Commonwealth Games, Day 4 Wrap: England, New Zealand book semi-final berths

Toss: South Africa elected to bowl first

**Result:**England won by 26 runs

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A half-century from Alice Capsey, a brilliant stand late in the innings and a solid bowling performance from bowlers led England to their second successive win at the Commonwealth games.

After England were put in to bat, South Africa got an early breakthrough when Shabnim Ismail sent back Sophia Dunkley in the second over. However, Capsey and Danni Wyatt continued to bat positively before the latter was dismissed in the last over of the powerplay.

Capsey fell soon after completing her half-century and Maia Bouchier fell soon too. At 94/5 in 13 overs, South Africa seemed to be on top of the proceedings until Amy Jones and Katherine Brunt joined hands.

The duo put on 73 runs in the last seven overs to push England to a competitive total. Jones remained unbeaten on 36 off 23 balls while Brunt made 38 in 23 balls to reverse England's slump in the middle.

In reply, Anneke Bosch and Tazmin Brits put on a half-century stand to kickstart proceedings, but the duo fell in quick succession. Laura Wolvaardt tried to up the ante, but found little company at the other end as the required rate kept going up.

Wolvaardt remained unbeaten on 41 as South Africa fell 26 runs short despite losing just four wickets. Brunt, Nat Sciver and Sophie Ecclestone impressed for England with the ball.

Toss: New Zealand elected to bat first

**Result:**New Zealand won by 45 runs

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New Zealand stayed in the hunt for the medals and booked their place in the knockout stages of the tournament with a clinical 45-run triumph over Sri Lanka.

The White Ferns posted a modest total of 147/7 from their 20 overs and their experienced bowlers did what was required to ensure New Zealand progressed to the semi-finals.

Experienced openers Suzie Bates (34) and Sophie Devine (24) paced New Zealand's innings, while veteran Lea Tahuhu (20*) provided some late hitting to boost the Kiwis' total.

Sri Lanka suffered a big blow when they lost skipper Chamari Athapaththu (0) in the opening over of the run chase and were never able to recover despite the best efforts of Nilakshi de Silva (36) and Oshadi Ranasinghe (18*).

It means Sri Lanka bow out of the medals race ahead of their final match against South Africa on Thursday, while New Zealand take on England on the same day to see who finishes on top of their group.