Luus wants World Cup trophy after breaking semi curse

Sune Luus insists her team can go all the way and will be staying focused on the task at hand when they face Australia on Sunday.

The Proteas Women will not let the occasion get to them, according to the captain. This comes after the team became the country’s first to advance to the finals of the T20 World Cup.

The team were led into the biggest stage by inspired performance from Tazmin Brits with both bat and in the field against England on Friday at the same venue,

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We have the ability to be here, says Luus

“We have always known we have the ability to be in the final, it was just to break the semi-final curse,” she told SuperSport.

“For us it is to stay calm and focus on what we do best. We need to trust our skills and abilities.”

South Africa have never beaten the Australians across six previous T20 meetings. One of those was the pool stage defeat in Port Elizabeth when the visitors cruised to a six-wicket win.

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Learning from defeat

“We were 20-30 runs short in that game,” Luus says.

“Australia bat extremely deep. Whether we bat or bowl first, we have to put up a big fight, we have to take it as deep as possible.

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“Our pace attack is one of our strongest (attributes). Australia know what’s coming. It will be an even contest between one of the best batting line-ups in the world and one of the best bowling attacks.”

Australia have won five of the seven ICC Women’s T20 World Cups.

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