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43rd over: South Africa 223-6 (Wolvaardt 115, Tryon 6) <\/strong>South Africa survive Ecclestone\u2019s last over by not doing anything stupid. NSB accedes to Ecclestone\u2019s half-hearted request for an lbw review against Tryon. To no-one\u2019s surprise, it isn\u2019t out, and Ecclestone finishes with a fabulous 4-44.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 42nd over: South Africa 218-6 (Wolvaardt 113, Tryon 3) <\/strong>Ten from Dean\u2019s over \u2013 a scattering of singles and six flayed over long on by Wolvaardt.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 41st over: South Africa 208-6 (Wolvaardt 105, Tryon 1) <\/strong>After the wicket, a wide, a single and a swept four as Wolvaardt continues to carry the innings. Will South Africa be able to survive Ecclestone\u2019s last over.<\/p>\n \u201cEngland and the English need a sporting anthem for ourselves – GSTK is a British or UK anthem. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have their own anthems. Why don\u2019t we?\u201d Good question Nick Terdre,, though to be fair to the ECB, they have adopted Jerusalem (though England draw from the whole UK) and Jerusalem has been England\u2019s anthem at the Commonweath games for the last 15 years.<\/p>\n \u201dAnd personally I take no pleasure in a song directed at one man or woman- what about the rest of us?<\/p>\n (PS I\u2019ve a feeling this may be South Africa\u2019s day.)\u201c<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Dercksen b Ecclestone 4 (South Africa 202-6)<\/p>\n A collapsed lung of a reverse-sweep as Dercksen directs the ball into her own stumps.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>A hundred for Laura Wolvaardt<\/p>\n 40th over: South Africa 202-5 (Wolvaardt 101, Dercksen 4) <\/strong>Brilliant from Wolvaardt \u2013 her first World Cup hundred \u2013 gets there with a sprinted second. her teammates rise as one in the dugout, She takes off her helmet and gets a huge hug from Dercksen.<\/p>\n \u201cTanya,\u201d hello Andy Pechey. \u201cAt what point does a dropped catch become a great stop?\u201d It\u2019s all in the eye \u2013 and generosity \u2013 of the observer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 39th over: South Africa 195-5 (Wolvaardt 97, Dercksen 1) S<\/strong>outh Africa survive Ecclestone\u2019s eighth over \u2013 just two singles from it.<\/p>\n \u201cI think most stadiums in India have a capacity of more than 30000, to accommodate the Men\u2019s game which has a lot of spectators,\u201d writes Arul Kanhere. \u201cGrounds with less seats might not have enough amenities to host a World Cup game. Small mercy its not in Ahmedabad.\u201d Thanks Arul \u2013 have you been surprised that the stadiums are not more full for neutral games?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 38th over: South Africa 193-5 (Wolvaardt 96, Dercksen 0) <\/strong>Reward for Bell and a beef-up after that dropped catch. Just one run from it, a wide. She also clonks Dercksen on the helmet, but she\u2019s all smiles as the the physio asks her what day of the week it is.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Jafta b Bell 1 (South Africa 192-5)<\/p>\n Jafta retreats mouseishly, and the ball waves passed the outside edge to clonk middle and off stumps.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37th over: South Africa 192-4 (Wolvaardt 96, Jafta 1) <\/strong>Kapp had just flayed a loose ball from Ecclestone through the covers for four. Crazy shot \u2013 if she and Wolvaardt could have just stayed together\u2026.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Kapp c Dean b Eccletone (South Africa 191-4)<\/p>\n Kapp goes for the sweep but top edges, Dean holds on with open mouth, hands high and backwards above her head. Ecclestone again with the breakthrough. Kapp curses her way off the pitch.