Women's cricket prepares to crown a new world champion
With no Australia or England in the final, we will have a first-time ODI world champion for certain by the end of Sunday night in Navi Mumbai
Big picture - India, South Africa on the cusp of history
The two finalists at this World Cup have crossed many barriers in the last decade or so and even over the last month.
South Africa pulled themselves together after the embarrassment of 69 all out and 97 all out, while India made it to the knockouts without beating any of the three teams that finished above them on the points table.
South Africa unearthed new finishers and new heroes. India dusted themselves off after losses that could so easily have been wins. And by the time the two teams traversed around India -
via Colombo - and arrived in the knockouts, they ran into their nemesis. South Africa broke the hoodoo in Guwahati against England with an emphatic win and India enthralled the home crowd in Navi Mumbai by overpowering the mighty Australians.
We now head for a grand finish, the first ODI World Cup final that features neither Australia nor England, and will crown a new world champion on Sunday night.
Source: espncricinfo
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