Summing up
A few days back I had a bit of a moan that this had been a slightly underwhelming tournament, with a lack of surprises and/or close finishes. Well we still could do with a close finish but we’ve had a couple of big shocks, courtesy of turbo-charged displays from West Indies on Tuesday and now South Africa tonight. The serial champions and holders Australia are heading home, and this tournament is now tantalisingly hard to call. South Africa did everything right today, and another showing like that in the final could finally land them a trophy. Thanks for following. Bye.
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Then up steps a beaming Laura Wolvaardt: “I think it’s right up there with one of the best wins of my career for sure,” she surely understates. “It was such an amazing chase – Anneka batted excellently, the bowlers excellent too. It’s been a real collective group effort. With them being the side they are we spent time analysing them for weakness, and perhaps we did that a bit more than other teams. We didn’t have the best first two overs and Taz and I had a chat and said we had to put our feet down a little and then Anneka came out and did what she had to do – one of the standouts of her career and what a time to bring it out.” As for their potential final opponents? “West Indies look dangerous at the moment but you can never count out [New Zealand’s Amelia] Kerr and [Sophie] Devine
