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Sydney: After the first semi-final of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020, between India and England was abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), the second semi-final could well have a similar fate as rain continues to pour in Sydney.
Group B winners South Africa would go through to the final at the expense of the defending champions and hosts if the match is not completed with each side batting for at least 10 overs.
That looks a tall order with Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology forecasting a 70% to 90% chance of rain at the SCG this evening.
“You’d hope now that there’s going to be a rule change going forward and no team will experience going out of a World Cup because of rain,” England captain Heather Knight said after the abandonment of their match against India.
Four-times champions Australia finished second in Group A after being upset in their first match of the tournament by India, who have now won all four of their fixtures.
“We knew from day one that we would have to win all our matches because something like this could happen so that’s how we approached the tournament,” India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said.
“It was very unfortunate that we were unable to get a game today but those are the rules for everyone.”
The final takes place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday with organisers hoping for a crowd in excess of 90,000.
With inputs from Reuters
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