<\/strong><\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 36th over: South Africa 187-3 (Wolvaardt 96, Kapp 38) <\/strong>A chance \u2013 dropped! Really hard \u2013 chipped by Kapp, on 36, and a flying Bell gets a left hand to it but can\u2019t hold on as she falls awkwardly to the ground. Beaumont goes to her straight away to keep spirits up, but actually I think she jarred her body as she fell. The physio provides water and, I think , paracetemol. Dean continues. Five singles from it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.49 EDT<\/p>\n 35th over: South Africa 182-3 (Wolvaardt 94, Kapp 35) <\/strong>South Africa fancy Capsey. Five singles and a four, swivel-pulled by Wolvaardt as she eases into the nervous nineties.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the partnership, isn\u2019t it Tanya.\u201d It sure is Guy Hornsby. \u201cWolvaardt has looked in superb nick this tournament (and I\u2019ve a soft spot for her as a former Manchester Original, watching her smoke 4s with my daughter at Old Trafford at her first ever game two years ago). Kapp is arguably their best player, so you feel if this is together at the 40th over England will be back in a pickle. I\u2019m saying this as I\u2019m at work and checking in online, but as we\u2019ve all done over the years, it\u2019s almost more nervy doing that when you\u2019re the equivalent of waiting for Ceefax page 341 to update. Niche reference for all our long-suffering England fans of a certain age.\u201d<\/p>\n Funnily enough my best memory of Ceefax watching is during the India-Australia series of 2001.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 34th over: South Africa 173-3 (Wolvaardt 88, Kapp 32) <\/strong>Kapp, eyes in concentrated slits, drops to one knee and shovels six over long on. Dean pulls it back but still leaks a single from every other ball. Eleven from the over, the partnership 52 from 54 deliveries and they take DRINKS.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 33rd over: South Africa 162-3 (Wolvaardt 86, Kapp 23) <\/strong>Capsey gets her first over of the innings. South Africa are watchful, but tick a single from every ball.<\/p>\n Laura Wolvaardt plays a reverse sweep. Photograph: Anupam Nath\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.44 EDT<\/p>\n 32nd over: South Africa 156-3 (Wolvaardt 83, Kapp 20) <\/strong>A moment of excitement as Kapp sweeps and gloves the ball over Jones\u2019s head. Otherwise just two steady singles off Dean.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 31st over: South Africa 153-3 (Wolvaardt 81, Kapp 19) <\/strong>Four singles from Smith\u2019s over. The ground certainly isn\u2019t heaving with spectators, though with a capacity of 46,000 it is hard to gauge exactly how many are in. You do wonder why the BCCI chose such huge stadiums if they weren\u2019t going to be able to sell the tickets to get anywhere near filling them. But everything was very last minute.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 30th over: South Africa 149-3 (Wolvaardt 79, Kapp 17) <\/strong>And now time for Charlie Dean. Wolvaardt eyes up a full toss, shimmies and flays her through those welcoming covers. The next floats legside, Wolvaardt helps it on its way and only a tumbling Beaumont prevents another four.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 29th over: South Africa 141-3 (Wolvaardt 72, Kapp 16) <\/strong>Smith on the money once more, just a single from it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.22 EDT<\/p>\n 28th over: South Africa 140-3 (Wolvaardt 71, Kapp 16) <\/strong>Not NSB\u2019s best over. Another wide, and two fours for Kapp \u2013 an edged four and a stonking cover drive.<\/p>\n At the current run rate, South Africa\u2019s projected score is 250.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.22 EDT<\/p>\n 27th over: South Africa 125-3 (Wolvaardt 70, Kapp 6) <\/strong>More mixing up of the bowlers. NSB reaches for Smith \u2013 three singles from it.<\/p>\n Hello Andy Roberts:\u201cIn far North Qld reading along to see who Australia will be playing in the final. But saw in the OBO you rated the Australian national anthem and I was shocked. I\u2019m Australian and I can happily admit it is a shocker. If you want a good national anthem, try the Kiwi (NZ) one, it\u2019s brilliant with both the English and Maori verses. It\u2019s a pity their sports teams aren\u2019t more successful so we can hear it more often!