Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Fixtures, how to watch and England's odds for the semi-finals

England will face South Africa in the semi-finals of the Women's T20 World Cup after both sides won their final group matches. 

Heather Knight's side made it four wins from as many matches in South Africa after a resounding 114-run triumph over Pakistan at Newlands before South Africa recorded an equally impressive 10-wicket win over Bangladesh.

Tournament favourites Australia, also undefeated in the group stages, beat India in the other semi-final.

The 2023 Women's T20 World Cup started on February 10 in South Africa.

Cape Town, Paarl and Gqeberha are all hosting matches, with the knockout games all played in Cape Town.

The final is on Sunday, February 26 with a reserve day available on Monday, February 27.

In the group games, which ran until February 21, each team played the other four teams in their group once. The top two teams in each group played the semi-finals. 

It is less than a fortnight since South Africa’s home World Cup got off to the worst possible start, with a shock defeat by Sri Lanka at Newlands. 

This followed the controversy that surrounded the omission of Dane van Niekerk, their captain, for failing to reach the team’s fitness standards. The picture was complicated by the fact that van Niekerk is married to Marizanne Kapp, another star all-rounder who remained in the squad, and that van Niekerk soon found herself in the commentary box. It was not so long ago that Lizelle Lee went freelance for similar reasons, while another senior player, Mignon du Preez, retired too. 

The picture was chaotic, and it all felt a little wasteful: a positive wind was blowing through South African cricket more generally, with strong crowds for the new men’s SA20 tournament, and the same expected for the World Cup.

Now, South Africa find themselves with a home semi-final of an ICC event for the first time ever, in men’s or women’s cricket. While they suffered an almost inevitable defeat by Australia, the tournament favourites, they trounced New Zealand (who were bowled out for just 67) and Bangladesh (by 10 wickets) to book a semi-final against a buoyant England side.