Australia beat South Africa by five wickets: ICC Women’s World Cup – live!

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Over-by-over report: Australia stayed unbeaten with a five-wicket win over South Africa which was underscored by Meg Lanning’s century.

Australia have made an absolute mockery of the competition at this tournament. On the weekend, after that World Cup-record chase of 277 against India, Alyssa Healy said her side could win from any position. This match has confirmed her words.

There were a couple of jittery moments early in Australia’s innings, when Healy fell in the third over and another two walked before the 20th was out. But even then, and even without Perry at No 4, there came a point when it was never in doubt. Lanning will go down as one of the greats of the game of any gender, as highlighted by the below match report, which I leave with you. Thanks for joining us and we’ll see you for the next one.

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And so, that’s that. South Africa did not play badly. Apart from their fielding mishaps it was quite the contrary. They played well, and were still outplayed. They are capable and anything can happen in the knockout stages.

Up next for the Proteas are India on Saturday while Australia face Bangladesh on Thursday.

Unsurprisingly, Lanning is player of the match with her 135 off 130 balls. In her career she now has 10 centuries while chasing from 53 matches. Her innings in this one was close to perfect.

“It was nice to contribute,” she says. “We speak of the top four batting through and playing those match-winning innings. I thought Kapp and Ismail bowled really well. I felt I left more balls than I ever have. It was important ... I knew I had to be the one to bat through today. Mooney and Tahlia