to push it down to mid-on

Chloe Tryon to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, tossed up full just outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt gets low and sweeps to deep mid-wicket

Chloe Tryon to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, tossed up full on the stumps, Nat Sciver-Brunt gets forward to drive it hard and straight to long-on

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 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.

Chloe Tryon to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, goes wide of the crease and bowls it a tad short outside off, cut away off the back foot to deep cover

Chloe Tryon to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full on leg stump, Sciver-Brunt drags the sweep off the inside edge to short fine

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 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 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...

Mlaba to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, worked away into the leg-side

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

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

Mlaba to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, slower on the stumps, clipped away to square leg for a quick single

Mlaba to Nat Sciver-Brunt, wide, full and angling down leg, Nat Sciver-Brunt looks to sweep and misses

Mlaba to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 2 runs, premeditates the reverse paddle and gets a decent connection to the left of short third

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

Mlaba to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, quicker on off, driven firmly to the right of long-on

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

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

Mlaba to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full on leg stump, Nat Sciver-Brunt sweeps and finds the fielder at short fine this time around

Mlaba to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR, full on leg stump, Nat Sciver-Brunt shuffled early and got down on one knee to sweep it along the ground in the gap through short fine

Mlaba to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, backs away and mistimes the cut to cover

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full and hint of shape away from the right-hander, Nat Sciver-Brunt looks to drive and gets beaten on the outside edge

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, good length on and around off at 102ks, Nat Sciver-Brunt taps it into the leg-side with soft hands

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR, Nat Sciver-Brunt picked the length (full) early and swept that on one knee in the gap through mid-wicket. Lovely timing and placement from the England skipper

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, 105ks good length drifting into the pads, Nat Sciver-Brunt helps it down to fine leg with a flick

Mlaba to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, slow and short on the stumps, Nat Sciver-Brunt swivels on the back foot and pulls wide of mid-on

Mlaba to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, slower and fuller outside off, driven along the ground to deep cover

Mlaba to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, short outside off, cut away to backward point

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, pitched up wide of off, Nat Sciver-Brunt stays low and slices the drive to the left of sweeper cover

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, back of a length outside off, cut away to the right of cover for a quick single

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, wide, length ball slipping down the leg-side, Nat Sciver-Brunt looks for a tickle and misses

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

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run, 104ks full on the stumps, Nat Sciver-Brunt uses her wrists to flick it in the gap between mid-on and mid-wicket. Didn't get the desired timing and a single is all she'll get...

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full and sliding down the leg-side, mild appeal for caught behind but that has come off the pad

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full once again, Nat Sciver-Brunt drills it to the right of the diving fielder at cover. Dercksen was the fielder there...

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR, that is a hit-me ball and Nat Sciver-Brunt doesn't miss out. Full and wide of off stump, the England skipper powers the drive in the gap through extra cover

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, 105ks full and keeps a touch low on the stumps, Nat Sciver-Brunt stays back and blocks with soft hands

de Klerk to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, back of a length just outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt heaves it off the back foot and finds mid-on

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, 108ks in the teasing channel outside off, no shot offered

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR, 108ks fuller and wider of off stump, Nat Sciver-Brunt seeks to drive and gets a thick outside edge that flies away past the lone slip to her right. No chance for the fielder at third...

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, 109ks good length on off, Nat Sciver-Brunt gets across and blocks it back to the bowler

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, past the outside edge. Marizanne Kapp has a wry smile on seeing the ball flirt with the edge. 108ks full and tailing away wide of off, lures Nat Sciver-Brunt into the drive and takes it past the bat

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full and shaping in just outside off at 109ks, blocked from the crease

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

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, 109ks inswinger just outside off, solid forward block from the English skipper

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, good length just outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt blocks it under her nose

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, pitched up just outside off, driven firmly to the right of Wolvaardt at cover

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, wide, length delivery angling down the leg-side, Nat Sciver-Brunt looks to flick and misses

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 2 runs, 110ks width on offer outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt advances and slices the drive to the left of cover. A fumble on the dive enables the second run

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, good length just outside off, Nat Sciver-Brunt mistimes the punch to the right of cover

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, inswinger on the pads, Nat Sciver-Brunt tucks it to mid-wicket

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

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full and closing in on off, Nat Sciver-Brunt comes forward and taps it into the off-side. Back-to-back maidens from Marizanne Kapp

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, nips away from a length outside off, Sciver-Brunt prods across and shoulders arms

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, late away swing in the channel outside off, left alone to the keeper

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, curls back in from a length around off, forward and blocked

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, advances and gets an inside edge onto pad on this inswinger

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, full and curling into middle at 108ks, Nat Sciver-Brunt gets across and blocks into the leg-side

Marizanne Kapp to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run, double-wicket maiden. Full on off, late shape away, Nat Sciver-Brunt gets forward to defend, rolls off the thick outer half of the bat to short point. What a start for South Africa and Marizanne Kapp