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In her place, Grace Harris opened the batting against India, while Beth Mooney pulled on the gloves.

Talking to the Willow Talk podcast earlier in the week, Healy said she was hopeful to be fit in time for either the semi or the final.

“(It’s) not much fun, I will put it that way (but) thankfully, it wasn’t my calf,” she said.

“I’m still in the squad, so I haven’t been replaced and there’s still the chance that I can take part in this tournament.

“It was bloody sore at the time … as you could probably tell by the extra expression on my face, but it’s play on and hopefully get myself right for either a semi or a final.”

The India game was Australia’s biggest challenge of the tournament to-date. Having recorded comfortable wins against Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan, their final group match against India was only a nine-run victory.

But the Aussies were able to remain calm despite skipper Hermanpreet Kaur leading a charge late in the chase.

Australia were the only team to make it through the group stage undefeated. Their semi-final opponents lost to England earlier in the tournament.

Veteran Ellyse Perry said the India win was exactly what she and her teammates needed.

“It’s always really helpful to be exposed to that pressure and that challenge from opposition,” she said.

“It felt like a bit of a step up the other night, particularly with the full crowd there … it was a situation we’ve been in before but hadn’t been to be exposed during this World Cup so far.

“I thought the way we rose to that and just adapted to the challenge was awesome.”

Australia will take on South Africa for a spot in the final at 1am (AEDT) Friday morning. New Zealand will take on the West Indies in the other semi-final at the same time on Saturday morning.