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Southern Stars vs England: Women's T20 World Cup semi-final live scores, blog

30th March, 2016
First ball: 8pm (AEDT)
Venue: Delhi
TV: Live, Fox Sports 503
Betting: Australia $1.61, England $2.30
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney, S Ravi

Southern Stars (squad)
Meg Lanning (c), Kristen Beams, Alex Blackwell, Nicola Carey, Lauren Cheatle, Sarah Coyte, Rene Farrell, Holly Ferling, Alyssa Healy (wk), Jess Jonassen, Beth Mooney, Erin Osborne, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Elyse Villani

England Women (squad)
Charlotte Edwards (c), Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Georgia Elwiss, Tash Farrant, Lydia Greenway, Rebecca Grundy, Jenny Gunn, Amy Jones, Heather Knight, Laura Marsh, Natalie Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Sarah Taylor†, Danielle Wyatt
Australian women's cricket captain Meg Lanning, left, and England women's cricket captain Charlotte Edwards (AP Photo)
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The Southern Stars take on the old enemy England who have been displaying top form in the first semi-final of the ICC Women’s World T20. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 7:30pm (AEDT).

After winning the inaugural tournament, England have finished runner-up the last two times. Australia, on the other hand, know exactly what it takes to win as they gun for their fourth straight having won the other three tournaments.

The Stars barely scraped into the finals, finishing second in Group A behind New Zealand. They managed to win three of their matches but it was only a big win over Ireland in their final match that confirmed their place in the next round as they restricted them to 91 before chasing it down in just 13 overs.

Australia’s first two games saw them beat South Africa by six wickets and Sri Lanka by nine wickets while they suffered a six-wicket smashing at the hands of New Zealand.

England meanwhile finished on the top of Group B not just winning but dominating their games, with the exception of the third one against the West Indies.

That one went down to the last ball, with England only having one wicket in hand. The others, though, saw them defeat Pakistan by 68 runs, India by two wickets with an over to spare and Bangladesh by 36 runs.

While Australia’s bowlers have been firing on all cylinders so far in the tournament, it would be fair to say that the batters need to lift their game. Even in the drubbing against Ireland, only Elyse Villani and Ellyse Perry scored runs, with everyone else failing.

England has been firing in most areas, but the game they only just got over the line in against the West Indies shows us that a bowling attack that does everything right – as the Stars have – can quickly dismantle their top order and they are a little fragile once past that.

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Prediction
The Stars are due for a big performance with the bat, and they have risen to the occasion more than a few times, Can’t see them losing here.

Stars to go through to the final.

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