Tahila McGrath stars in Australia's comprehensive win over SA in Women's T20 WC

Tahlia McGrath struck a blistering 57 as defending champions Australia beat South Africa by six wickets to storm into the semifinals of the Womens T20 World Cup hereAustralia chased down 125 with 21 balls to spare on Saturday as they notched up their fourth win on the trot to top Group 1Coming to the crease with Australia under a little bit of pressure after South Africa had put on 124 for six McGrath showed no nerves as she and Ashleigh Gardner added 81 runs to take them to the brinkWhile McGrath did fall at the death the job was done by that point and Australia finished off the comfortable winAustralia will await the final games in Group 2 to find out their semifinal opponentsSouth Africa now face a mustwin clash with Bangladesh while hoping New Zealand beat Sri Lanka and that they finish top of the threeway tie on net runrateAfter being put in to bat South Africa made a flying start as Tazmin Brits and Laura Wolvaardt combined to put on 54 runs at a runaball for the opening wicketEventually Ellyse Perry had Wolvaardt caught behind for 19 by Beth Mooney keeping in place of the injured Alyssa HealyMarizanne Kapp followed for a duck before Georgia Wareham got the big one when she clean bowled Brits for 45 adding Chloe Tryon in the same over as South Africa suddenly found themselves 77 for fourAlso readWomens T20 World Cup Smriti Mandhanas halfcentury in vain as India lose to England by 11 runsA rebuild was required with Delmi Tucker removed for seven by Megan Schutt as the boundaries dried upAfter more than eight overs without finding the ropes Nadine de Klerk finally did the honours smashing Schutt for a maximum over longon before Sune Luus added a four in the final overThe skipper was bowled by Gardner for 20 De Klerk finishing on 14 not out as they had to settle for 124 for six after such a promising startThat did not feel like enough against this Australia team although Kapp had Perry caught at slip by Tryon for 11 before Meg Lanning was bowled around her legs for one by Nonkululeko Mlaba in the sixth overWhen Kapp got Mooney out plumb in front for 20 Australia were 40 for three and starting to wobbleHowever batting depth is the hallmark of this Australian team and McGrath and Gardner proceeded to settle in before successive boundaries from the former in the tenth over showed their intent to pick up the paceFrom then on the fours kept coming and the target became easier and easier with McGrath moving to her halfcentury from just 29 ballsBrief ScoresSouth Africa 124 for 6 in 20 overs Tazmin Brits 45 Sune Luus 20 Georgia Wareham 218 Ellyse Perry 18Australia 125 for four in 163 overs Tahlia McGrath 57 Ashleigh Gardner 28 not out Marizanne Kapp 221 Masabata Klaas 118This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever