Who needs what to reach Women's T20 World Cup semis?

The 2024 Women's T20 World Cup group stage is drawing to a close and there are still two semi-final spots up for grabs.

BBC Sport looks at what England and the other Group B teams need to progress.

Remaining match

15 October: England v West Indies, Dubai (15:00 BST)

England will qualify for the semi-finals as group winners if they beat West Indies in their final match.

If England lose, then they, West Indies and South Africa will all finish on six points and net run-rate will determine which two sides advance.

Despite holding a healthy net run-rate after three games, England are under pressure because, barring extreme scenarios, Heather Knight's side's total will drop below both West Indies' and South Africa's with any defeat other than one by the slenderest of margins.

If West Indies bat first and score 130 in 20 overs and England manage 129 in 20 overs reply - i.e. a one-run defeat - England would go through, but if they were lose by two runs in that scenario they would go out.

South Africa will go through if England beat West Indies or if England suffer a defeat that drops their net run-rate below +1.382.

West Indies need to beat England to qualify and any margin of victory will almost certainly be enough given their net run-rate advantage over South Africa.

Bangladesh and Scotland have already been eliminated.

Defending champions Australia have qualified as group winners after victory in all four of their matches.

New Zealand secured the second semi-final spot from Group A with a dominant win over Pakistan on Monday.

That result meant India and Pakistan joined Sri Lanka in being eliminated.

The first semi-final is set to take place in Dubai on 17 October between the winner of Group A and the runner-up of Group B.

The second semi-final in Sharjah is set to be between the runner-up of Group A and the winner of Group B.

However, if India reach the last four, they will play in the first semi-final in Dubai on 17 October, regardless of whether they finish first or second in Group A.

If they progress as runners-up, the second semi-final in Sharjah on 18 October will be between the winner of Group A and the runner-up of Group B.

The final will take place on 20 October in Dubai.

Both semi-finals and the final have reserve days.

Run-rate is the average number of runs scored per over by a team in their entire innings - so, for example, a score of 140 off 20 overs equals seven 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.

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 - 20 overs in the case of this tournament.

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