Bangladesh v England: Women’s T20 World Cup – live

Bangladesh have already got their campaign underway.

They beat Scotland by 16 runs in the tournament opener on Thursday .

It was their first T20 World Cup in a decade but, sadly, because of unrest back home, it took place over 3,700km away from their home country despite them serving as nominal hosts.

Their skipper, Nigar Sultana, later said, "Initially it was very heartbreaking because we were always bearing in mind that we were able to play in front of our home crowd. But this team, the people looking here today, it was brilliant, we got quite a few people supporting Bangladesh."

Would be great if they get a whole lot of love again this afternoon.

Share Preamble Daniel GallanIt's been seven long years since England's women last won an ICC event. In that time Australia have forged a dynasty, winning one 50-over jamboree and a hat-trick of T20 World Cups.

Can England knock the Aussies off their perch? Hard to say. They lost a warm-up game by 33 runs last week but did beat New Zealand by five wickets in their other pre-tournament tune-up.

They've promised to go harder than they've gone before and will lean heavily on their cohort of spinners led by the brilliant Sophie Ecclestone, the top-ranked bowler in the format and a game-changer all on her own.

The batters will have to come good on low, turning tracks, but with Nat Sciver-Brunt the highest-placed member of the group at 19th on the ICC's metrics, this could be a problem area.

They should have too much for the (nominal) hosts, Bangladesh. Victory won't be enough. They'll want to send out a statement.

First ball at 3pm BST from Sharjah.

Toss report, teams and other bits to follow.

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