An unbroken partnership of 80 for the fifth wicket between Nat Sciver-Brunt and Freya Kemp in the final 9 overs of the innings has given England hope of a first WC T20 title since 2009. Beth Mooney has other plans as she goes on the attack straight from the off and Australia reach 62-1 at the end of the Powerplay. 98-1 at the halfway stage - it's a runaway train at the moment with Mooney and Phoebe Lichfield in overdrive. Their partnership is worth exactly 100 before Lichfield is bowled by a Dean delivery that kept low. Mooney given out lbw with the third umpire ignoring a tiny spike as the ball passed the bat, job done however with only 11 more required. Another third umpire decision goes Australia's way this time as a Sophie Ecclestone catch at mid-off is ruled out - harsh! Ecclestone ends the match by firing five Wides down the leg side, it looked like that was a bit of a reaction to that caught decision. However no doubt about who was the better side - Australian power blew away all that England threw at them.

Shaky start by England with Amy Jones gone to Ismail's first delivery. Marizanne Kapp bowls Danni Wyatt-Hodge in the next and Ismail has a second when Alice Capsey inexplicably fails to review her lbw decision - Ultraedge showing a huge inside edge as she watches back in the dugout. The Powerplay ends with England 35-3 and a lot riding on the current partnership of skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt and Heather Knight. Well! Deliver they did, piling up a 133 run partnership before both fell to Mlaba's in the nineteenth over. Decent start to the chase by South Africa but only Tamzin Brits was able to make any impression of the England attack which took wickets at regular intervals with South Africa unable to match England's boundary count. So it's to be an England versus Australia Final at Lord's on Sunday with the match starting at 3.30.

The West Indies found it hard to get any momentum after being asked to bat first by Australia whose spinners dominated proceedings. Thankfully the last three overs produced 34 runs to give the Windies some hope, however small, of posting a defendable total. Beth Mooney sets off at a gallop but loses opening partner Georgia Voll for 16 and Phoebe Lichfield for 4 but the end of the Powerplay sees Australia at 63-2. Elysse Perry walks off accompanied by the physio at the end of the seventh - presumably retired hurt. Ash Gardner joins Mooney and together they rattle up a 50 partnership in 35 balls in a dominant display by Australia, who win with seven overs to spare.

A win for South Africa plus an Australian victory over India later today would see the Proteas into the semi-finals and India on the plane home. Well that's the first part of the equation complete. A very nervy win for South Africa and a gutsy defence of their moderate total by Bangladesh. Wickets off the first balls of each innings must be some sort of World Cup record you would imagine. The pitch is slow with a little bit of spin evident and the bounce is low, it will be interesting what Australia and India make of it later.

With their continued participation hanging on the result India benefitted from some uncharacteristic lapses in the field to mount a late surge that saw 36 runs come from the final two overs. Chief beneficiary was skipper Harmanpreet Kaur who blasted 56 off just 27 balls (6x4, 3x6) It will take a record chase in World Cups for Australia if they are to chase this down. Chase it down they did - and how! Elysse Perry and Ash Gardner blasting a century partnership off just 57 balls. An Australian record World Cup chase and even an over to spare. A bad day for Indian fans in both London and Belfast - 'A Tale of Two Cities' - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." The semi-final lineups confirmed as Australia v West Indies on Tuesday and England versus South Africa on Thursday.

Ayesha Zafar and Gul Feroza added 79 in quick time after the departure of opener Muneeb Ali but otherwise it's been slow going for Pakistan. Netherlands unlucky with Feroza dropped, a wicket, and an Umpire's call going against them in the penultimate over. A wicket and another drop in the twentieth plus an edged boundary gives Pakistan a few more than they deserved. Feroza finishes unbeaten, could her innings be the difference today. Great support for the Dutch who seem to have brought a large contingent of supporters to the tournament - will they have something special to celebrate later? Heather Siegers gives the Dutch a quick start but is lbw as Pakistan review umpire Rathi's not out call and Molkenboer run out by a direct hit in the next over. De Leede and Kalis tried to rebuild but struggled to get any momentum against the spinners. Rate climbing all the time as the Dutch have little to offer other than singles into the legside, and lose wickets attempting even that. Fatima Sana wraps things up with a triple wicket maiden in the eighteenth - easy pickings.

