Disappointed Australia skipper Tahlia McGrath mentioned the defending champions had been just a little bit off the mark and had the misfortune to return up in opposition to a South Africa aspect on prime of their sport within the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals.
Six-times champions Australia will miss out on the ultimate for under the second time in 9 editions of the event after South Africa romped to an eight-wicket victory in Dubai on Thursday.
“They played really well tonight, in tournament play you can’t afford to be off the mark at all, we were off the mark tonight and they were spot on,” McGrath, who was standing in as captain for the injured Alyssa Healy, advised a information convention.
“It’s disappointing, it’s hard to take, but we’ll get around each other, we’ll regroup and there’s still plenty of cricket on the calendar.”
After shedding the toss, Australia made 134 for 5 of their 20 overs, just for South Africa, spearheaded by a glowing 74 not out from Anneke Bosch, to rattle off 135-2 in simply over 17 overs.
“We were a few short with the bat but we still thought if we bowled well that was a competitive total,” McGrath added.
“But they made it look like a pretty good wicket when they batted and we were just slightly off with our plans.”
South Africa go on to face the winner of the Friday’s second semi-final between West Indies and New Zealand within the title decider on Sunday.
McGrath mentioned there have been nonetheless loads of positives to take from the event for Australia, who’re in transition after the retirement of among the gamers who helped them develop into the dominant pressure within the ladies’s sport.
“We have had a lot of change, we’ve some players step up and play some new roles,” she mentioned.
“We had so many contributors, there was barely a game where someone dominated, every game different people would stand up with bat and ball.”
“Everyone did their role, everyone did what was needed for the team. So many positives with some of the youngsters, some people playing out of position.”
“It was just unfortunate in the semi-final that we were just a little bit off.”