England women vs South African Women Predictions: England look strong on paper despite South Africa's recent heroics

South Africa Women will be facing off against England Women in the second semi-final game of the Women's T20 World Cup held in South Africa. This game will determine who will compete against Australia for the maiden women's T20 trophy. Who will win?

England form

England has been spotless in the competition so far. They have won four out of four group-stage matches. Their most impressive win was their victory against India in the third game. Being the group leader and second-ranked team in the world England have more firepower than South Africa on paper. Opener Danielle Wyatt scored a half-century in the recent dead rubber game against Pakistan and will be looking to continue this form in the semi-final game. Dunkley has been disappointed with her score not even reaching double digits in the last three games. Captain Heather Knight is also coming to the game after scoring only 4 runs in the previous one. Sophie Ecclestone is giving her best in the bowling department and her stats reflect it. She has taken 11 wickets already in the tournament. Competition with her Sarah Glenn has equally impressed in this tournament with 11 wickets. The team will expect a dominating performance and make it through to the finals of the maiden T20 women's world cup. 

England Lineup

Sophia Dunkley, Danielle Wyatt, Alice Capsey, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight(c), Amy Jones(w), Sophie Ecclestone, Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Charlotte Dean, Sarah Glenn, Freya Davies

South Africa form

South Africa comes into this game on the back of a 10-wicket win against Bangladesh. They won two out of four games in the group stages and come to the semi-finals because of their higher net run rate. They started the tournament with a shocking loss against Sri Lanka. They lost another group game to group leaders and now finalists Australia. Tazmin Brits are coming into this game on the back of a good run of form scoring 50 runs against Bangladesh and 45 runs against Australia. Her opening partner Laura Wolvaardt's unbeaten 66 will give them great confidence. Captain Sune Luus is consistent with her performance and will be roaring to go in this crucial game. On the bowling front, M Kapp is Proteas' leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 7 wickets. A coherent performance is required by the team to win against England. 

South Africa Predicted Lineup

Tazmin Brits, Laura Wolvaardt, Marizanne Kapp, Sune Luus (C), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Anneke Bosch, Sinalo Jafta, Shabnim Ismail, Ayobonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

Expert betting tips

The pitch will assist batters but it will also help the spinners. Turn and bounce is plenty on this track which can be exploited. Teams will prefer to defend a total on this pitch as the trend goes. The average first innings score on this pitch is 144 runs. South Africa did not lose any wickets when they last played here against Bangladesh. We expect a low-scoring game and England to come out on top. South Africa has the potential to cause upset but England is too strong to lose.