The Proteas Women have gone down to Australia by seven wickets in their final ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 round-robin fixture in Indore at the Holkar Stadium in Indore, India, on Saturday, 25 October 2025.
South Africa were dismissed for 97 all out in their 24 overs, thanks to Alana King’s return of seven for 18, before Georgia Voll (38*) and Beth Mooney (42) helped the Aussies to victory with 33.1 overs to spare.
Having lost the toss, the Proteas were asked to bat first under overcast conditions, with captain Laura Wolvaardt (31) and Tazmin Brits (6) making a steady start for South Africa, taking the score to 32/0 by the seventh over, before the Proteas Women lost a flurry of wickets.
Megan Schutt (1/21) and Kim Garth (1/21) removed the opening batters before King’s leg-spin took centre stage. The 29-year-old claimed four quick wickets without conceding a run, dismissing Suné Luus (6), Marizanne Kapp (0), Annerie Dercksen (5) and Chloé Tryon (0) to reduce South Africa to 60/6 in the 16th over.
Sinalo Jafta offered brief resistance, scoring a personal best 29 off 17 deliveries, before becoming King’s fifth victim of the day. King, supported by Ashleigh Gardner (1/19), helped wrap up the Proteas innings for just 97 runs after 24 overs.
Defending a modest target of 98, the Proteas Women began brightly with the ball. Kapp (1/11) made an early breakthrough by finding the edge of Phoebe Litchfield (5) before Nadine de Klerk took a brilliant catch at point off Masabata Klaas’ (1/14) bowling to dismiss Ellyse Perry (0) and leave Australia 11/2 early on.
Opener Voll then found strong support from the experienced Mooney. The pair steadied the chase with a composed 76-run partnership, taking Australia to 87/2 in the 16th over and within touching distance of victory.
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Needing just 11 more runs, Voll and Mooney looked set to see Australia home before de Klerk (1/13) picked up a consolation wicket, removing Mooney. However, the defending champions comfortably reached the target to seal a seven-wicket win.
South Africa will now face England in the first semi-final at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday, 29 October, with play starting at 15h00 local time (11h30 SAST).
South Africa and Knockout Fixtures and Results at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025
Thu, 25 Sept- 1st Warm-Up: South Africa vs Bangladesh – Washed out without a ball bowled
Sun, 28 Sept- 2nd Warm-Up: South Africa beat Pakistan by 4 wickets
Fri, 3 Oct: England beat South Africa by 10 wickets (Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati)
Mon, 6 Oct: South Africa beat New Zealand by 6 wickets (Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore)
Thu, 9 Oct: South Africa beat India by 3 wickets (ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam)
Mon, 13 Oct: South Africa beat Bangladesh by 3 wickets (ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam)
Fri, 17 Oct: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets (DLS) (R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo)
Tue, 21 Oct: South Africa beat Pakistan by 150 runs (DLS) (R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo)
Sat, 25 Oct: Australia beat South Africa by 7 wickets (Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore)
Wed, 29 Oct: Semi-final 1 (Guwahati/Colombo)
Thu, 30 Oct: Semi-final 2 (Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai)
Sun, 2 Nov: FINAL
– (All matches start at 11h30 unless specified otherwise)
Proteas Women Playing XI
Laura Wolvaardt (c)
Tazmin Brits
Suné Luus
Annerie Dercksen
Marizanne Kapp
Sinalo Jafta (wk)
Chloé Tryon
Nadine de Klerk
Masabata Klaas
Ayabonga Khaka
Nonkululeko Mlaba
Australia Playing XI
Georgia Voll
Phoebe Litchfield
Ellyse Perry
Annabel Sutherland
Beth Mooney (wk)
Ashleigh Gardner
Tahlia McGrath (c)
Georgia Wareham
Alana King
Kim Garth
Megan Schutt
Main Photo Caption: Australia’s Alana King (left) is congratulated by Ashleigh Gardner on setting Australia’s best bowling figures in a women’s ODI, and the first seven-wicket haul at a World Cup, to headline in the Proteas Women’s batting collapse at the Holkar Stadium in Indore, India, on Saturday, 25 October 2025. All Photos: Matt Roberts / Getty Images via ICC
Photo 2 Caption: Laura Wolvaardt set off the Proteas Women’s batting innings with imperious form, but lost her wicket to Megan Schutt for Australia’s first wicket. All Photos: Pankaj Nangia / Getty Images via ICC
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