Australia Has become the first team to reach the semi-finals of ICC Women’s World Cup 2025Continued their dominance in the tournament. The defending champions progressed after a stellar performance bangladesh In Match 17 held at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam.
Chasing a modest target of 199 runs, Australia easily completed the target. win by 10 wicketscaptain Alyssa Healy Being an opener, he scored unbeaten 113 runs on 77 balls. Phoebe Lichfield Gave a strong statement by scoring 84 not out. Healy’s two consecutive centuries in the tournament underline his world-class form and leadership at the top of the order. The win also reclaimed Australia’s top spot in the points table and cemented their position as title favourites.
Women’s World Cup 2025: Bangladesh’s struggle and dominant performance
Batting first, Bangladesh made a steady start with an opening partnership of 32 runs. Rubia Haider Jhelik And Fargana Haq Pinky, megan shutt broke the stand, dismissing Pinkie for 8 off 24 balls, while Jhelik survived an early slip chance dropped by Litchfield, scoring 44 off 59 balls with eight fours before eventually falling. Ashley Gardner,
Gardner got the wicket soon Sharmin Actor Supta (19 out of 33). alana king taken out Nigar Sultana Joti For 12, the batsman’s struggles continued in the tournament. Recently, Sharna Akter, who scored the fastest half-century for Bangladesh, could score only 7 runs in 24 balls. However, Shobhana Mostri The innings carried on beautifully, scoring an unbeaten 66 off 80 balls including nine fours, his second half-century of the tournament, taking Bangladesh to 198/9. Australia distributed wickets among Gardner Annabel Sutherlandalana and Georgia WarehamEach of the latter three took two. Despite Mostori’s heroics, Bangladesh fell short, leaving them in seventh place with a must-win position in the remaining matches.
Women’s World Cup 2025: Australia lead run-chase by Alyssa Healy and Phoebe Litchfield
The Australian run-chase was a masterclass in batting, completed with ease in just 24.5 overs. Healy and Litchfield started cautiously, scoring 17 runs in the first four overs, before accelerating decisively. Their 150-run partnership was completed in 20.5 overs and the pair also scored the fastest team 100 of the tournament in 13.5 overs. Healy completed his half-century in 43 balls and remained unbeaten on 113 runs with the help of 20 fours in 77 balls, while Lichfield contributed 84 runs in 72 balls.
Bangladesh’s bowlers especially struggled due to the pair’s aggressive strokeplay. Fariha Trisna (47 runs in 5.5 overs) and leg spinner Fahima KhatoonWho won with an economy of 12. This dominant win not only extended Australia’s unbeaten run against Bangladesh to 5–0 in Women’s ODIs, but also ensured their progress to the semi-finals and confirmed their credentials as favorites for the title.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Chasing the target of 199 runs, Australia defeated Bangladesh by 10 wickets in 24.5 overs in Vizag.
151 deliveries left.
The champions choose, as he has been dubbed by Carlos Brathwaite.
– Behram Qazi 🇵🇰 🇨🇦 (@DeafMango) 16 October 2025
women in australia #WomensWorldCup2025 Semi-finals with a strong ten-wicket win over Bangladesh… ninth title imminent
– Shahid Hashmi (@hashmi_shahid) 16 October 2025
Well all the other teams have really struggled against Bangladesh and almost lost, but not Australia. They won by 10 wickets with 25 overs remaining. Wasted World Cup because no one can stop this Australian women’s team, unbeatable!!!😬 #CWC25 #AUSvBAN
– Bluenosebear⚽️🏏🐻💙 (@YouBearsssssss) 16 October 2025
Australia has become the first team to reach the semi-finals of the 2025 World Cup.
The defending champions displayed complete dominance as they scored 200 runs in less than 25 overs#AUSvBAN #CWC25
– Mohit Shah (@mohit_sha17) 16 October 2025
Match Result | Australia won by 10 wickets. Bangladesh 🇧🇩 🆚 Australia 🇦🇺
Match 17 | women’s cricket world cup 2025
16 October 2025 | 3:30 PM | ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Photo credit: ICC/Getty#bangladesh #tigress #bcb #Cricket #WomenWorldCup #Cricket, pic.twitter.com/N0lkV2lFTm
– Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) 16 October 2025
To no one’s surprise, Australia became the first team to book their place in the semi-finals.
Till tonight, what was one of the best bowling teams in the tournament was completely demolished.
Won by 10 wickets, chase completed in 25th over. pic.twitter.com/kOqZVLthUL
– Vinayak (@vinayakkm) 16 October 2025
Incredible by Healy & Lichfield 🙌👊
202* enables initial sharing
0/202 🇦🇺 SF spot to secure #CWC25– Stephanie Dempsey (@Stephanie85WAGY) 16 October 2025
This Australian side is absolutely gold dust.
For someone who has never been to Australia, how is the culture of cricket so different here to the UK? How are they so clinical and disciplined? Has this been ingrained from a young age? #AUSvBAN #WomensWorldCup2025 #AlyssaHeli
– Nikki Chaudhuri (@NikkiChaudhuri) 16 October 2025
The team that won the most matches in the World Cup by 10 wickets
08 times Australia 🇦🇺
03 times England
02 times New Zealand
01 time India and South Africa#AUSWvBANW #AUSWvsBANW #AUSvBAN #AUSvsBAN #CWC25
– Vishwesh Gaur (@iumvishwesh) 16 October 2025
Australia has qualified for the semi-finals#women #Cricket #AUSvsBAN #CWC25 pic.twitter.com/lVULYm5xqh
– WomenCricket.com (@WomenCricketHQ) 16 October 2025
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