South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt described her flamboyant 169 as “unreal”, a performance that came straight out of a kid’s dream to score a ton in the showpiece tournament following their Women’s World Cup semi-final 125-run win over England at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium.

Wolvaardt delivered a statement with her bat, walloping 169 off 143 deliveries, laced with 20 boundaries and four towering maximums to put South Africa in command. Her opening compatriot, Tazmin Brits, played the second fiddle with 45(65), topped up by Marizanne Kapp’s 42 off 33, which lifted South Africa to a daunting 319/7. With the ball, Kapp returned with figures of 5/20 in her seven-over spell to derail England’s chase and punch South Africa’s ticket to the final.

“It still feels a bit unreal. I think that’s

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