An excellent display with the ball by the Girls in Green has given them a great chance to break their World Cup duck. Gaby Lewis gone inside the Powerplay driving to Hayley Matthews at mid on. Ireland creep ahead of the rate after nine overs but they need to keep things ticking along. No need to say that a lot depends on this Hunter and Prendergast partnership and of course they know that, so it's a case of balancing aggression with caution. Their partnership ends worth 62 when Hunter swings to leg but an outside edge is well caught at cover. Prendergast picks out Dottin at deep square with only 21 required - did I say ONLY 21? Nervy nudges from Rebecca Stokell and Leah Paul, and then a Stokell boundary. Paul lobs to mid off with still a dozen needed. What did Billie-Jean King say - "Pressure is a privilege". 12 off 18 is the equation and Stokell is down the pitch for a boundary over mid-off. It's 4 off 12 for history and Louise Little to face Alleyne, she clears her front leg and clears mid-on, Ireland have broken their World Cup duck at the twenty-second attempt.

Kiwi openers add 70 but both gone in consecutive balls - Izzy Gaze to the last ball of the tenth over and Melie Kerr to the first of the eleventh. Disaster as Izzy Sharp drags on two balls later without scoring. Three maximums in a 14 ball 30 from Sophie Devine boosted the rate and better than a run-a-ball contributions from Brooke Halliday and Suzie Bates (19) carried the Kiwis to a respectable total. Not a given for England but they will be favourites to chase this down. Well how emphatic was that - an unbroken 128 run partnership between Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Sophia Dunkley seeing England to the win with almost three overs to spare. The end of the road for New Zealand and the end of the road also for three of their all-time greats, as Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates and Lea Tahuhu head into retirement. Ireland's win earlier in the day meant that New Zealand had their fate in their own hands, but it will be the Windies who will progress along with England who finish the group unbeaten and look a formidable force heading into the home straight.

A 53 run partnership in just 32 balls between Ailsa Lister and Sarah Bryce boosted Scotland's total in the closing overs to something that might hope to defend. Athapaththu starts the chase where she left of against Ireland blasting 26 in the opening two overs but once she was gone Scotland kept chipping away keeping the scoring rate under control with a run-a-ball from half distance required by Sri Lanka. But tight bowling from the Scots meant 27 were needed off the final three overs. A dropped catch that went for a boundary kept Sri Lanka alive and another four next ball made them favourites only for Slater to follow up with a wicket off the next. 17 off 2 overs with skipper Kathryn Bryce to bowl the nineteenth. Fontenla drops her second catch in as many overs and it's Sri Lanka's to lose with just seven required off the last. Have Scotland let the win quite literally slip through their fingers? Rachel Slater to bowl the last - 1. 1. 'DilScoop over the keeper for 2. Three needed off three but Slater pulls out of delivery - twice! On the ground with the physio working on her left knee. Heads being shaken - off she goes in tears. Sri Lanka have been running everything, so the field needs to be much tighter - it's too easy at the moment. Hit straight to backward point but comfortably home and the next cut away for a boundary. Scotland have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

A Shafali Verma half-century steered India to a comfortable win over Bangladesh with three overs to spare.

The semi-finalists from Group 1 will be decided on Sunday when unbeaten Australia take on India and South Africa face Bangladesh. Wins for Australia and South Africa will see India knocked out.

Danni Wyatt-Hodge shared partnerships of 66 with Alice Capsey and 40 with Heather Knight as England racked up their winning total. Windies never in a position to challenge that effort by England and it was only a breezy 51* off 30 balls (4x4, 2x6) that gave their fans something to cheer in the final overs.

A superb innings by Darcy Carter was not enough to claim the win for her side as Kiwi pair Izzy Sharp and Brooke Halliday added 101 after Kathryn Bryce had removed both openers in her first two over. New Zealand live to fight another day.

With Amy Hunter and Orla Prendergast both failing to score it was Gaby Lewis and late runs from Alice Tector that gave Ireland the prospect of a defendable total. The Sri Lankan chase starts at a gallop - 50 up in the first five overs Chamari Athapaththu with 46 of them. No let up in the next five overs as Athapaththu goes to 50 off just 30 balls and the total to 86, any thoughts of 130 being enough long gone. Sri Lanka, or should I say Athapaththu, blasts Ireland to defeat with four and a half overs to spare.

A century partnership inside ten overs between Ellyse Perry and Georgia Voll set Australia on their way to a big total after Beth Mooney was dismissed first ball of the match. No challenge from Pakistan after Muneeba Ali ran out two of her partners and another down the order went the same way - coaches pictured heads in hands. Total capitulation as the last five wickets tumble for just 12 runs.

