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'A very special performance'

Australia captain Tahlia McGrath: "That was a good fun, how good was Kingy? That was pretty awesome, get the ball in her hands and something is going to happen. It felt like every ball was going to be a wicket, a very special performance.

"She's a bit on an X-factor at this World Cup. As soon as the powerplay finished I had a discussion with Ash and said 'yeah, bring her on.'"

"It still looked a tricky wicket, but if you played with good intent you'd get a reward. Awesome to get the job done and walk away with a bit of momentum heading to the semi-finals.

"We've played a lot against India. Knock-outs anything can happen."

'We will move on and focus on our good performances'

South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt: "Not the way we would have liked to end the group stages. We did not have enough runs with the bat but we have had some good performances so we will focus on that.

"It was not the worst things to bat first. We wanted to practice that again. It was a decent wicket but Alana King bowled excellently. We knew that she was going to be tough to face.

"I feel like I am timing my batting well so we will try to forget about today and move on.

"It is nice to have players to fall back on and this tournament has been a real team effort. That is not what happened today but hopefully we can do that in the semi-final.

"We will analyse what has happened today and we are used to playing England in 50-over World Cups so hopefully we can come out on top."

'You always love wickets to your name'

Player of the Match Alana King: "The conditions were similar to when we played England here. We thought it would slide on with the drizzle and I was happy to extract something from it.

"You always love wickets to your name but I love to play lots of different roles. I am happy to play whatever presents itself to me for Australia.

"There is natural variation in the pitch but I am always trying to get as much turn and rip as possible. I can only control how they come out of my hand!

"I am going to stick to what is working for me in the semi-finals and we will go from there."

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