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Tanya Aldred (earlier) and Rob Smyth (later)

South Africa beat England by 125 runs: Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-final – as it happened

South Africa's Marizanne Kapp (left) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of England's Charlie Dean (right.
South Africa's Marizanne Kapp (left) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of England's Charlie Dean (right). Photograph: Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images

That’s all for today. Thanks for your company and emails – we’ll be back in the morning for the second semi-final between India and Australia. Goodnight!

Laura Wolvaardt speaks with her captain's hat on

Very special. Losing to England in the semis of the last two [ODI] World Cups really hurt so just really pleased to get the win tonight.

[Did the 69 all out feature in your mind before the game?] It did a little bit! Same opposition, same venue; your mind automatically goes back to that game. Losing the toss wasn’t the worst thing in the world – we’d have bowled too but I think it turned out all right.

I didn’t know if we had enough runs as it was a pretty flat wicket. Kappy was phenomenal. As long as Nat was there it looked like it go either way so we were really happy to get her out.

[On Marizanne Kapp] She was so special. Throughout the tournament she’s been finding a way with the ball and in this game she looked right on it.

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