Australia vs South Africa Women’s Semi-Final, Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: The first match of the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals is played between South Africa and Australia on Thursday (October 17). In an exciting match, the African team entered the final with an 8-wicket advantage. An African team defeated Australia for the first time in the Women’s T20 World Cup.
The second match of the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals will be played between New Zealand and West Indies women’s team on Friday (October 18). The team that wins this match will face South Africa in the final. The Women’s T20 World Cup final will be played in Dubai on Sunday (August 20).
Six-time champions Australia crash out for second time
Something happened this time in the Women’s T20 World Cup, which happened much earlier, in the 2009 season. In fact, eight Women’s T20 World Cups have been held since 2009. Among them, Australia won 6 games. In the 2016 season, he suffered a defeat in the finals.
In the 2009 season, the Australian team was eliminated after losing in the semifinals. It was only the second time since then that the Kangaroos had failed to reach the finals. This time, a South African team called the Chokers made history.
This is how Africa defeated kangaroos
The Kangaroos batted first after conceding the ball in the match and scored 134 runs for 5 wickets. Wicket-keeper batsman Beth Mooney scored a team-high innings of 44 runs. Ellyse Perry scored 31 points and captain Tahila McGrath scored 27 points.
In response to a target of 135 runs, South Africa won the match by losing 2 wickets in 17.2 overs. Anne Bosch scored a highest unbeaten score of 74 runs off 48 balls for the team. Captain Laura Wolvaardt scored 42 points.
