The semi-finals of the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup have been confirmed following the conclusion of the match between the Australian Women’s National Cricket Team and the South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team.
The Indian women’s national cricket team, Australian women’s national cricket team, England women’s national cricket team and South Africa women’s national cricket team have reached the semi-finals of the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup.
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 semi-final matchups confirmed
Australia Women demolished South Africa Women in the 26th match of the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup at the Holkar Stadium in Indore to register a 7-wicket win.
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They bowled out the Proteas Women for 97 in 24 overs and then chased down the target in 16.5 overs. With this win, they finished undefeated in the league stage at the number 1 spot with 13 points in 7 games.
South Africa Women finished their campaign in second place with 10 points, while England Women and India Women are in third and fourth place with one match each remaining.
Meanwhile, Australia Women will take on India Women in the second semi-final of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 on October 30 at the Dr. DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai as South Africa Women take on England Women in the first semi-final at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati on October 29.
Harmanpreet Kaur & Co. will be under immense pressure as they take on the dominant Australia Women’s in a bid to reach the home world championship final. It will be the first time these teams have faced each other in a Cricket World Cup semi-final since meeting in the tournament in 2017.
ICC Women’s World Cup semi-finals schedule 2025:
1st Semi-Final – October 29, 2025: England Women vs South Africa Women, Guwahati
2nd Semi-Final – October 30, 2025: Australia Women vs India Women, Navi Mumbai
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We’ve played a lot on that field, and we’ve played a lot against India – Tahlia McGrath
After the match against South Africa, Australian stand-in captain Tahlia McGrath stated that they have played a lot against India recently but anything can happen in a knockout match. She said:
(on facing India in the semi-finals of the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup) Yes, absolutely. We’ve played a lot on that ground, and we’ve played a lot against India, especially lately. But knockout matches are crucial: anything can happen. Job one is done, qualification. Task two, the knockouts, we are really looking forward to it.”
She further lavished praise on leg-spinner Alana King for her incredible figures of 7-2-18-7 against South Africa and revealed how they planned to use her. Tahlia McGrath said:
“(King) She was very good. No, that was pretty amazing. It just felt like she had the ball in her hands and something was going to happen – and it certainly did today. She just attacked the stumps relentlessly, and we felt like every ball was going to be a wicket. Super happy for her. I heard she broke a lot of records – a really special achievement. Yeah, we stayed with them.
“We adjusted our plans a bit – we knew we could just be a bit tighter, create some point balls. We got points, but leaked a few boundaries. So we adjusted a bit, stayed nice and calm, and they both pulled it back really well and took crucial wickets. (on bringing King) Yeah, she’s a bit of an X-factor for us this World Cup. As soon as the powerplay was done, I had a quick chat with Ash, and we both agreed to bring her on. She took over and did the rest.”
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