By Admin 
South Africa women’s cricket team captain Laura Wolvaardt played a memorable inning of 169 runs in the World Cup semi-final against England. In this match held at ACA Stadium, England won the toss and decided to bowl first. Wolvaardt made a century partnership (116) for the first wicket with Tazmin Brits, the captain did not stop even after Brits was out. She was out on the last ball of the 48th over.
Laura Wolvaardt scored the 10th century of her ODI career, this was her first century in the World Cup. Wolvaardt scored 169 runs in 143 balls in the semi-final against England. In this innings played with a strike of more than 118, he hit 4 sixes and 20 fours. That means he scored 104 runs (80 runs from fours and 24 runs from sixes) from boundaries.
Laura Wolvaardt equals Mithali Raj
It was only when Wolvaardt completed 50 runs that she equaled Mithali Raj in a big record. For the 13th time, Wolvaardt played an inning of more than 50 runs in the ODI World Cup. Earlier, Mithali Raj was the one to score the most number of innings of more than 50 runs in the ODI World Cup, she also did this 13 times.
The first South African batsman to do so
In this memorable inning of 169 runs, Laura Wolvaardt also completed 5000 runs of her ODI career. She is the first South African woman player to score 5000 runs in ODIs.
In the first semi-final of the Women’s World Cup 2025, South Africa, batting first, set a target of 319 runs for England to win. Chloe Tryon (33) and Marijne Kapp (42) also played good innings. Kapp also did wonders in bowling, he gave a great start to South Africa by taking 2 wickets in the very first over of the semi-final.
England’s wicket-keeper batsman Amy Jones was out on the second ball of the first over. After this, Heather Knight, who came at number three, also became the victim of Marijne Kapp, both the batsmen could not open the account. England lost its third wicket on the very first ball of the second over. England’s top 3 batsmen were out for just 1 run.