\u201d<\/p>\n I do like the Kiwi one, but there is just something about the Australian one which makes me think of sunshine and beaches and \u2026 perhaps it is just heading into the British winter.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 26th over: South Africa 125-3 (Wolvaardt 68, Kapp 5) <\/strong>South Africa have slipped from a cruise-control 116-0 to lose three for three. These two batters hold the game in their hands. Kapp, experience seeping out of every pore, coolly drives her first ball, a fat half volley, through the covers for four.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Luus b Sciver-Bunt 1 (South Africa 119-3)<\/p>\n More bails flying. This time Luus pulls with soldier feet and chops on to the stumps. Wolvaardt can only stand and watch.<\/p>\n Nat Sciver-Brunt celebrates with Heather Knight and Amy Jones after taking the wicket of South Africa’s Sune Luus. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.15 EDT<\/p>\n 25th over: South Africa 119-2 (Wolvaardt 67, Luus 1) <\/strong>Ecclestone follows up her two-wicket fifth over with a maiden sixth. At the half way stage, things are up in the air though South Africa will need to get a hurry on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 24th over: South Africa 119-2 (Wolvaardt 67, Luus 1) <\/strong>Bell again, much neater in her second spell.<\/p>\n Good morning John Starbuck. \u201cAs I learned the other day from a repeat of Qi, God Save The King\u2019s tune was originally the anthem of Liechtenstein. A little undignified of the British, I suspect.\u201d<\/p>\n I would love to see a competition for a new one but it would inevitably turn into some culture war nightmare. At least GSTK is a short dirge. With good drums.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 23rd over: South Africa 116-2 (Wolvaardt 64, Luus 0) <\/strong>The Anneka Bosch experiment, brought in for the semi-final, is a fail. Two wickets for Ecclestone, shoulders now liquid, and England are suddenly on top.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Bosch b Ecclestone 0 (South Africa 116-2)<\/p>\n Bosch goes on the attack, suddenly, flamboyantly, but misses and loses her off stump. The arm ball deceives.<\/strong><\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Brits b Ecclestone 45 (South Africa 116-1)<\/p>\n Oh dear. Brits inevitably falls to an every-draw-open-on-a-chest-of-drawers reverse-sweep. Ecclestone slots one under the bat and into the stumps.<\/strong><\/p>\n Tazmin Brits loses her wicket. Photograph: Anupam Nath\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.05 EDT<\/p>\n 22nd over: South Africa 115-0 (Wolvaardt 64, Brits 45) <\/strong>Bell\u2019s over starts economically with three dots, but the fourth lands invitingly in the slot and Brits makes room and savages it back over Bell\u2019s head.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 21st over: South Africa 111-0 (Wolvaardt 64, Brits 41) <\/strong>Brits tries another stroke down on her knees, a sweep \u2013 time to give this one up \u2013 and is clonked on the forearm. Gets some treatment and dances down the wicket to Ecclestone\u2019s next ball and frying pans her down the ground for six.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 20th over: South Africa 103-0 (Wolvaardt 63, Brits 34) <\/strong>Bell returns. On point. Just a single and a bouncer wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 19th over: South Africa 101-0 (Wolvaardt 62, Brits 34) <\/strong>Brits sweeps, conventionally this time, and picks up four. Ecclestone puts her hands to her head \u2013 a last ball boundary.<\/p>\n \u201cI think,\u201d writes Arul Kanhere, \u201cthe Indian Anthem deserves a mention.\u201d Just reminded myself of it \u2013 very perky. Also a shout out for Germany.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 18th over: South Africa 93-0 (Wolvaardt 59, Brits 29) <\/strong>Wolvaardt is getting into her work. Dean\u2019s first ball is fired back the way it came, her second, wider, is inevitably glided through cover for four more. This is her fourth fifty of the tournament. They take DRINKS with South Africa on top.