England opener Danni Wyatt says she is targeted on successful the Ladies’s T20 World Cup with England and eager to place the “heartbreak” of lacking out on a Ladies’s Premier League deal behind her.

England face hosts South Africa within the semi-final stage on Friday, hoping to safe a spot in Sunday’s ultimate, and Wyatt comes into the competition in good kind, having hit a brisk 59 off 33 balls as England posted a T20 World Cup-record rating of 213-5 of their 114-run thrashing of Pakistan on Tuesday.

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Wyatt shared in a 74-run partnership with Nat Sciver-Brunt (81no off 40 balls), who continued her personal glowing kind for the match with a second successive half century.

Sciver-Brunt was bought for £320,000 within the first WPL public sale earlier this month – the joint-highest worth amongst abroad gamers for the Indian-based competitors – whereas Wyatt surprisingly went unsold, however the 31-year-old batter was stuffed with reward for her team-mate.

“I do not assume there’s something she will’t do – she’s hitting the ball like a seaside ball on the minute,” Wyatt mentioned of Sciver-Brunt.

“I really like batting with Nat. She’s very good, very adaptable and hopefully she will carry her kind into the finals with some large runs over the subsequent couple of video games.

“She is as cool as a cucumber, our Nat, nothing fazes her. Even when she acquired her large [WPL] pay packet the opposite day. Everybody actually appears to be like as much as her.”

As for her personal disappointment on lacking out on a WPL deal, Wyatt mentioned: “It was a really heartbreaking couple of days.

“I used to be very upset, clearly, having been part of the IPL exhibition matches… and I really like taking part in cricket in India. It is probably the greatest locations to play cricket.

“To not even have one bid was fairly heartbreaking, however that is life and my focus is only on this World Cup now.

“The solar nonetheless comes up the subsequent day.”

She added: “The ladies acquired round me, which is very nice. It is a credit score to everyone in our squad – even the employees as properly.

“Clearly some folks acquired what they needed, some folks did not. I used to be simply so happy with the the best way everybody dealt with it. I definitely felt lots of love.”

England go into Friday’s semi-final as heavy favourites, having completed the group stage with a 100 per cent report and 4 wins in 4. They’ve additionally gained their final 4 conferences in opposition to South Africa in girls’s T20 internationals.

Wyatt, happy together with her contribution in opposition to Pakistan after a sluggish begin to the match on a private stage, insists England will once more look to play on the entrance foot and take the sport to their hosts in Cape City.

“T20 cricket is so up and down,” she mentioned. “Particularly as an opener, it may be brutal at instances.

“You’ve got simply acquired to imagine in your self, maintain going and maintain taking it to them. It may be straightforward, if you happen to fail a couple of instances, to go on the market and simply knock it round, however I mentioned to myself to hold on being courageous and get the workforce off to begin.

“Now we have been given the license on the high of the order to go from ball one. We have the depth within the order to permit us to try this as properly – even when it may be difficult circumstances, we’re nonetheless going to maintain going arduous.

“Everyone seems to be feeling actually assured and, extra importantly, actually chilled. A semi-final, on the enterprise finish of the match, it is actually essential to be calm and good about the best way you are going to exit and play.

“We’re all prepared. These moments do not occur fairly often; you have to actually embrace lately, present the world what you are able to do and what will probably be, will probably be.”

South Africa captain says hosts have ‘nothing to lose’

In the meantime, South Africa captain Sune Luus says her workforce have “nothing to lose” as they appear to e-book a spot in a World Cup ultimate for the primary time – and on residence soil.

Whereas England breezed by means of to the knockout levels, South Africa wanted a nervy victory over Bangladesh on Tuesday to e-book their berth.

“There is no such thing as a stress on us, we are able to exit and benefit from the second and try to do our greatest,” Luus informed reporters.

“It was arduous work to get right here. We’re nonetheless trying to find that excellent recreation the place all elements click on and work collectively.”

Luus added: “They [England] play a really attacking model however that may play to our benefit. As soon as they lose a wicket they maintain taking part in aggressively in order that creates a chance for us.

“We additionally have to play attacking cricket from the beginning of the sport.”

South Africa have gained simply three of their 23 worldwide T20 fixtures in opposition to England, with the final of these coming in Perth at the newest World Cup, three years in the past.

They’ve been to the semi-finals of the final two 50-over World Cups and reached the final 4 within the earlier T20 match in 2020. They’ve 5 semi-final appearances in whole throughout the 2 World Cup codecs with out ever reaching a ultimate.

“Now we have been on the alternative facet too many instances, we all know the way it feels [to lose at this stage],” Luus added. “That offers us sufficient motivation to go on the market and simply take pleasure in it with nothing to lose.

“We have to keep centered on the fundamentals and do the straightforward issues proper. That can give us the very best likelihood.”

Watch England face South Africa within the Ladies’s T20 World Cup semi-final, dwell on Sky Sports activities Cricket. Protection will get beneath method from 12.30pm, with the primary ball bowled at 1pm.