Semi-Final draw keeps Australia and New Zealand apart

The draw for the semi-finals of the CricInfo Women's World Cup in New Zealand has paired Australia against South Africa and India against the hosts.

Australia and South Africa will play in Lincoln on 18 December while India and New Zealand will meet at the same venue on 20 December. The winners of each tie will play on 23 December in Lincoln in the final.

Australia topped the group stage of the competition, winning all of their seven games. New Zealand were runners-up, India third and South Africa fourth.

The final group games saw comprehensive victories for two of the semi-finalists. Australia coasted past the Netherlands by ten wickets while South Africa comfortably defeated Ireland by nine wickets.