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Fifty for Laura Wolvaardt<\/p>\n 17th over: South Africa 84-0 (Wolvaardt 50, Brits 29) <\/strong>Prematch, NSB did admit it was a risk picking Ecclestone \u2013 will it pay off? Her shoulders looks more liquid here, but we\u2019re not getting a close up of her face so I can\u2019t report on any grimaces. Three singles and another Brits reverse-hack fails to bring any reward.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 16th over: South Africa 82-0 (Wolvaardt 49, Brits 28) <\/strong>Just two from Dean\u2019s over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 15th over: South Africa 80-0 (Wolvaardt 48, Brits 27) <\/strong>NSB summons her big gun. Ecclestone, shoulder good enough to play. Tall, imposing, ball release high, but she\u2019s slow and doesn\u2019t look entirely happy. Wolvaardt sweeps four to bring up 5000 runs in ODIs. And is nearly stumped from the last ball, immaculate gloves from Jones but her foot is in the crease.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.24 EDT<\/p>\n 13th over: South Africa 74-0 (Wolvaardt 43, Brits 26) <\/strong>Wolvaardt and Brits ease past South Africa\u2019s total in their first game against England. A pocketful of singles and a thudding Britts boundary that flies over mid off,<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 13th over: South Africa 67-0 (Wolvaardt 41, Brits 21) <\/strong> A decent bouncer restricts Brits, but they still milk five singles off NSB\u2019s over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 12th over: South Africa 62-0 (Wolvaardt 36, Brits 20) <\/strong> Time for Charlie Dean, and very neat she is too, troubles Brits who attempts another of those ungainly reverse-sweeps, without success.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 11th over: South Africa 61-0 (Wolvaardt 36, Brits 20) <\/strong>Just three singles off NSB.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 10th over: South Africa 58-0 (Wolvaardt 34, Brits 19) <\/strong>Another inviting delivery drifts wide of Wolvaardt\u2019s off stump, and another cover drive shimmies for four. Then Brits twinkles down the ground and slams Smith back over her head for four \u201cI\u2019d much rather see her do that \u2013 play to her strengths – than those attempted reverse-sweeps\u201d says Hussain.<\/p>\n For the first time in this World Cup, England are wicketless in the power play.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 9th over: South Africa 49-0 (Wolvaardt 29, Brits 15) <\/strong>Another wide for NSB, England don\u2019t want to be giving away too many of them. And another wide ball which Wolvaardt once more stamps and slots to the rope.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 8th over: South Africa 43-0 (Wolvaardt 24, Brits 15) <\/strong>Better from Smith \u2013 Brits tries to milk her for two reverse-sweeps but both look as if she\u2019s trying on an ill-fitting costume. She misses everything with her first, picks up a couple with her second.<\/p>\n Hello Andrew Petchley! \u201cAgreed GSTK is terrible, and that SA one was decent, but who else makes up your top 3 (alongside Italy, obviously)?\u201d I know my ignorance will be exposed here but \u2013 in no particular order \u2013 Nkosi Sikelel\u2019 iAfrika, La Marseillaise and Advance Australia Fair.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.02 EDT<\/p>\n 7th over: South Africa 41-0 (Wolvaardt 24, Brits 13) <\/strong>NSB brings herself on to replace Bell. Doesn\u2019t leak any boundaries \u2013 thanks to a scampering Tammy Beaumont on the rope.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 6th over: South Africa 35-0 (Wolvaardt 22, Brits 10) <\/strong>Wolvaardt, who is looking in glorious touch, pings two successive balls from Smith to the rope. A full toss through long off, a pie through the covers. Wolvaardt is not the person to deliver such treats.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 5th over: South Africa 27-0 (Wolvaardt 14, Brits 10) <\/strong>A second\u2019s hesitation nearly sends nearly <\/strong>sends Brits home but NSB\u2019s throw isn\u2019t a direct hit. <\/strong>Bell sends down another delivery wide of off stump and <\/strong>Brits slam-bams it through the covers for four. But Bell bounces back with her final ball, a a fruity delivery with extra bounce that flies over Brits\u2019 attempted force.