The ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 semi-final fixtures have been confirmed following the conclusion of the match between Australia women’s national cricket team and 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 semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025.
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 semi-final matchups confirmed
In the 26th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 at Holkar Stadium, Indore, Australia Women defeated South Africa Women and won by 7 wickets.
They bowled out the Proteas Women for 97 runs in 24 overs and then reached the target in 16.5 overs. With this win, they remained unbeaten in the league stage at the No. 1 position with 13 points from 7 matches.
South Africa Women finished their campaign in second place with 10 points, while England Women and India Women are placed third and fourth 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, while South Africa Women will take on England Women in the first semi-final on October 29 at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati.
Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. will be under immense pressure when they take on Australia’s premier women’s team to reach the final of the domestic World Cup. This will be the first time these teams will face each other in a Cricket World Cup semi-final after meeting in the tournament in 2017.
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 Semifinals Schedule:
1st Semi-Final – 29 October 2025: England Women vs South Africa Women, Guwahati
Second Semi-Final – 30 October 2025: Australia Women vs India Women, Navi Mumbai
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We have played a lot on that ground, and we have played a lot against India too – Tahlia McGrath
Speaking after the match against South Africa, Australia’s stand-in captain Tahlia McGrath said that they have played a lot against India in recent times, but anything can happen in a knockout match. He said:
(On facing India in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 semi-finals) Yes, absolutely. We have played a lot on that ground, and we have played a lot against India too – especially recently. But knockout games are important – anything can happen. Work completed, qualification achieved. The second thing, Knockout – we’re really excited about that.”
He heaped praise on leg spinner Alanna King for her incredible figures of 7-2-18-7 against South Africa and explained how he planned to utilize her. Tahlia McGrath said:
“(King) She was very good. No, it was brilliant. It felt like if the ball came into her hands and something was going to happen – and that was certainly the case today. She attacked the stumps constantly, and we felt as if every ball was going to be a wicket. Very happy for her. I heard she broke a lot of records – really special performances. Yes, we kept up with them.
“Changed our plans a bit – we knew we could have been a bit tighter, made some dot balls. We were getting the dots, but some boundaries were leaking. So we adjusted a bit, stayed nice and calm, and both of them pulled it back really well and took important wickets. (On bringing on King) Yeah, he’s an X-factor for us in this World Cup. As soon as the powerplay was completed, I had a quick chat with Aish. Did, and we both agreed to bring him. He took charge and did the rest.”
