ICC Women’s World Cup: Australia set England 311 to win – live!

LIVE – Updated at 05:24

Over-by-over report: The old foes get their respective campaigns up and running at Seddon Park in Hamilton. Join Jim Wallace for updates.

4th Over: England 13-1 (Beaumont 7 Knight 6) Tammy B pokes at one from Brown and it is a DROP! Lanning shelling the regulation catch in the slips! Phewf. Beaumont then picks up a couple and Knight crunches one majestically away to the boundary. A nerve settler from England’s skipper.

3rd Over: England 6-1 (Beaumont 4 Knight 2) England manage to nurdle a couple of runs off Schutt. There’s a hint of swing, the ball tailing into the pads. England need these two to stick in there and get them into this run chase.

2nd Over: England 3-1 (Beaumont 1, Knight 2) Darcie Brown is into her work and straight away she has Tammy Beaumont groping outside off stump. England look tentative here, Heather Knight is at the crease early doors.

1st Over: England 0-1

Megan Schutt has the new ball and she is into England straight away! Winfield-Hill plinks one in the air and Sutherland takes the catch at mid on, her knuckles skimming the turf. England did not need that.

Thanks Mike and Hello OBO,

The Aussie players are out on the field going through their warm ups, they’ll fancy picking up where they left off just a few weeks ago when they rolled England in the fifty over leg of the Ashes. Can Heather Knight’s side make a fist of this?

Get in touch on email or the twitters and we’ll see what the next few hours bring. Reckon I’ve just about got enough time to brew up a strong coffee, it is creeping up to 5am here in South London so any company much appreciated. If I may be so needy.

And with that, I’ll leave you in the capable hands of Jim Wallace, who will take you through