Here we go! Lord\u2019s looks an absolute picture, huge cheers ring out for Wyatt-Hodge and Amy Jones as they stride out to the middle. Kim Garth is going to open the bowling for Australia from the Nursery End. Play!<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n The players emerge onto the outfield for the anthems, well be underway very shortly. Can England grab this game by the scruff of the neck and post a decent score to put the Aussies under pressure. All eyes on Danni Wyatt-Hodge\u2026<\/p>\n Here we go! Photograph: Tom Jenkins\/The GuardianShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.32 EDT<\/p>\n Hello to Kevin Tong!<\/p>\n \u201cLooking forward to your live coverage of the final! It\u2019s still half an hour to go but I\u2019ve already clicked on to your page excitedly. You know what would make it even better? If this were bumped up above the live coverage of the Grand Prix on The Guardian\u2019s Sport page HAHA. I do love F1, but this is a World Cup final after all, isn\u2019t it? I know it won\u2019t happen but one can try! Hopefully not the last World Cup final England make this year too!\u201d<\/p>\n We can but hope on both of your points Kevin, though if I was a betting man I\u2019d say the former is more likely than the latter\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n TEAMS:<\/p>\n England: Amy Jones (wk), Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Alice Capsey, Heather Knight, Freya Kemp, Dani Gibson, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell<\/p>\n Australia: Georgia Voll, Beth Mooney (wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Nicola Carey, Sophie Molineux (c), Kim Garth, Lucy Hamilton<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Australia win the toss and choose to field first<\/p>\n Shows what I know! Sophie Molineux calls the coin correctly and inserts England.<\/p>\n Nat Sciver-Brunt says she was going to field first too but she isn\u2019t too fussed about batting first either. \u201cI was going to bowl as well. Runs on the board always good, too.\u201d<\/p>\n Both captains say their teams are unchanged. So Ellyse Perry plays for Australia. <\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Australia have vanquished England in the World Cup finals of 2012, 2014 and 2018 bbbbut they have also failed to make the last two white ball World Cup finals in 2024 and 2025. They will be more than happy to spoil England\u2019s party today. It will be interesting to see what the captains decide to do if they win the toss, the average first-innings score here is 158. Runs on the board and build some scoreboard pressure? That\u2019d be my thinking. (You knurrr nuthin, Jim Wallace)<\/p>\n You feel both top order batting cards are crucial, Danni Wyatt-Hodge has been in sparkling form all tournament and Sciver-Brunt and Heather Knight got some time in the middle and proved their big game credentials with a crucial partnership against South Africa in the semi-final, digging England out of a 25-3 shaped hole. Beth Mooney is a key wicket for Australia, she\u2019s got them over the line many times in big games including world finals, her and Sciver-Brunt both have eight T20 World Cup fifties apiece.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cC\u2019mon ICC!\u201d Ora shouts from the stage. That is quite funny.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I say International Cricket Council, you say\u2026\u201d Photograph: Gareth Fuller\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.10 EDT<\/p>\n double quotation mark Of course, other teams continued to turn up: South Africa triumphed over Australia in 2024\u2019s semi-final<\/a>, while India replicated the feat in the 50-over World Cup<\/a> last year. But for a team with no silverware in their possession, Australia are pretty relaxed about life right now. On Thursday the team were spotted in the crowd at Wimbledon, Phoebe Litchfield leading an \u201cAussie, Aussie, Aussie\u201d chant. They will know very well that they are massive favourites to spoil England\u2019s party on Sunday, after a flawless run in the group stages and a hammering of West Indies<\/a> in Tuesday\u2019s semi-final.\u201d<\/p>\n Raf Nicholson is at Lord\u2019s for us and has written about the task England have on their hands in the coming hours.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It is hot and sunny at Lord\u2019s, Rita Ora is currently doing her thing under pristine blue skies as the stands fill up.<\/p>\n It\u2019s fair to say Nat Sciver-Brunt and her side don\u2019t sound like the biggest Ora fans going:<\/p>\n
In February 2023, after Australia won their fourth consecutive world title<\/a>, at Newlands, Beth Mooney was asked what advice she would give to a team who were trying to beat hers. She thought for a moment, then said: \u201cJust don\u2019t turn up. It\u2019s too hard. Don\u2019t bother going.\u201d There can be no better summary of what England will be up against on Sunday when they face Australia in the final of the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n
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James Wallace<\/p>\n