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16 October 2025
The semi-finals line-up at the World Cup in India and Sri Lanka is almost complete.
Three teams are through and Bangladesh and Pakistan are eliminated, leaving three sides competing for the final last-four spot.
Here’s what the teams need to keep their hopes of glory alive…
*top four qualify for the semi-finals with first playing fourth and second facing third.
Who has qualified for the semi-finals?
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Defending champions Australia became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals with their victory on Thursday.
South Africa progressed to the semi-finals courtesy of New Zealand’s washout with Pakistan on Saturday.
England became the third team to qualify after they beat India by four runs on Sunday.
Who can take the fourth semi-final place?
With both sides level on four points, whoever wins the match between India and New Zealand on Thursday will take a big step towards the semi-finals.
Each side will likely need to win their other remaining game, with both sides in action next Sunday against Bangladesh and England respectively.
India occupy the fourth qualifying spot at present by virtue of their superior net run-rate.
Sri Lanka kept their hopes alive with a seven-run win over Bangladesh on Monday. They need to beat Pakistan on Friday and then hope other results go their way to progress.
Who is eliminated?
Bangladesh became the first side to be eliminated with their defeat to Sri Lanka on Monday.
Although they can still reach four points, they are out because India and New Zealand still have to play each other so at least one of those sides will achieve more than four points.
Pakistan became the second side to be eliminated with their 150-run (DLS) defeat to South Africa on Tuesday.
How is net run-rate calculated?
Run-rate is the average number of runs scored per over by a team in their entire innings – so, for example, a score of 250 off 50 overs equals five runs per over.
Net run-rate is calculated by subtracting the opposition’s run-rate from the other team’s run-rate.
The winning side will therefore have a positive net run-rate, and the losers a negative net run-rate.
In a tournament, net run-rate is worked out by taking the average runs per over scored by that team in each game and subtracting the average runs per over scored against them in each game.
If a team is bowled out inside their allotted overs, their run-rate is calculated by dividing the runs by the maximum overs they could have batted – 50 overs in the case of this tournament.
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