The ICC announced the groups and its fixtures on 5 May 2024. After the relocation of the tournament to the United Arab Emirates, the new schedule was announced on 26 August 2024. The group stage matches were played from 3 to 15 October 2024. The 10 teams were divided into two groups of five with each team facing the other teams in the group for a total of 20 matches. The second match saw
Pakistan being bowled out for 116 runs and then restricting
Sri Lanka for 85/9 and winning the match by 31 runs. This is the first time that Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in women's T20 World Cup. The second day saw
South Africa putting
West Indies to bat and restricting them to 118/6 thanks to
Nonkululeko Mlaba's 4/29 and then chasing the target down in 17.5 overs with 10 wickets in hand with the captain
Laura Wolvaardt and
Tazmin Brits both getting half-centuries. The next match saw
New Zealand, batting first put a score of 160/4 with an unbeaten half century from the captain
Sophie Devine before bundling out
India for just 102, with
Rosemary Mair's 4-fer and winning by a margin of 58 runs. On 5 October,
Australia took on Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka put a mere score of 93/7 which Australia chased down with 6 wickets and 34 balls to spare riding on
Beth Mooney's unbeaten 43. The next match saw Bangladesh restricting
England for 118/7 but falling short of the target by 21 runs. On 6 October,
arch-rivals India and Pakistan took on each other at
Dubai. Pakistan put up a score of 105/8 with
Nida Dar's 28 being the highest score and
Arundhati Reddy picking up 3 wickets for 19 runs. India chased down the total in 18.5 overs with the help of
Shafali Verma's 32 and
Harmanpreet Kaur's 29. The second match of the day saw West Indies taking on Scotland. Batting first, Scotland made 99/8 from their quota of 20 overs before West Indies made light work of the total, chasing it down in 11.4 overs. On 7 October, England took on South Africa at Sharjah. South Africa put up a score of 124/6 with
Laura Wolvaardt top-scoring with 42 and
Sophie Ecclestone taking 2/15. England chased it down in 19.2 overs with the help of
Nat Sciver-Brunt's 48* and
Danni Wyatt's 43. On 8 October, Trans-Tasmanian rivals Australia took on New Zealand at Sharjah. Australia put up a score of 148/8 with
Beth Mooney top-scoring with 40 and
Amelia Kerr taking 4/26. In reply, New Zealand was bowled out for 88 with
Megan Schutt taking 3/3. {{Multiple images The next day was a double header. In the first match, batting first, South Africa made 166/5 before bowling Scotland out for 86 and winning by a huge margin of 80 runs. The next match saw India put up a score of 172/3 with the help of
Harmanpreet Kaur's 52
* and
Smriti Mandhana's 50, before bowling Sri Lanka out for 90 and winning by 82 runs.
Week 2 On 10 October, Bangladesh took on West Indies. Put into bat, Bangladesh was restricted to 103/8 from 20 overs thanks to
Karishma Ramharack's 4/17 before the West Indies chased it down in 12.5 overs with 8 wickets to spare. On 11 October, Australia took on Pakistan. Put into bat, Pakistan was bowled out for 82 thanks to
Ashleigh Gardner's 4/21 before Australia chased down the total in 11 overs with 9 wickets to spare. The next day was a double header. In the first match, batting first, Sri Lanka were restricted to 115/5, which was chased down by New Zealand in 17.3 overs thanks to
Georgia Plimmer's 53. In the second game, batting first, Bangladesh were restricted to 106/3, which was chased down by South Africa in 17.2 overs thanks to
Tazmin Brits' 42. On 13 October, Scotland, batting first, put up 109/6 in 20 overs. In reply, England chased it down comfortably in 10 overs without losing any wickets with both
Maia Bouchier and
Danni Wyatt-Hodge scoring unbeaten half-centuries. In the second match of the day, Australia, batting first, scored 151/8 in 20 overs. India came close but fell short by 9 runs despite
Harmanpreet Kaur's unbeaten 54. As a result of this match Australia qualified for the semi-finals. 's (pictured in 2020) 3 wickets helped New Zealand bowl out Pakistan for 56 runs. 14 October saw Pakistan take on New Zealand. Batting first, New Zealand made 110/6 in the 20 overs before bowling out Pakistan for 56 runs in 11.4 overs, with
Amelia Kerr picking up 3 wickets and qualifying for the semi-finals and knocking out Pakistan and India. Pakistan lost the last 5 wickets for just 4 runs. On the last day and last match of the group stage, England took on West Indies. Put into bat, England made 141/7 with the help of
Nat Sciver-Brunt's 57
*. In reply, West Indies chased it down in 18 overs with 6 wickets to spare, with the help of fifties from
Qiana Joseph and
Hayley Matthews. As a result, West Indies and South Africa qualified for the semi-finals while England were eliminated with net run-rate the deciding factor.
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Group B ---- == Knockout stage ==