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07/02 15:53 CDT Captain Sciver-Brunt's stirring 75 leads England into Women's
T20 World Cup final
Captain Sciver-Brunt's stirring 75 leads England into Women's T20 World Cup
final
By FOSTER NIUMATA
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) --- Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt's awe-inspiring knock of 75 after an
injury led England past South Africa and into the final of the Women's Twenty20
World Cup on Thursday.
Sciver-Brunt and former skipper Heather Knight rescued England from 23-3 with a
133-run partnership --- the highest ever in a World Cup knockout match --- to
set South Africa a forbidding 170 target in The Oval semifinal.
South Africa, which chose to chase, had the life squeezed out of it and saw the
writing on the wall as early as the 11th over after the great Marizanne Kapp
was just the third out. By then the run rate required was already at 11 per
over.
No. 2-ranked England won by 40 runs and will face No. 1 Australia in the final
at sold-out Lord's on Sunday.
England put up 169-5 and South Africa was shrunk to 129-8.
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