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

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The teams are on the field for the anthems now, not too long to go until the first ball is bowled.

Just two changes to Australia’s team from their first match. Georgia Wareham comes in for Sophie Molineux, which captain Alyssa Healy notes is partly due to Molineux being managed in her return from injury. Megan Schutt coming for Darcie Brown was a change many predicted, after Brown struggled against New Zealand.

Pakistan have made just one change from their match against India, with Eyman Fatima coming in for Aliya Riaz. Fatima Sana Khan said that was just about trying to get the best match ups against their opponent.

Pakistan XI

1. Muneeba Ali

2. Sidra Amin

3. Natalia Parvaiz

4. Sadaf Shamas

5. Eyman Fatima

6. Sidra Nawaz (wk)

7. Fatima Sana Khan (c)

8. Rameen Shamim

9. Sadia Iqbal

10. Nashra Sundhu

11. Diana Baig

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. Kim Garth

11. Megan Schutt

Pakistan win the toss and choose to bowl

Pakistan captain Fatima Sana Khan believes the conditions are right for bowling today. After their batting performances in the past two games, it makes sense they would want to start with their strength as well.

Ooh an email! This one comes from friend of the OBO Maddy.

Hey Megan,

Cool to see there’s an email for you!

What’s the weather looking like today?

Because of course… multitasking netball & cricket tonight. Why are they always on at the same time?!

Very good questions Maddy! The weather forecast is looking great – sunny skies and a dry outfield, which is very good news indeed. As for the cricket and netball scheduling, I am as baffled and annoyed as you are! My attention is all on the cricket, so any netball updates from multiscreeners would be much appreciated.

If you want to know more about Australia’s last match, please enjoy three hours of rain updates and a chronicle of my slow descent into madness.

If you’re looking to learn a bit more about how Pakistan fared in their last match, you can check out this match report – featuring unscheduled insect breaks and pitch fumigation.

Preamble

Hello and welcome to Match 9 of the Cricket World Cup! Today we’ve got Australia taking on Pakistan, which should be an interesting match up.

Pakistan are yet to win a game, but they bowled admirably against India. Their batting hasn’t yet really fired at this tournament, which left them with a big defeat to India and unable to match it with Bangladesh. Against a very strong Australian bowling attack, they will need a hugely improved batting performance if they want to be in the game today.

Australia will be feeling a little uncomfortable with we’re they’re sitting on the ladder at the moment, after their match against Sri Lanka on the weekend was washed out. Had they had a good win and boosted their net run rate, they might have been prepared to experiment a little more with their team make up today, but that washout has created a little more pressure for the defending champs and I’d expect to see a pretty similar line up to the one they used in their opening match against New Zealand.

Their is plenty on the line for both teams, so let’s get into it. If you have any thoughts on the match, or just feel like a chat, my email link is at the top of the page, so feel free to drop me a line!