Cricket:ICC Women's World Twenty20 semi-final cricket score: Australia lose two wickets against England
Wicket! Perry c Knight b Sciver 10 - Aus 86/3
Big wicket, as Perry just goes for too much and loops the ball up, without getting the elevation she wanted. Good take by Knight, and England needed that.
Wicket! Villani lbw b Sciver 19 - Aus 41/1
Sciver has come in for Shrubsole, and oh dear she's had the ball thrown at her head by Katherine Brunt. The physio is on, but Sciver looks ok to play on. That could have been nasty. And then a wicket! Villani is out for 19 - LBW Sciver. Wow, what a recovery!!
4th over Aus 35/0 (Villani 14 and Healy 20)
Villani picks up her first boundary of the morning, and she's cooking now, with a cracking drive away for another four. This looks like a pretty tasty batting pitch, and Villani then claims a one-bounce four with a ripper off the leg side straight back whence it came.
3nd over Aus 23/0 (Villani 2 and Healy 20)
Beautiful strike from Healy straight back down the pitch sees the Aussie claim her third four of the day off the first ball of the over. Poor fielding from Beaumont then gifts Australia a double, before Healy smashes away another four, as her excellent start continues.
2nd over Aus 11/0 (Villani 2 and Healy 8)
Shrubsole, the No 1 ranked T20 bowler in the world, comes in to bowl, and there's a huge appeal off her first ball. It's close but the umpire shakes his head, with the ball looking as if it was sliding just wide off the stumps leg-side. Ooh the replays show it was going to just clip. Villani then loops a pretty loose shot in the air, but it creeps away for two, before a wide keeps the scoreboard ticking.
1st over Aus 8/0 (Villani 0 and Healy 8)
Brunt bowling for England into a gentle breeze that's blowing from right to left. Healy connects nicely with a gentle half-volley away for a four to kick things off, and finishes the over with a well-cut drive away for another boundary, as the Aussies get off to a decent start.
Pitch (not so) perfect
Rob Key thinks the pitch will be very slow and dry, and suggests England might have been better batting first, as it will likely crumble as the day goes on.
Meg Lanning, the No 1 batsman in the world, and Elyse Villani will look to damage early on for the Aussies, who will know they could need a big score against England's aggressive batting lineup.
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England have won the toss and have put Australia in to bat.
England won all four of their group matches, though two of those were by a whisker; while Australia lost to New Zealand in the group stage, but are the favourites with the bookies to win the match.
It's a baking hot afternoon in Delhi, as the two old enemies go head to head...
Preamble - play starts at 10
England Women's captain Charlotte Edwards has claimed her side's rivalry with Australia has evolved into one of "frenemies".
The Ashes opponents will meet in Delhi in Wednesday's World Twenty20 semi-final and, while there will be no prisoners taken in the heat of battle, the advent of the Women's Big Bash League has shifted the dynamic.
Edwards joined team-mates Sarah Taylor, Heather Knight, Danni Wyatt, Nat Sciver and Katherine Brunt as an overseas player in the inaugural T20 competition Down Under last year, with England and Australia players joining forces for the first time.
"We're frenemies now," said Edwards.
"Both teams know a lot about each other. There's no hidden secrets so it's all about who plays best.
"It's been brilliant to go out and play in Australia with a lot of the Australia girls and we've gained a lot from that experience.
"Our girls performed brilliantly out there so they are going in very confident."
Edwards' opposite number Meg Lanning, who captained Sciver at the Melbourne Stars, added: "With the WBBL we played alongside a few of their girls as well so that adds another dimension, I guess, but once we walk over that white line, that's where the battle really starts.
"We're looking forward to taking them on and we'll be on the front foot. When you come up against them on the field, once you step out there, you're not friends anymore."
England go into the game as underdogs despite being unbeaten in the competition and are looking to reverse a period of Australian dominance.
The Southern Stars have won the past three World T20s, while Edwards' side last collected silverware in 2009.
They are hoping to end that drought under the guidance of Mark Robinson, the former Sussex coach whose influence is already being felt among the squad.
"Robbo has come in and he's got his own take on women's cricket," said Edwards, who is joint top-scorer in the event with 171 runs.
"He wants us to be more aggressive. He wants us to hit more boundaries. We're looking for the intent to score boundaries, hit 360 degrees and have shots in our lockers to bring out at any point.
"We've worked hard over last two months, here and in South Africa, and are improving day in day out.
"We are a talented squad and we've been in last two World Cup finals so let's hope it's third time lucky.
"We certainly have the hunger to get there but will have to play very very well."
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