Australia 305-3 from 45 overs: Alyssa Healy 129 off 107 balls , Rachael Haynes 85 off 100 , Beth Mooney 43no off 31 , Chinelle Henry 2-51 West Indies 148-8 from 37 overs: Jess Jonassen 2-14 , Megan Schutt 1-8 , Stafanie Taylor 48 off 75 Player of the Match: Alyssa Healy Healy, Haynes share double century stand Australia's win in the first semi-final was their 37th in their last 38 one-day internationals.
The composition of the tournament is extremely conservative — no new teams have debuted in the tournament since 1997, and since 2000 the number of teams in the World Cup has been fixed at eight.
While not as clinical as the Aussies in their victories, the Proteas have shown courage and determination to hang on till the very end and scrape their way home.