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

#5 Their defensive approach allowed Taylor-Knight partnership to flourish

Sarah Taylor raises her bat after getting to her half-century

After sending both the English openers back to the pavilion, South Africa concentrated more on restricting the run flow. However, that allowed Sarah Taylor and Heather Knight to settle down and build a partnership.

They put on a stand of 78 runs for the third wicket and it was the period in the match when England dominated. Sarah Taylor also brought up her second fifty of the tournament and it couldn't have been a better occasion to score. Heather Knight also supported her well with her composed innings of 30.

Although both of them were dismissed around the 30th over, it was their partnership that set the platform for the other English players to finish the game off.