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England's pair of captain Nat Sciver-Brunt and Alice Capsey created history during the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 semi-final against South Africa as the 2022 runners-up were left struggling at 1-3 in their massive chase of 320 at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. The fourth-wicket pair gave England hope with a 107-run partnership before Capsey was dismissed for 50 by Sune Luus. Sciver-Brunt scored 64 runs as she continued her fine form in the tournament, but was dismissed by Marizanne Kapp, who took a five-wicket haul to trigger a collapse from the four-time champions to seal the Proteas' place in the final for the first time in history. Also Read: Laura Wolvaardt Breaks Mithali Raj's World Record; Becomes First Player In 53-Year History To... Virat Kohli-KL Rahul's Record Broken As per Cricbuzz, Sciver-Brunt and Capsey's partnership after both joined each other on the crease at 1/3 is the lowest entry point for a fourth-wicket century partnership of 100 runs or more in a men's or women's ODI game. The previous record was held by Virat Kohli and KL Rahul during the 2023 Men's Cricket World Cup against Australia in Chennai, when the duo walked out with India at 2-3 and put up a 168-run stand to ensure India won the game by six wickets, with Rahul making an unbeaten 97 while Kohli made a knock of 85. Meanwhile, this is only the second instance of a 50 partnership by a pair in women's ODI for the fourth wicket at an entry point of 1/3. The only other incident of the same kind was a 75-run partnership between Sri Lanka's Hiruka Fernando and Suwini De Alwis in the 2005 Women's World Cup against South Africa at Pretoria's Technikon Oval. After Sciver-Brunt's dismissal, England went from 138-4 to 151-8. Marizane Kapp was the star of the show for the Proteas with a stunning five-wicket haul. Earlier, Laura Wolvaardt played a knock for the ages of 169 runs in just 143 balls.
