Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner power Australia into Women's T20 World Cup semis

With the comfortable win, Australia made it a perfect four wins from their four group games to cruise into the semifinals of the cricketing extravaganza. Chasing a par 125, Australia reached their target with 21 balls to spare with McGrath hitting a powerpacked 33-ball 57. Australia were put under pressure by South Africans in the chase early as at one stage they were in trouble at 40 for three but McGrath and Gardner (28 not out off 29) went for their shots in a fourth-wicket partnership of 81 to secure victory for the champions.

"Tahlia was excellent, Ash as well," said Australian captain Meg Lanning."They summed up the conditions really well and put the pressure back on South Africa."Lanning admitted that South Africa had started well with both bat and ball."They put us under pressure and to respond like that was very special."South African captain Sune Luus said her team had failed to capitalise on a good start to their innings after they were sent in to bat."We just didn't have enough runs on the board," she said.Australia completed their group matches with four wins from four matches while defeat was a blow to South Africa's chances of reaching the semi-finals of their home World Cup.With only one win from their first three matches, South Africa will rely on New Zealand defeating Sri Lanka in Paarl on Sunday.The hosts will then need to win their final match against Bangladesh in Cape Town on Tuesday to force a three-way tie for second place in Group One.Net run rate would then be the tiebreaker."We still have one game," said Luus. "It's not ideal to have to rely on other teams but we're going to leave everything out there."South Africa made 124 for six after being sent in.An enthusiastic home crowd cheered an