India reached the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup final for the first time and sent England home when wet weather washed out the first of back-to-back semi-finals at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday.
With no reserve day scheduled under tournament rules endorsed by all the cricket boards of competing nations, India went through by virtue of topping Group A in the opening round.
India will play the winners of the second semi-final between Australia and SA, which is scheduled to start later on Thursday. That looks a tall order with Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology forecasting a 70% to 90% chance of rain at the SCG on Thursday. 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.
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