The ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 semi-finals fixtures have been confirmed after the conclusion of the match between the Australia Women’s National Cricket Team and the South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team.
India Women’s National Cricket Team, Australia Women’s National Cricket Team, England Women’s National Cricket Team, and South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team have made it to the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 semi-finals.
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 semi-final matchups confirmed
Australia Women annihilated South Africa Women in the 26th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 at the Holkar Stadium in Indore and registered 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 unbeaten in the league stage at the No.1 spot with 13 points in 7 games.
South Africa Women ended their campaign at the second position with 10 points, while England Women and India Women are at the third and fourth spots 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 Dr. DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, while South Africa Women will lock horns with England Women in the first semi-final at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati on October 29.
Harmanpreet Kaur & Co. will be under huge pressure as they take on the dominant Australia Women’s in a bid to reach the final in the home World Cup. It will be the first occasion of these teams facing off in a Cricket World Cup semi-final since their clash in the tournament back in 2017.
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 semi-finals schedule:
1st Semi-Final – 29 October 2025: England Women vs South Africa Women, Guwahati
2nd Semi-Final – 30 October 2025:Australia Women vs India Women, Navi Mumbai
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We’ve played a lot at that ground, and we’ve played a lot against India – Tahlia McGrath
Speaking after the match against South Africa, Australia stand-in captain Tahlia McGrath stated that they have played a lot against India in recent times, but anything can happen in a knockout match. She said:
(on facing India in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 semi-finals) Yeah, absolutely. We’ve played a lot at that ground, and we’ve played a lot against India – especially recently. But knockout games are crucial – anything can happen. Job one’s done, qualifying. Job two, the knockouts – we’re really excited for it.”
She further showered rich praise on the leg-spinner Alana King for her unbelievable 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. Nah, that was pretty awesome. It just felt like, get the ball in her hands and something was going to happen – and that certainly did today. She just relentlessly attacked the stumps, and we felt like every ball was going to be a wicket. Super happy for her. I’ve heard she broke a lot of records – really special performance. Yeah, we stuck with them.
“Tweaked our plans a little bit – we knew we could just be a bit tighter, create some dot balls. We were getting dots, but leaking a few boundaries. So we adjusted slightly, 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.”
