The Junior Proteas Women side have one final hurdle to climb to clinch South Africa’s second under-19 World Cup trophy after thumping Australia by five-wickets in their semi-final.

England Women U19's journey at the ICC Women's U19 World Cup came to an end at the semi-final stage, as they were beaten by nine wickets by India. Batting first, England were in a good position at just over the halfway mark of their innings, 81-2, with Warwickshire's Davina Perrin looking good on 45.

South Africa beat Australia by five wickets in Kuala Lumpur on Friday to reach the final of the ICC Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup

For us, as an U19 team, in our second World Cup, most of these girls have never travelled out of the country, it’s been a rollercoaster, but talk about adaptability with a young group.

Sisodia 3-21 India 117-1 (15 overs): Kamalini 56* (50); Brett 1-30 India won by nine wickets Scorecard England suffered a heavy nine-wicket semi-final defeat by defending champions India to crash out of the Under-19s T20 World Cup.

Indian spin trio of Parunika Sisodia, Aayushi Shukla and Vaishnavi Sharma ran through the England batting unit in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. India will face South Africa in the final on Sunday.

South Africa secured their maiden spot in the ICC Women's U19 T20 World Cup final after an impressive five-wicket win over Australia in the first semi-final in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, as per the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The match officials have been announced for the semi-finals in Malaysia. India’s Gayathri Venugopalan and Nitin Bathi of the Netherlands will be in the middle for the first of the semi-finals between South Africa and Australia.