WT20 WC final: 'Invincible' AUS stand between South Africa and their fairytale

South Africa will get their fairytale finish at home if they find a way to halt the Australian juggernaut in the Womens T20 World Cup final here on SundaySouth Africa showed commendable fighting spirit to upset England in the semifinal but they will need to stitch together a perfect game to topple the mighty Australia who are the record fivetime champions and are in their seventh successive finalSouth Africa have made rapid strides over the past 12 months and after making the semifinals of the ODI World Cup last year they entered their maiden final of an ICC event here on FridayIn Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits a former world junior javelin champion whose Olympic dream was shattered in 2012 due to a car accident South Africa have one of the best opening pairings in the tournamentThey both go into the final in top form and are vital to the teams chances against Australia who managed to beat India in the semifinals despite not playing their best gameAllrounder Marizanne Kapp is another important player for South Africa and produced a much needed cameo in the semisSkipper Sune Luus thinks she has the worlds best bowling attack at her disposal and why not when you have the express pace duo of Shabnam Ismail and Ayabonga Khaka in your ranksAlso Read Womens T20 World Cup Englandrsquos Danni Wyatt in lsquoterrifyingrsquo cable car drama ahead of SA clashThe crowd will be fully behind South Africa and the home team will look to feed off them like they did on FridayAustralia had comfortably beaten South Africa in the group stage but they will be wary of them in the title clashAustralia who by far have been the most successful side in womens cricket history look good to extend their dominanceThey have all bases covered and no total is safe when they are chasing India needed only 39 off the last five overs but Australia did not give up and gave their 100 per cent on the field to wrest the game in their favourChampion outfits find a way of winning even when things are not going their way and the Meg Lanningled side is known for thatSouth African opener Britz was asked about Australias undisputed rule over the game after the famous win over England on FridayIm a bit too straight forward so Im trying to work on that because I like to say things as they come but the end of the day cricket is a very funny game and Australia might be the top but at the end of the day you play the ball you dont play the players and I think thats what we did in this England sideWe didnt play England that we always lost to and its a constant reminder that I heard I was never in that You know the semifinals when they lost is the first semifinal Ive ever been in and the first time against England so well take it as it comes but very excited to go to the final said the openerAustralia Meg Lanning c Alyssa Healy Darcie Brown Ashleigh Gardner Kim Garth Heather Graham Grace Harris Jess Jonassen Alana King Tahlia McGrath Beth Mooney Ellyse Perry Megan Schutt Annabel Sutherland and Georgia WarehamSouth Africa Sune Luus c Annerie Dercksen Marizanne Kapp Lara Goodall Ayabonga Khaka Chloe Tryon Nadine de Klerk Shabnim Ismail Tazmin Brits Masabata Klaas Laura Wolvaardt Sinalo Jafta Nonkululeko Mlaba Anneke Bosch and Delmi TuckerMatch starts 630 PM ISTThis 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