The leg-spinner\u2019s 7-18 were the best bowling figures in Women\u2019s World Cup history.<\/p>\n
Not only that, it was the best bowling performance by an Australian in a women\u2019s ODI.<\/p>\n
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Alana King of Australia. Picture: Pankaj Nangia\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
At one stage, King had taken 4-0 from her first 15 deliveries after removing Sune Luus, Marizanne Kapp, Annerie Dercksen and Chloe Tryon in quick succession.<\/p>\n
After conceding three fours in her next five deliveries, King dismissed Sinalo Jafta, Masabata Klaas and finally Nadine de Klerk \u2014 all bowled \u2014 as South Africa crumbled to a second total of under 100 for the tournament.<\/p>\n
Megan Schutt, Kim Garth and Ash Gardner picked up the other wickets for Australia.<\/p>\n
The reigning champions made light work of the run chase, reeling in the 98-run target in 16.5 overs for the loss of just three wickets to seal top spot on the World Cup standings. Opener Georgia Voll thumped an unbeaten 38, while Beth Mooney struck a 41-ball 42. <\/p>\n
It was Australia\u2019s sixth win in seven matches during group, with the other game abandoned due to rain.<\/p>\n
Seven-time winners Australia will face co-hosts India in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
Additional reporting from Nic Savage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Queen of Spin, Alana King, has done it again. Although this time, she\u2019s not only pulled off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6074,101175,47933,1724,63,689,143441,3423,49534,1208,2057,43,1209,140747,46735,143440,17672,44,3583,677,1183,18780,12540,143439,41,39,42,40,143438],"class_list":["post-240040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-africa","tag-alana-king","tag-annabel-sutherland","tag-asia","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-record","tag-ben-waterworth","tag-cricket-world-cup","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-headlines","tag-india","tag-india-odi-ampamp-t20i-series-live","tag-indore","tag-leg-spinner-record","tag-madhya-pradesh","tag-news","tag-northern-europe","tag-oceania","tag-south-africa","tag-southern-africa","tag-southern-asia","tag-spinner-record-haul","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-world-cup-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}