Dubai. The league stage of the Women's T20 World Cup (Women's T20 World Cup 2024) ended on Tuesday. There was a tough competition among the three teams to reach the semi-finals in Group B. West Indies, South Africa, and England had 6-6 points each, and based on Net Run Rate (NRR), West Indies (WIw) and South Africa (SAw) qualified for the semi-finals, while England (ENGw) was eliminated by a narrow margin in NRR. On Tuesday, England and West Indies had the last match of the group stage, where the Windies defeated them by 6 wickets and knocked them out of the tournament.
India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka were already out of Group A and apart from 6-time champion Australia, New Zealand had already qualified for the semi-finals. Now when West Indies knocked England out of the tournament, the picture of the semi-finals from Group B has become clear and the ranking of the teams has also been decided, based on which the picture of the semi-final matches is now clear.
The first semi-final match of the tournament will be played in Dubai on Thursday. Here, 6-time champion Australia will face South Africa. The next day, on Friday, the West Indies team will face New Zealand in the second semi-final of the tournament. This match will be played in Sharjah. The final of the tournament will be played in Dubai on Sunday, 20 October. The winning teams of both the semi-finals will contest in this match to claim the title of Women's T20 World Cup.
Let us tell you that apart from Australia, which has won the most number of 6 titles in the Women's T20 World Cup, the West Indies team, which reached the semi-finals here, has also won this title once in the year 2016. On the other hand, the teams of South Africa and New Zealand are still waiting for their first Women's T20 World Cup title. On one hand, Australia seems eager to win its 7th title. On the other hand, the teams of South Africa and New Zealand are also eager to end their World Cup title drought.
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