South Africa Women 164 for 4 (Brits 68, Wolvaardt 53, Ecclestone 3-22) beat England Women 158 for 8 (N. Sciver-Brunt 40, Khaka 4-29, Ismail 3-27) by six runs

South Africa staged their best performance of the tournament - with bat, ball and in the field - to upset England and secure a place in a World Cup final for the first time in any form of international cricket - men's or women's.

Ismail, Khaka the destroyers

The Brits and Wolvaardt show: Part 2

After a sluggish start - South Africa scored just 14 off the first four overs after winning the toss - they started to raise the tempo led by Wolvaardt's heave a long way over the fence at wide long-off. After the powerplay, they looked more in control as she and Brits followed up their unbroken stand worth 117 runs against Bangladesh with another key partnership.

Wolvaardt brought up her sixth T20I fifty with a four through cover off Ecclestone but fell three balls later to a leading edge gobbled up by Dean at cover. But that prompted Brits to flick the switch as she danced down the pitch twice in three balls to power Glenn over deep midwicket and long-on for two sixes. She brought up her half-century next ball with a four through the covers, helping herself to 17 runs off a pivotal 15th over. Brits eventually fell to a solid catch by Katherine but not before she had propelled her side towards a competitive total.

Ecclestone keeps England in it

England hadn't helped themselves with a scrappy performance in the field, but Ecclestone's two wickets in three balls - she snared the potentially explosive Tryon, caught attempting to pull but picking out Nat at deep midwicket for just 3 and de Klerk, bowled for a second-ball duck - momentarily derailed South Africa's final push in the penultimate over.

But then Kapp, the beneficiary of a misfield while on 2, cashed in first off a high full toss by Katherine in the final over which she pulled for a one-bounce four through deep backward square leg. Then she hammered back-to-back fours off the last two balls piercing the gap between cover and mid-off and high over deep midwicket to give the hosts the late lift they needed.