England v South Africa: Women’s T20 World Cup – live

Preamble Adam Collins Good afternoon. Welcome to some Group B action from the T20 Women's World Cup in the UAE. Today we're down the Sharjah end of the freeway for a fixture that may not necessarily dictate which team advanced from England and South Africa – all things being equal, both should - but as importantly, who avoids Australia in the semi.

For the Proteas, they stitched together the most impressive performance of the tournament so far, putting away the Windies by ten wickets. England, who are the favourites to top the group, were less impressive with the bat but never gave Bangladesh a chance with their four-pronged spin attack making the most of the slow surface. Expect the same today on that front with run-a-ball scores the objective.

We're not far from the toss – I'll be back for that, and the teams, at 2:30pm BST with the first ball 3pm. Stay in touch through the game: write me a line or drop me a tweet .