that is how the south africa captain, laura wolvaardt, described their shock victory over australia to the heroine, anna caboche, who lived up to her name with a brutal batting performance. henry moran reports from the dubai international stadium. a quite extraordinary result in the first semifinal here at the women's t20 world cup. six—time champions australia beaten by a south africa side whose fans behind mejubilant, waiting for their heroes to board the team bus. 135 was the target for south africa. frankly, australia weren't brave enough with the bat. they were asked to bat first. they were too timid. in the middle overs, things were on the go—slow. south africa bowled very well indeed, but with australia's batting line—up, theyjust couldn't get going. to fall at the end of their innings, only five wickets down, they could potentially have made it to eight wickets down but have scored 15,20 more runs. they didn't do that. that opened the door for south africa, who were bold and brilliant in their run chase. huge credit to annika bosch. it's the highest score that she has made in t

that is how the south africa captain, laura wolvaardt, described their shock victory over australia to reach the final of the women's t20 world cup. the heroine, anna caboche, who lived up to her name with a brutal batting performance. henry moran reports from the dubai international stadium. a quite extraordinary result in the first semifinal here at the women's t20 world cup. six—time champions australia beaten by a south africa side whose fans behind mejubilant, waiting for their heroes to board the team bus. 135 was the target for south africa. frankly, australia weren't brave enough with the bat. they were asked to bat first. they were too timid. in the middle overs, things were on the go—slow. south africa bowled very well indeed, but with australia's batting line—up, theyjust couldn't get going. to fall at the end of their innings, only five wickets down, they could potentially have made it to eight wickets down but have scored 15, 20 more runs. they didn't do that. that opened the door for south africa, who were bold and brilliant in their run chase. huge credit to annika bosch

captain laura wolvaardt finished unbeaten on 59 and tazmin brits made 57.ke on england in their next group match in sharjah on monday. india against new zealand is the next match and that begins in about ten minutes. and that's all the sport for now. israel's campaign of air strikes against hezbollah in lebanon appears to be widening, with attacks in the capital, the east and the south. beirut endured a night of heavy strikes close to the airport and in the southern suburbs. as the israeli ground assault in the far south continues, loud explosions could be heard on friday around the port of tyre. the lebanese transport minister said an israeli airstrike hit a road near the border crossing with syria, used by hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the country. the lebanese government says nearly a quarter of the country's population has been displaced by the conflict. over a million people have been dispaced in lebanon. david miliband, the former uk foreign secretary, who's president and ceo of the international rescue committee aid organisation. told me

captain laura wolvaardt and tazmin brits both made unbeaten half centuries — as south africa won by ten spare. at rugby�*s wxv2 tournament — wales women have suffered back—to—back defeats, this time a narrow loss to italy. after a 37—5 humbling defeat to australia in their opening fixture, wales were hoping for better fortune against the italians. trailing 8—5 in the dying moments they had one last chance to snatch a win but were denied by some heroic italy defending in cape town. and that's all the sport for now. at rugby�*s wxv2 tournament — wales women have suffered after a 37—5 humbling defeat to australia in their opening fixture, wales were hoping for better fortune against the italians. trailing 8—5 in the dying moments they had one last chance to snatch and that's all the sport for now. lizzie, thank you so much. as we heard — israel says they've hit 2,000 sites in their military operations in southern lebanon. one of those was a major road out of lebanon struck overnight, which the israeli military says was being used to transport weapons. bbc verify has been looking at footage

captain laura wolvaardt and tazmin brits with unbeaten half centuries — as south africa won by 10 wickets thanks. the british government has announced it will invest nearly twenty—two billion pounds in what it calls "ground—breaking" projects to capture and store carbon dioxide. ministers say the new developments — in merseyside and teesside — will create thousands ofjobs and pave the way for a "clean energy revolution". but environmental groups say it is "a lot of money" to spend on projects which will facilitate oil and gas production to continue. justin rowlatt — our climate editor — has this report. the government brought out the big guns today, a top—level political trifecta of the prime minister, the chancellor of the exchequer and the energy secretary. it is evidence of how important the government thinks this announcement is. carbon capture is a race that we can win. the uk continental shelf holds a third of the exploitable carbon storage space in all of europe. just think about that. our geology, a third of everything that we have in europe. huge potential for our country, for th

captain laura wolvaardt and tazmin brits both made unbeaten half centuries — as south africa won by tenn sophie devine hit an unbeaten 57 as they set india 161 to win, and india never got close. no batter making more than 15 runs, devine also took three catches — including the final wicket — as india were bowled out for 102 — new zealand winning by 58 runs — their first victory in 11 t20's. the premiership women's rugby season starts tomorrow. gloucester—hartpury are the defending champions and face leicester tigers on sunday. they are chasing an unprecedented hatrick of titles, but as our rugby reporter sara orchard told me, it promises to be another very close season. the most interesting thing about gloucester heartbreak going for this trouble is actually their starting 15 will remain relatively unchanged and it's all about consistency for them. it's more the rest of the leak really strengthen to try and challenge them i would say would say would be the main thing to watch out for. we say gloucester heartbreak are going to a famous trouble, they will be frustrated each time they've h

player of the match sophie eccleston took two wickets including that of captain and top scorer laura wolvaardtthink that was a really controlled with, and i think the way we controlled the middle overs when they were batting and really restricted them. the pitch was slightly better the other day but still thought it was going to be a tricky chase. obviously been really tough to chase here. i just thought we controlled that chase brilliantly. nat, very cool, calm head, as well as dani, just that partnership was outstanding to watch. ireland avoided a series whitewash by south africa with a convincing victory in the third one day international. having lost the first two games ireland set south africa a hefty target of 285 to win in abu dhabi but they were all out for 215. ireland winning by 69 runs. graham hume got three wickets including the last one here. it's only the second time ireland have beaten south africa in an 0di. it was last year a certain luke littler was preparing to put darts front and centre following his dramatic run to the final of the world darts championship. two months out