ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025: Is there a reserve day for the final between India Women and South Africa Women?

The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 final between India Women and South Africa Women will take place on Sunday, November 2.

India Women Cricket Team and South Africa Women Cricket Team will lock horns in the final of ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 on Sunday, November 2 at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai. While the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side crushed Australia Women in the semi-final to grab a place in the summit clash, the Proteas Women outplayed England Women to reach the final for the first time in the tournament’s history.

In the league stage, South Africa Women had an upper hand over India Women. The Laura Wolvaardt-led side finished at the third spot, winning five games and losing two out of seven matches. India ended at the fourth spot, with three wins and three defeats across seven games (one no result).

Notably, Navi Mumbai city has witnessed rain for the last couple of days, and there is a 30% chance of rain on November 2, when ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 final will be played. Hence, rain might interrupt the encounter. A few games of the tournament, which were scheduled in Colombo, were washed out due to rain, while some games in India were also hampered by rain.

The semi-final 2 between India Women and Australia Women took place in Navi Mumbai and it also witnessed a slight passage of rain. India’s clash against Bangladesh Women at the same venue on Sunday (October 26) was washed out due to rain and ended without a result.

Is there a reserve day for ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 final?

Notably, ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 final has a reserve day to battle weather issues. Monday, November 3 will be reserve day for the encounter, however, ICC has emphasised that every possible effort will be made to finish the encounter on the scheduled day itself. The match can be reduced by some overs if it gets affected by rain.

Moreover, there are two different scenarios to take into consideration. Suppose, if a 50-over match is affected by rain and shortened by say 46 overs but cannot resume on the same day, it will restart as a fresh 50-over contest on the reserve day. However, if a play resumes after being reduced but rain returns and stops play again, the encounter will continue from the reduced point on the reserve day.

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