West Indies captain Hayley Matthews: "We were going to have a bowl first anyway. We have been pretty successful chasing so we are happy how the toss went. It has been pretty crazy reaching this stage but we don't want to stop there. We are hungry to take it two steps further."

On the world's top three being out already: "The world game is growing and it is good we have teams from the middle of the group reaching the finals and it also gives opportunities to teams at the bottom of the rankings."

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine: "It is a new strip for us but we think we can get runs on the board and put pressure on West Indies.

"We've been quite fortunate in terms of our schedule in the past couple of days to reset and absorb the heights. But we've trained really well in the past two days and implement a couple of things we think will help us tonight. We'll relish the opportunity to play in a semi-final.

"The game has grown so much since that tournament [2016 where West Indies beat New Zealand in the semi-finals]. They've changed a little bit. It's a new game and new day."

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Advantage Sophie Devine.

The New Zealand skipper chooses to bat first, which has been a pretty successful recipe at Sharjah during the tournament so far.

Devine is one of the game's most experienced players but she genuinely seems just so happy and excited to be on this stage which nobody really expected.

Good afternoon!

It's time for West Indies v New Zealand, to find out who will be joining South Africa in the final of the Women's T20 World Cup after last year's runners-up produced a stunning performance yesterday to eliminate six-time winners and defending champions Australia.

It's been an unpredictable but thoroughly entertaining tournament so far and amazingly, we're set for the first final without England or Australia in the history of women's World Cups in either format.

Are we in for another surprise today?