Mignon Du Preez from South Africa reacts to scoring the winning runs off the bowling of Deepti Sharma. Photo / Getty
Australia will play the West Indies and South Africa will play England in the semifinals of the Women's Cricket World Cup after the makeup of the top four was finally decided Sunday on the last ball of the last match in the league stage.
West Indian players had to watch
on yesterday sitting fourth with England and India both in with a chance to knock them out. England first jumped ahead of them with a win over Bangladesh and it looked like India were about to do the same.
Mignon du Preez hit the winning run from the final ball of the final over of the final match to finish 52 not out and lead South Africa to a three-wicket win over India. In doing so, South Africa snuffed out India's semifinal hopes in the cruellest of circumstances.
Du Preez was caught in the deep with three runs required and two balls remaining, in a moment which seemed to swing the match in India's favour. She was walking from the field when the umpires consulted the television official and determined that Deepti Sharma, who was bowling the last over from which seven runs were needed, had over-stepped.
