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.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) continues to pave the way for the nation’s future cricketing stars, ensuring that the sport is accessible to aspiring players and all who want to play it.

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.

Parunika had a major task to achieve after England were off to a flying start, racing to 37 for no loss after four overs. She made an instant impact, removing Jemima Spence and Trudy Johnson to stem the flow of runs, before coming back to dismiss the dangerous Katie Jonesas the rivals were restricted to 113/8.

England Women U19 90-4 beat New Zealand Women U19 89 by six wickets. England Women's U19 team booked their place in the ICC U19 Women's Cricket World Cup semi-final with a six-wic

England suffered a heavy nine-wicket semi-final defeat by defending champions India to crash out of the Under-19s T20 World Cup. After choosing to bat first, England were in a healthy position at 81-2 before the loss of six wickets for 11 runs meant they stuttered to 113-8 from 20 overs.

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