History beckons as South Africa face off against Australia in the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup at a sold-out Newlands on Sunday.

“As far as cricket is concerned, we are achieving our goals and that’s awesome,” said Sune Luus.

It’s unfathomable to even begin to describe what this team has already achieved without a ball being bowled in the final, they’ve come a long way from heartbreak after heartbreak in the semi-finals to be the first ever senior South African cricket team in a World Cup Final. (Let that sink in)

The journey to the final might not have been the smoothest for the hosts after they suffered a shock loss at the hands of a fiery Sri Lanka in the opener and to the ever-strong Australian side in the group stages.

Cricket is a game of fine margins and although Australia is supreme, the hosts will take confidence from their semi-final win over their opponents who were deemed favourites.

The skipper spoke continuously about inspiring a nation and they’ve already done so by simply just getting over their semi-final hurdle and making the grand finale on home soil. The scenes leading up to this momentous occasion leave you with goosebumps as fans queued from the early hours of the morning on Saturday to purchase tickets.

“But also off the field, we’re doing the job we wanted to do – inspire a nation and to get women’s cricket in South Africa on the map and for young girls and boys to pick up their bat and ball and I guess just for women’s sport in general in South Africa to be raised and to be on the map as well. So, I think in terms of that we definitely doing the job.

“I think that’s a feeling you can’t really put into words. I think it’s something we never thought would happen in our country, you know people standing in queues to buy tickets for a women’s cricket match.

“I think that’s, just where we are as a country at the moment and that’s where you know the women’s sport is growing to and I think it’s something very very special, and I’m hoping you know once this World Cup is finished and we play normal series and normal matches in South Africa, the crowd won’t be any different, and the vibe and the positive energies will be the same.”

Australia has history on their side having won 5 out of the 7 finals they’ve been in whereas South Africa will have a roaring and packed Newlands faithful behind them as they hope to get their hands on that silverware for the first time.