Sri Lanka stuns South Africa to take third place in Group A

Sri Lanka, which managed just 114 for seven after electing to bat, fought back to restrict the favoured South Africans for 104 at the Chinnaswamy stadium.

New Zealand and Australia took the two semi-final spots from the group, while England and the West Indies moved into the knock-out rounds from Group B.

Three-time defending champion Australia will face England in a repeat of the 2014 final in the first semi-final at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground in New Delhi on Wednesday.

New Zealand will take on the West Indies in the other semi-final at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.

The final will be played ahead of the men's title clash at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday, 3 April.

Sri Lanka's captain Chamari Atapattu led from the front with 52, but none of the other team-mates managed to cross 20 as Marizanne Kapp and Sune Luus picked up two wickets each.

South Africa's openers Dane van Niekerk and Trisha Chetty replied with 50 for no loss by the ninth over before the rest of the batting collapsed against the steady Sri Lankan bowling.

Atapattu had a hand in two of the first three dismissals which reduced South Africa to 52 for three, running out Van Niekerk for 24 before claiming rival skipper Mignon du Pleez leg-before for no score.

At the other end, Eshani Lokusuriyage trapped Chetty leg-before for 26 to open up the middle order.

Sugandika Kumari claimed two for 24 and Udeshika Prabodhani took two for 13 as the rest of the batting floundered to hand the Sri Lankan women their second win in four league matches.

Atapattu, who was named player of the match, said she was delighted her team was able to finish the tournament on a high.

"I am proud of my girls,” she said, dedicating the award to her father who encouraged her to play cricket.

"We were not able to put up a good total, but the bowlers and fielders did well. I knew our bowlers had the potential to restrict South Africa.

"We may not be in the semi-finals but this tournament has taught us a lot of positive things which will help us in future."

Du Preez admitted the batting let South Africa down.

"We had a good start but we lost it in the middle order," she said. "We have been struggling with our batting in the whole tournament. This is something we need to work on and come back stronger.

"We have a strong batting line-up, we knew we could chase down the runs. But that did not happen."

Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 10 runs in Bengaluru

Sri Lanka 114-7, 20 overs (Chamari Atapattu 52; Marizanne Kapp 2-17, Sune Luus 2-20)

South Africa 104-7, 20 overs (Dane van Niekerk 24, Trisha Chetty 26; Sugandika Kumari 2-24, Udeshika Prabodhani 2-13)

Semi-final line-ups:

Wednesday, 30 March - Australia v England (1430) New Delhi

Thursday,  31 March - New Zealand v West Indies (1430) Mumbai

Final:

Sunday, 3 April - (1430) Kolkata

   Group tables:

   Group A

   Team                        Played             Won   Lost     NNR    Points

   New Zealand           4                      4          0          +2.4     8

   Australia                   4                      3          1          +0.6     6

   Sri Lanka                  4                      2          2          -0.2     4

   South Africa            4                      1          3          +0.1     2

   Ireland                      4                      0          4          -2.8     0

   Group B

   Team                        Played             Won    Lost     NNR    Points

   England                    4                      4          0          +1.4     8

   West Indies               4                     3          1          +0.6     6

   Pakistan                    4                      2          2           -0.6     4

   India                         4                      1          3          +0.7     2

   Bangladesh              4                      0          4          -2.3     0