Alana King Claims Seven for Eighteen as Australia Demolish Proteas

Women's World Cup, India

South Africa 97 (24 overs): Wolvaardt 31 (26); King 7-18

Australia 98-3 (16.5 overs): Mooney 42 (41); Kapp 1-11

Australia won by seven wickets

Alana King delivered the best figures in World Cup annals as the Australians hammered South Africa by 7 wickets to arrange a knockout meeting with the Indian team.

Leg-spinner Alana King captured seven wickets conceding 18 runs in her seven bowling stints while the South African team disintegrated from 32-0 to just 97 runs in 24 overs, and the Australian side wrapped up the chase with 199 balls remaining.

Alana King became part of an exclusive group as the sixth female player and third Australian to take 7 wickets in a ODI match, while establishing a new Women's World Cup record that surpassed NZ cricketer Lord's previous record of six wickets for 10 runs against India from 1982.

The win in the Indian city secures top spot in the standings for Australia, who have triumphed in each of their six completed matches in the preliminary round, and ensures they will face fourth-ranked India in Mumbai on Thursday, 30 October.

Opening batter Laura Wolvaardt was one of only three Proteas batters to reach 10 or more runs, hitting seven boundaries in the opening six overs to gift her side the ideal beginning before being removed for thirty-one by Schutt, with Alana King holding the grab at mid-wicket.

{Kim Garth then trapped Brits leg before wicket in the final over of the fielding restrictions before Alana King struck two times in five deliveries as the Proteas collapsed from 42-1 to 43 for four|Following that, Kim Garth got Brits leg before in the powerplay's end, and then the leg-spinner claimed twice in just five balls, causing South Africa to slump from 42/1 to 43/4.

{King claimed five of the last six dismissals to occur- with Ash Gardner dismissing Klaas- as the Proteas were bowled out for less than 100 for the second instance in the competition, having previously been bowled out for sixty-nine by knockout rivals England in their first match|Alana King took five out of the remaining six scalps that fell- including Ash Gardner bowling Masabata Klaas- as South Africa was dismissed for below 100 runs for the second time in this tournament, after being bowled out for 69 runs by their next opponents England in the opening game.

{The defending champions stumbled briefly in their chase, slipping to 11 for two inside six overs, before Beth Mooney (42) and Voll's unbeaten 38 came together to guide them to a routine victory|Although the defending champions faced a scare during the chase, slipping to 11-2 in six overs, Beth Mooney (42) and Voll (38 not out) partnered to steer them to a smooth triumph.