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          20th Match, Group B (N), ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Sydney, Mar 3 2020
          Match abandoned without a ball bowled
          03/03Abandoned
          20th Match, Group B (N), ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Sydney, Mar 3 2020
          Match abandoned without a ball bowled

          South Africa top Group B after washout; will meet Australia in semi-finals

          Dane van Niekerk and Anisa Mohammed survey the scene ICC/Getty
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          Mar 3, 2020, 08:37 AM ET

          Match abandoned West Indies v South Africa

          A wash out at the Sydney Showgrounds ensured South Africa would top group B and so play Australia in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup at the SCG on Thursday evening, after England meet group A's pace-setters India in the first semi-final.

          Rain that halted Thailand's earlier clash with Pakistan did not abate into the evening, leaving the South Africans to shake hands with their West Indian opponents.

          They will now wait to see whether the wet weather forecast to set in on Sydney this week will also see them through to the final at the MCG on Sunday, with no reserve day available after Thursday and the two group winners to sail to the decider as a result.

          "Hopefully we can get a game on Thursday, but it's something we can't control and we just have to make sure we are well prepared," Chloe Tryon said. "It's their home ground, we know they'll be a lot of people. We have to make sure are switched on from the first ball. We want to play the world champions, we have wanted that for a while, and to play them in a semi-final is the biggest game for us."

          Australia have never lost to South Africa in four previous T20I World Cup meetings, the first in 2009. India and England split their two most recent T20I encounters in the triangular series with Australia that preceded the World Cup.