Laura Wolvaardt’s magnificent century and Marizanne Kapp’s fiery five-wicket haul propelled the Proteas Ladies to a commanding 125-run victory over England on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, India, on Wednesday, 29 October 2025.
This historic win has secured South Africa’s first-ever spot in an ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup closing.
Wolvaardt produced a stellar knock of 169 off 143 balls, together with 20 fours and 4 sixes, to assist South Africa publish their highest 50-over World Cup complete of 319/7 earlier than Kapp adopted up her 33-ball 42 with a career-best return of 5 for 20 to dismiss England for 194 in 42.3 overs.
After dropping the toss and being despatched in to bat, South Africa made the a lot of the alternative. Openers Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits (45) gave their group a dream begin. The pair raced to 58/0 within the powerplay, setting the tone early. They introduced up the 100-run partnership, with Wolvaardt reaching her thirty ninth ODI half-century whereas surpassing the 5,000-run milestone in One-Day Internationals.
Simply as South Africa appeared set to kick on, England struck again by means of Sophie Ecclestone (4/44). The left-arm spinner dismissed Brits and Anneke Bosch (0) in the identical over, earlier than Nat Sciver-Brunt (1/67) eliminated Suné Luus (1), leaving the Proteas at 119/3 midway by means of their innings.
Displaying resilience, Wolvaardt and Kapp steadied the innings with an important 72-run stand for the fourth wicket. Their partnership pushed South Africa near the 200-run mark earlier than Ecclestone returned to dismiss Kapp, halting their momentum as soon as once more.
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England continued to use strain with just a few fast wickets, as Sciver-Brunt bowled Sinalo Jafta (1) whereas Annerie Dercksen (4) was bowled by Ecclestone, lowering South Africa to 202/6 within the forty first over.
With wickets tumbling round her, Wolvaardt stood agency. The skipper introduced up her tenth ODI century after which accelerated fearlessly, unleashing a sequence of boundaries to take the assault to the English bowlers. She discovered an in a position accomplice in Chloé Tryon (33*), and collectively they placed on a blistering 89-run stand, with Wolvaardt registering her second rating of 150-plus in ODIs.
Though she finally fell late within the innings, her heroics ensured the Proteas completed with a formidable 319/7 from their 50 overs.
Of their defence of the daunting goal, the Proteas Ladies made an excellent begin with ball in hand. Kapp eliminated Amy Jones (0) and Heather Knight (0) with out scoring within the first over, earlier than Ayabonga Khaka (1/28) struck along with her first ball of the match, dismissing Tammy Beaumont (0), caught behind, to go away England reeling on 1/3 within the second over.
With their backs towards the wall, England captain Sciver-Brunt (64) mixed with Alice Capsey (50) for an vital 107-run partnership, with each batters citing their respective fifties earlier than Luus (1/41) broke the stand by sending Capsey again to the hut to go away the English 108/4 within the twenty third over.
Though England soldiered on to 138/4 by the twenty ninth over, Kapp returned for one more unbelievable spell, selecting up three essential wickets in two overs, together with the important thing scalp of Sciver-Brunt in addition to Sophia Dunkley (2) and Charlie Dean (0) in consecutive balls to additional rock England’s chase.
With South Africa on the verge of a historic triumph, Nadine de Klerk (2/24) and Nonkululeko Mlaba (1/40) wrapped up the match with three late wickets to seal the Proteas Ladies’s passage to their maiden ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup closing, with 7.3 overs to spare.
The Proteas will now face the winner of the match between India and Australia within the grand finale on Sunday, 2 November, on the Dr DY Patil Sports activities Academy in Navi Mumbai.
South Africa and Knockout Fixtures and Outcomes on the ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup 2025
Thu, 25 Sept- 1st Heat-Up: South Africa vs Bangladesh – Washed out with no ball bowled
Solar, 28 Sept- 2nd Heat-Up: South Africa beat Pakistan by 4 wickets
Fri, 3 Oct: England beat South Africa by 10 wickets (Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati)
Mon, 6 Oct: South Africa beat New Zealand by 6 wickets (Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore)
Thu, 9 Oct: South Africa beat India by 3 wickets (ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam)
Mon, 13 Oct: South Africa beat Bangladesh by 3 wickets (ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam)
Fri, 17 Oct: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets (DLS) (R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo)
Tue, 21 Oct: South Africa beat Pakistan by 150 runs (DLS) (R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo)
Sat, 25 Oct: Australia beat South Africa by 7 wickets (Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore)
Wed, 29 Oct: South Africa beat England by 125 runs (Guwahati/Colombo)
Thu, 30 Oct: Semi-final 2 (Dr. DY Patil Sports activities Academy, Navi Mumbai)
Solar, 2 Nov: FINAL
– (All matches begin at 11h30 until specified in any other case)
Proteas Ladies Taking part in XI
Laura Wolvaardt (c)
Tazmin Brits
Anneke Bosch
Suné Luus
Marizanne Kapp
Sinalo Jafta (wk)
Annerie Dercksen
Chloé Tryon
Nadine de Klerk
Ayabonga Khaka
Nonkululeko Mlaba
England Taking part in XI
Amy Jones (wk)
Tammy Beaumont
Heather Knight
Nat Sciver-Brunt (c)
Alice Capsey
Danni Wyatt-Hodge
Sophia Dunkley
Charley Dean
Sophie Ecclestone
Linsey Smith
Lauren Bell
Primary Picture Caption: The Proteas Ladies have executed the unimaginable, incomes a first-ever South African finals berth at an ICC Cricket World Cup, after their 125-run semi-final victory over England, in Guwahati, India, on Wednesday, 29 October 2025. All Pictures: Matthew Lewis / Getty Photographs through ICC
Picture 2 Caption: Laura Wolvaardt’s magnificent century, the primary by a captain in a World Cup knockout match, earned her the Participant of the Match gong.
Picture 2 Caption: Marizanne Kapp’s fiery five-wicket haul propelled the Proteas Ladies to a commanding 125-run victory over England
