At times it feels like South Africa Women team is unlucky. Maybe its true, because the similar situation is with the Men's team. They have good team and they easily get out of the tournament at the early stages. Atleast in Women's cricket they've come close to the winning. In men's cricket they don't even reach the finals in all the three formats of cricket.
Why do you think so? I thought that they were lucky to win the semi-final match against England. They were on backfoot during the chase, but then the England middle and lower order collapsed. And during the final, they were simply outclassed by a vastly superior team (Australia). On top of that, they had the advantage of playing at home. If anyone was unfortunate, it was the Indian women's team. Look at the way Harmanpreet Kaur got run out. I don't know whether it was unfortunate or just plain stupid, but that made them lose the match.
The South African women's team is very lucky to have qualified for the finals. It was unexpected for me to see the South African team in the final. The performance of the England women's team suddenly deteriorated in the semi-finals. Despite leading at the start of the innings, their batting slowed down after 10 overs and they failed to win. However, South Africa did not have a strong and experienced squad to win against the likes of Australia in the final. Despite qualifying for the finals, this team lacks experienced players.
I agree with you that the Indian women's team had very poor luck in this world cup. Because before the start of the World Cup, the Indian women's team had performed well in several series. And the Indian team was the favourite for this year's World Cup. But in the World Cup, we did not get the expected good performance from the Indian women's team.