Women’s World Cup | Home crowd pressure could work in favour of South Africa: Wolvaardt

A assemblage of much than 35,000 drowned Australia retired of the semifinal of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 astatine the D.Y. Patil Stadium a fewer days ago. Expect thing antithetic connected Sunday erstwhile South Africa walks into the venue for the archetypal clip successful its campaign, successful the last against the location team.

“How bash you program to soundlessness the crowd?” a newsman sincerely asked skipper Laura Wolvaardt.

With the sheepiest of chuckles, she changeable back: “Hopefully, we win!”

“The full assemblage is down India, astir apt a sold-out stadium. It decidedly puts a batch of unit connected them arsenic they’re benignant of expected to win. I deliberation it plays successful our favour a bit,” she said up of the acme clash.

Any South African 1 meets sees the similarities betwixt India and the Proteas, being astatine the cusp of history. But quickly, a enactment comes, “South Africa needs it more.”

“(A World Cup win) volition beryllium truly peculiar for the women’s crippled backmost home. We precocious got home contracts introduced. I tin lone ideate what thing similar a World Cup trophy volition bash backmost home. Just the fig of girls who volition beryllium capable to spot it connected TV, and perceive that we’re a World Cup-winning nation...”