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4th over: South Africa 21-0 (Wolvaardt 13, Brits 6) <\/strong>Neat and tidy from Smith. That Bell semi-drop not withstanding, the BBC report that \u2013 stats wise – England are the best fielding team in the competition.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 3rd over: South Africa 19-0 (Wolvaardt 12, Brits 5) <\/strong>A half-chance not held. Brits flays Bell back back with fire, through the left hand of her follow through and down to the rope.<\/p>\n Lauren Bell on the attack. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.51 EDT<\/p>\n 2nd over: South Africa 14-0 (Wolvaardt 12, Brits 1) <\/strong>Thick and filthy cloud hangs over Guwahati, and the lights are on. Smith doesn\u2019t seem to be struggling as she did in her first spell against New Zealand, but she does send down one fat come-and-get-me delivery, which Wolvaardt accepts and dispatches through the covers for four.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 1st over: South Africa 9-0 (Wolvaardt 8, Brits 0)<\/strong> Bell with the new ball. The first lands on a hittable cushion and Wolvaardt, high front elbow, kisses it through the covers for four. The next is wider, similarly inviting, and Wolvaardt throws the bat, the ball flying through where a third slip might have chewed her nails. Four more. Bell tightens her line \u2013 and there\u2019s just one more run, from a wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Anthems<\/p>\n In the battle of the anthems,<\/strong> a crushing win for South Africa. A jaunty South African one \u2013 which must be in the top three world anthems \u2013 players with one arm on shoulders, one hand on chest. England line up arm in arm for a rapid rumble of God Save the King.<\/p>\n South Africa’s captain Laura Wolvaardt and England skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt head out with the mascots. Photograph: Anupam Nath\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.49 EDT<\/p>\n The pitch isn\u2019t the same as the one <\/strong>where England skittled South Africa at Guwahati. \u201cMumbai soil\u201d NSB was told by the the groundsman \u2013 and Nasser has had a look. \u201cThere was black soil in the first week, it was slow and low. This is a red soil pitch, there will be a bit more bounce, more in it for the seamers.<\/p>\n And Nasser on Nat”:\u201cShe\u2019s a quietly spoken person, a quiet demeanor about her, she\u2019s authentic. You want someone to be who they are, she is as a captain what she is as a human being. I thought I learnt more about her in the India game by the way she kept her team in that game, the way she chose the 49th and 50th overs, the fielding. [If things get tense today] she can be quiet, she has to have a presence about her.\u201d<\/p>\n NAtalie Germanos has said that the key battle for South Africa is how they bat against the spin \u2013 to not be too hesitant. Nasser says that everyone this tournament has played for spin for Smith when there is none.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>South Africa XI<\/p>\n South Africa XI:<\/strong> Laura Wolvaardt (capt), Tazmin Brits, Sune Luus, Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Anneke Bosch, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba<\/p>\n Share<\/a>England XI<\/p>\n England XI:<\/strong> Amy Jones (wk), Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight, Nat Sciver-Brunt (capt), Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell<\/p>\n Share<\/a>England win the toss and will bowl! Ecclestone fit.<\/p>\n Nat Sciver Brunt bats:<\/strong> \u201cI think putting the pressure on them with the bat, and under lights it will be easier to chase. Hold your nerve, trust the process, acknowledge the occasion and have a great time.\u201d<\/p>\n And they are unchanged \u2013 Ecclestone is fit! If playing through a bit of pain.<\/p>\n Laura Wolvaardt<\/strong> would have bowled too: \u201cBut runs on the board aren\u2019t a bad thing. We\u2019re playing an extra batter, it felt like something we\u2019ve needed in the last few games.\u201d Anneke Bosch replaces Klaas.<\/p>\n