The results are in: England will play South Africa in the T20 World Cup semi-final on Thursday, after Australia face off against West Indies on Tuesday. It all came down to the double-header at Lord’s on Sunday, played in front of a crowd of 27,000, which began with South Africa limping across the line against Bangladesh despite a flurry of late wickets and ended with India crashing out of the tournament after a six-wicket defeat against Australia.
This has been a good fortnight for women’s cricket. The tournament director, Beth Barrett-Wild, was upbeat on Sunday. “It’s been incredible,” she said. “We set out on a mission to break women’s cricket into the mainstream and over the course of the last three weeks we’ve seen record-breaking crowds. I feel like we’ve definitely delivered.”
