Kapp says it's 'bittersweet' without Proteas' golden trio: 'It took us over 14 years'

The Proteas women will go where no South African cricket team has gone before at Newlands on Sunday when they compete in their first-ever ICC World Cup final.

Sune Luus' side secured a famous six-run win against England in Friday's Women's T20 World Cup semi-final in front of a lively Newlands crowd.

It was a win for the ages as the Proteas women snapped the country's cricket semi-final curse.

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All-rounder Marizanne Kapp had a feeling when she woke up on Friday morning that things were going to be different this time around.

After suffering a few semi-final losses, Kapp could not hide her emotions as the Proteas women stunned 2009 World Cup champions, England.

"It's just amazing. We've been trying for so many years and like I've said, I've been so disappointed with the semi-finals we've played," Kapp told reporters on Friday.

"It almost felt like in the past when we reached the semi-final, that was our goal and we didn't rock up the day of the semi-final. So it's just amazing to be able to do that and then to do that at home, there's no better place."

The Proteas women got their campaign off to a rocky start with selection controversy as Kapp's wife and regular skipper Dane van Niekerk was deemed unfit for the World Cup.

Senior members of the squad, which included Kapp and fast bowler Shabnim Ismail, were both visibly emotional on Friday.

Kapp and Ismail form part of the core group of Proteas, who've been with the Proteas women since they turned professional in the late 2000s.

The Proteas women were without Van Niekerk and had to contend without recent retirees Mignon du Preez and Lizelle Lee, who called time on their international careers last