England to take on Australia in ICC Women’s World Twenty20
5th April 2014England women will play against Australia in the final of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka tomorrow.
The match will get underway at 14.30 local time / 09.30 British Summer Time and will be broadcast live in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports, with ball-by-ball commentary available to listen to on BBC Radio 4 Long Wave and BBC R5 live sports extra.
Charlotte Edwards’ England side will be hoping to avenge the four run defeat that they suffered against Australia in the final of the competition in Sri Lanka in 2012.
Speaking at the final preview press conference at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka today, England women’s captain Charlotte Edwards said: “We are obviously looking to go one better than we did in Sri Lanka in 2012, and put in a really big performance tomorrow to hopefully win this trophy. It would mean a lot to us as a group of players. We are two very evenly matched teams, and it will all come down to who deals with the pressure of the big occasion to determine who comes out of it as winners.”
England go into the final against Australia tomorrow with the two leading wicket takers so far in the tournament, with Anya Shrubsole, player of the match in the semi-final against South Africa yesterday, on 12 wickets and Natalie Sciver on eight. England’s bowling line-up has also produced four of the best eight bowling performances in the competition to date.
England won the inaugural ICC Women’s World Twenty20 in 2009 beating New Zealand in the final at Lord’s Cricket Ground.