Womens T20 World Cup 2024: The first semi-final match of the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup in UAE was played on 17 October between the women’s teams of Australia and South Africa at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Let us tell you that in this match, South Africa has defeated 6-time world champion Australia by 8 wickets and thrown them out of the tournament. Along with this, South Africa also took revenge for the defeat suffered by Australia in the final of the last T20 World Cup.

Batting first, Australia scored 134 runs at the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. After this, South Africa batted brilliantly and easily achieved this target given by Australia by losing only 2 wickets in 17.2 overs. For South Africa, captain Laura Bulfart played an inning of 42 runs, while Ann Bosch remained unbeaten after scoring 74* runs. Bosh was also chosen player of the match for this innings.

Tahlia McGrath gave a big statement

Let us tell you that after losing to South Africa by 8 wickets in the first semi-final of the Women’s T20 World Cup, Tahlia McGrath said after the end of the match – It will be very difficult to take this defeat. We didn’t really perform tonight. You can’t afford to do that in a tournament like this.

Full credit to South Africa, they beat us tonight. This World Cup has been on our minds for a long time. We worked really hard in the off-season, fixing some things. We were really ready to come here. Felt like we left no stone unturned, we just didn’t perform well tonight.

We found it very difficult, South Africa bowled very well, slowed down the pace and they made it difficult for us to take risks. After half the game, we thought it was 140-150, but South Africa batted so well and it felt like it was a completely different wicket.