Women’s Cricket World Cup: Australia v Bangladesh – live

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The teams are on the field now for the anthem after that always impressive flag unfurling. Not long now until the first ball is bowled!

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News from the ground is that the weather is looking perfect. It’s hot out there – around 32 degrees at the moment. It looks unlikely that the rain that crushed Pakistan’s hopes in Colombo yesterday will travel up north to Visakhapatnam to put a dampener on this game.

Bangaldesh XI

1. Rubya Haider

2. Farzana Hoque

3. Sharmin Akhter

4. Nigar Sultana Joty (c) (wk)

5. Sobhana Mostary

6. Shorna Akter

7. Fahima Khatun

8. Rabeya Khan

9. Ritu Moni

10. Nishita Akter Nishi

11. Fariha Islam Trisna

Australia XI

1. Alyssa Healy (c) (wk)

2. Phoebe Litchfield

3. Ellyse Perry

4. Beth Mooney

5. Annabel Sutherland

6. Ash Gardner

7. Tahlia McGrath

8. Georgia Wareham

9. Alana King

10. Megan Schutt

11. Darcie Brown

Bangladesh wins the toss and elects to bat

Nigar Sultana wins the toss for Bangladesh and decides that pitch looks perfect for batting. She’s confident that her team can put on a good total and defend it.

And Bangladesh’s close call against England is worth reviewing before this match begins as well.

If you want a reminder about Australia’s record run chase to secure the win over India, we’ve got that match report for you as well.

While we’re waiting for the toss, why not catch up on last night’s excitement? Unfortunately literal rain rained on the parade of Pakistan, who came within a whisper of their first ever ODI victory over England. If you missed the action, we’ve got you covered with this match report from Raf Nicholson.

Preamble

Hello and welcome to match 17 of the Women’s Cricket World Cup! Today we’ve got the undefeated Australia taking on Bangladesh, who are hunting for their second win of the tournament.

It has been a fascinating World Cup so far – while Australia indeed are yet to lose a match, they have looked shaky at times. Their batting against Pakistan was far from its best, while against India they struggled to find the answers during their bowling innings. Both times they were able to get over the line, but opposition teams will be watching closely to note these vulnerabilities and make plans to exploit them.

Bangladesh’s sole win of the tournament so far came against Pakistan – a decisive, seven-wicket win with strong contributions across the bowling attack. However, they also put on very good showings against South Africa, which came down to the final over, and England, who looked in trouble at 5/78 chasing Bangladesh’s 178. While neither of those games finished with a win, they will have offered the team plenty of confidence that they have the ability to match it with some of the world’s best teams.

If Bangladesh can bring that form into this match, we might be in for another exciting finish. While Australia are very much the favourites here, let’s not write off the underdogs. There’s plenty to discuss, so let’s get into it!