ICC Women's World Cup 2017: 5 things that went wrong for South Africa in the semi-final

#3 Failed to accelerate at the latter part of the innings

Sune Luus and co. failed to really accelerate in the latter parts of the innings

South Africa could only manage 60 odd runs in the last 10 overs whereas it should have been 20-30 runs more. Skipper Dane Van Niekerk consumed a lot of deliveries walking out to bat at a crucial stage. She consumed 39 deliveries for her 27 runs.

Mignon du Preez, who was well set by then, could only score at a run-a-ball in the latter stages. She ended up being unbeaten on 76 off 95 deliveries.

Sune Luus tried her best to up the antenna. However, all she could muster were 21 runs off 25 deliveries at less than a run-a-ball. As a result, South Africa could only manage 221/6 in their full quota of 50 overs.