PLAYER RATINGS: England overcome South Africa to set up Australia final

The Cricketer looks at the individual performances from England's Women's World Cup win against South Africa

ENGLAND

Tammy Beaumont (7): Edged behind cheaply for her third single-figure score in her last five innings 3

Danni Wyatt (129): A phenomenal display of controlled aggression that benefited from dropped chances; Wyatt capitalised on them expertly and made the highest score of her international career 9

Heather Knight (1): Couldn't get going and South Africa's seamers were excellent in keeping her bogged down; captained well but was helped out by her bowlers' display 2

Nat Sciver (15; 0-16): Looked in lovely touch before being bounced out; bowled tidily when called upon 4

Amy Jones (28): Her cameo shouldn't be overlooked in helping to shift the momentum; her glovework has been central to England's recovery 6

Sophia Dunkley (60): Growing as an England player with every innings and might just have played her best knock so far; a crucial half century in a 116-run stand with Wyatt that took the game away from South Africa 7

^{Dunkley and Wyatt added 116 for the fifth wicket (Sanka Vidanagama/AFP via Getty Images)}

Katherine Brunt (9; 0-9): Set the tone with the ball, conceding runs off just three balls out of 20 – somewhere near getting back to her best 6

Sophie Ecclestone (24; 6-32): A ludicrous individual performance; her first five-wicket haul in international cricket and a momentum-grabbing cameo with the bat – the best player in the world? Very possibly 9

Kate Cross (0*; 1-23): Excellent in the field and bowled nicely on a good pitch 6

Charlie Dean (1-41): A huge positive for England in this tournament; dismissed Goodall in a tidy spell 6

Anya Shrubsole (2-27): Rested against Bangladesh but back for the semi-final as England's big-game seamer, and didn't disappoint; the wicket of Wolvaardt broke the game wide open and getting Lee shortly afterwards put South Africa on the back foot 6

SOUTH AFRICA 

Lizelle Lee (2): Not the tournament she was after, and not the end she wanted, spooning Shrubsole to Sciver; dropped Wyatt at slip when on 22 2

Laura Wolvaardt (0): She was bound to fail at some point, and England will be thrilled that today was the day; a tremendous tournament nonetheless for one of the game's must-watch talents 2

Lara Goodall (29): Four attractive boundaries but bowled sweeping when well set 4

Sune Luus (21): Gave South Africa impetus in an enterprising cameo but couldn't turn it into something more substantial as regular wickets fell; should have bowled herself to ease the burden on Tryon 4

Mignon du Preez (30): Top-scored but couldn't go on – the story of South Africa's innings 4

Marizanne Kapp (21; 2-52): One of the players of the tournament and fought to the end but not enough on the day 6

^{Ecclestone claimed her maiden five-wicket haul in international cricket (Sanka Vidanagama/AFP via Getty Images)}

Chloe Tryon (3; 0-70): England played her well and didn't allow her to settle with the ball; no fireworks with the bat 2

Trisha Chetty (21): The final wicket to fall to Ecclestone; kept tidily albeit unhelmeted up to the stumps 4

Shabnim Ismail (12; 3-46): Bowled her heart out and sits just behind Ecclestone in the wicket-taking stakes 7

Masabata Klaas (3; 2-55): Deserved her wickets and didn't have a great deal of luck 4

Ayabonga Khaka (0*; 1-66): Has had an excellent tournament and did for Knight with a ball that angled into the England captain 3

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