Riding on skipper Laura Wolvaardt’s maiden World Cup century and an equally dominant all-round show from Marizanne Kapp (42 & 5/20), South Africa stormed into their maiden ICC Women’s ODI World Cup final, and their third consecutive World Cup title clash (after two T20 World Cup finals) by thrashing four-time champions England by 125 runs in the first semifinal at the ACA Stadium on Wednesday.

In the summit clash, the Protea women will face the winner of Thursday’s second semifinal between defending champions Australia and hosts India.

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Back in Guwahati, the venue where they began their campaign with a nightmarish loss to the same opposition, South Africa exorcised their demons in emphatic fashion, with Laura leading from the front through a magnificent 169 off 143 balls th

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