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

WICKET! K Bryce b Dean 33 (Scotland 89-5)

16th over: Scotland 82-4 (K Bryce 28, McColl 1) Bell bags a wicket but also drags down a hit-me ball that Bryce rightly spanks with a scything cut shot. So the over is worth six but England won’t mind as long as they keep chipping away.

WICKET! Jack-Brown b Bell 0 (Scotland 77-4)

15th over: Scotland 76-3 (K Bryce 23, Jack-Brown 0) Gibson’s first over in the World Cup started poorly with a long-hop that Bryce pulled for four. But she adjusted her line and bowled with more zip into the surface and Lister couldn’t generate enough power when she attempted to go over the top. A wicket and five runs off it, not a bad opening return.

WICKET! Lister c Knight b Gibson 11 (Scotland 76-3)

14th over: Scotland 71-2 (Bryce 18, Lister 11) Another good over from Scotland, this time from the seam of Sciver-Brunt. They’re building momentum with a 21-run partnership. Bryce pulls out a cute scoop that’s worth two. Four singles off the bat and a leg-bye to start has things ticking along.

13th over: Scotland 64-2 (K Bryce 14, Lister 9) Scotland have their first six of the tournament as Lister smokes Glenn over the leg side boundary with a mighty slog sweep. Cleared the front leg and got a full swing of the bat, that was meaty! Three singles and a two to start the over add up to Scotland’s most productive set so far worth 11. There was also a bizarre run-out chance as Bryce got her bat stuck in the pitch as she was sliding it home. That meant she had to reach out with her hand to reach safety. A better placed throw from Bell in the outfield would have made things interesting.

12th over: Scotland 53-2 (K Bryce 10, Lister 2) Bell returns and Jones remains standing up to the stumps. Better from the lanky seamer who finds a regular line outside off stump. She starts with three dots and then the Scots work a pair of singles. Lister crouches to the final ball and makes an audacious attempt at a scoop, but she can’t make contact. Great work once again from Jones with the gloves. She really is a cut above.

11th over: Scotland 51-2 (K Bryce 9, Lister 1) Success for Ecclestone who had kept the Scots to just a single from her first three balls. That perhaps compelled S Bryce to force the issue. New batter Lister gets off the mark with a skip down the pitch and a single past extra cover.

WICKET! S Bryce st Jones b Ecclestone 27 (Scotland 50-2)

Umpire’s review pending. Ecclestone might have Sarah Bryce stumped here….

10th over: Scotland 49-1 (S Bryce 27, K Bryce 8) Half-way there and England will certainly be the happier of the two sides. Dean fizzes down another over of spin in next to no time and gives up just three singles. Kathryn twice shimmied across her stumps to swipe a single into the leg side, but there’s not enough power and it’s not placed into a gap to find the boundary.

9th over: Scotland 46-1 (S Bryce 26, K Bryce 6) The Bryce sisters are together at the crease. New batter Katherine is off the mark with a lofted cover drive that is a thing of beauty. She picks up two singles elsewhere, with Sarah registering three of her own, so that Glenn over is worth nine.

WICKET! Horley c Ecclestone b Sciver-Brunt 13 (Scotland 38-1)

7th over: Scotland 34-0 (Horley 10, S Bryce 23) Another over whizzes by. Glenn into the attack and she’s through her work in a flash. her skiddy leg-breaks are straight and testing, but the Scots handle her well, collecting five comfortable singles.

6th over: Scotland 29-0 (Horley 7, S Bryce 21) Well Scotland aren’t exactly exploding over the horizon, but they’re unblemished after the powerplay. A direct hit from Dean’s throw at the non-striker’s end would have changed that. Instead Bryce’s dive saw her home for a quick single. Three more singles from Ecclestone’s over means it’s a handy start for the underdogs, but they’ll want to kick on now.

5th over: Scotland 25-0 (Horley 5, S Bryce 19) Sarah Bryce is in the groove now. She unfurled a gorgeous cover drive for four after charging to the pitch of a slower tossed-up ball from Dean. That was the shot of the game by a mile. From there it was all about manipulating the field; three singles and a couple for Bryce off her hips.

4th over: Scotland 16-0 (Horley 4, S Bryce 11) They’re motoring through their overs. Helps when you’ve got spin at both ends, which is what they have now with Sophie Ecclestone into the attack. As you’d expect from the world’s number one bowler in this format she’s on the money from the very first. Zippy through the air, she gives up two singles, one a scampered single to Dean at mid-off who was caught day dreaming a touch.

3rd over: Scotland 14-0 (Horley 3, S Bryce 10) Another over ends with a flashing blade, an outside edge and a boundary for Bryce. Charlie Dean’s first over is tidy – conceding two singles and a tight wide down leg – – until she dangles a teaser wide outside off stump. Bryce throws her hands at it and gets enough wood on it to see it fly down to deep third for four.

2nd over: Scotland 7-0 (Horley 2, S Bryce 5) Lauren Bell’s first over in the tournament is a little all over the place. She’s lucky not to concede a wide with her first ball down leg as it clipped a pad. Just two runs off the bat means it’s not a bad return, but she’ll want to find her radar and target the off-stump more in her next set.

1st over: Scotland 5-0 (Horley 1, Bryce 4) The final ball is edged for four, but it was a loose delivery from Sciver-Brunt that was wide outside off stump. Otherwise she was tidy, conceding just a single to Horley who steered one off her back foot behind point.

It’s Sciver-Brunt with the new ball.

Nasser has just shared an interesting stat. Scotland have not hit a six all tournament. England have managed just one themselves so far.

Anthems now.

Flower of Scotland up first, which is such a banger!

Dunkley gets an opportunity with Capsey sidelined with illness. Bell’s seam replaces Smith’s spin.

McColl comes into the picture with Chatterji missing out.

No Alice Capsey, you might have noticed. That’s not the only change for England but it is the only enforced switch.

Capsey has been struck low by an illness that has afflicted several English players. Could that impact their performance?

Teams

Scotland win the toss and bat first

Some Sunday morning reading:

Barney Ronay on England’s male maestros:

Simon Burnton on the team’s wow factor:

James Wallace on one the group’s less celebrated figures:

Australia all but cemented their place in the last four, but their victory might be filed under P for ‘Pyrrhic’.

Their skipper, Alyssa Healy, limped off as she was steering her team to a comfortably run chase against Pakistan.

Healy could return to full match sharpness but the same is sadly not true for bowler Tayla Vlaemink who dislocated her shoulder while fielding.

Preamble