Sri Lanka were reduced to 9-3 by a Hayley Matthews opening spell, claiming all three in her first two overs. From there 98 represented a reasonable final total which they fought hard to defend but Stefanie Taylor's unbeaten 26 saw the Windies home and a 3 wins from three record.

No doubt who the Player of the Match is today - Marizanne Kapp blasted 81* off just 45 deliveries to claim the win for her side.

Australia were put into bat in their game against the Dutch in Southampton, with the Aussies making 219-6 from their 20 overs. Beth Mooney top scored with 74 before she retired hurt with Ash Gardner (58) and Georgia Wareham (41) also contributing. Iris Zwilling (3-52) was the pick of the bowlers for the Netherlands.The Netherlands lost both openers early in their reply, and from then on didn't really try to chase their big target, instead batting out their overs. Babette de Leede and Sterre Kalis added 96 for the third wicket before the latter was out for 44 in the final over. De Leede finished unbeaten on 56 out of the Dutch total of 121-3, a 98 run win for the Aussies.

Freya Kemp and Dani Gibson plundered 59 runs off the final 3 overs of the England innings. Kemp's 39* came off 16 balls and Gibson's 30* off 11. A quick start to the chase by Scotland but Katherine Fraser and Kathryn Bryce are bowled sweeping at Dean and Ecclestone. Carter swings across the line and is bowled by Ecclestone and the required rate which started at 10s is already up over 12 - 73-3 at the halfway stage. Wickets tumble and the Scots have no one to match the power hitting of Kemp and Gibson but Pippa Sproul and Kirstie Gordan gave it a real go with a 47 run partnership for the seventh wicket.

Prendergast and Stokell both fall to Melie Kerr in the eighteenth over leaving Ireland needing 25 off the final two overs. Lewis skies to Suzie Bates at extra cover in the nineteenth - no one able to do for Ireland what Bates did at the back end of the Kiwi innings, hitting the final delivery for 6. Fifteen required off the final over to be bowled by Bates and 10 doesn't do the job.

The Netherlands lost their last 5 wickets for the addition of only 1 run in the space of 9 balls.

Two wickets in Kapp's opening overs and a third in her second rocked Pakistan who had opted to bat first. Their cause was not helped with three chaotic run-outs but skipper Fatima Sana and Tuba Hassan added 71 for the ninth wicket to give her side a total to defend. Annerie Dercksen takes 21 off the fifth over after a watchful start, helped by some awful Pakistan fielding. Second T20I half century for Annerie Dercksen (51*) from 32 balls - 7 fours, 2 sixes. Kapp given out stumped - don't think she's too enamoured with the decision. One brings two as Dercksen goes. Little wobble for SA. Five down and 34 still needed. Having reached 107 for 5 at drinks they lose a wicket straight after. Could there be a late twist? Pakistan fielding and catching has been abysmal. If they had been on it, this could have been a win for them. It's getting nervy with 8 down. South Africa far from convincing but get the win.

An improved performance saw Ireland battle bravely as they tried to defend 118 with two wickets apiece for Aimee Maguire and Orla Prendergast. In the end not enough runs allied with England's depth and experience meant a four-wicket loss and still looking for that elusive first World Cup win.

Scotland produced a commanding display to defeat Ireland by 40 runs in their Women’s T20 World Cup Group 2 clash in Manchester, brutally exposing an Irish side that struggled to cope with the occasion. The foundation of Scotland’s 161-5 was a superb third-wicket partnership of 106 between the Bryce sisters. Captain Kathryn Bryce led from the front with an excellent 60 from just 39 balls, striking six fours and a six, while Sarah Bryce contributed 49 from 35 deliveries, including four boundaries and a maximum. Ava Canning was Ireland’s standout bowler, claiming 3-27. Ireland’s reply never gathered momentum as the required rate steadily climbed. Amy Hunter battled hard for a top score of 39, hitting five fours, while Orla Prendergast made 33, but neither could produce the sustained acceleration needed to threaten Scotland’s total. Any hopes of an Irish recovery were effectively ended by Kirstie Gordon, who ripped through the middle order with three wickets in a decisive over on her way to figures of 3-16. Kathryn Fraser also claimed 3-19, while skipper Kathryn Bryce capped a fine all-round performance with 2-19. As Ireland were dismissed for 121 in the 20th over, Scotland secured a deserved victory. Ireland now have plenty to ponder ahead of a daunting encounter with England on Tuesday.