Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

England will look at this match as a must win.

The teams have emerged between two rows of spinning miniature sparkler-fireworks, and the national anthems are blasting out to the smattering of fans in the ground.

It's dusk in Sharjah and those temperatures should be starting to drop a bit now.

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England's semi-final loss to South Africa in the 2023 tournament still hurts but Heather Knight feels England have learned their lesson going into this edition.

"We probably did look ahead a little bit, and some players started to turn their heads towards a potential final," said Knight.

"That was a real big mistake but one we've learned from really well."

Australia's Beth Mooney really struggled with the heat during their win over Sri Lanka in the same venue earlier today.

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It may have cooled down a little bit as night falls, although it is all relative - it will stay be over 30 degrees but England will hope their preparations in Abu Dhabi will have helped them.

You didn't have to be Nostradamus to predict there would be a lot of spin tonight, but Heather Knight is confident her side has the tools to combat anything Bangladesh send down.

"We've worked a lot in the build-up on how we play spin and slow bowling, which is what we are expecting to face here," she says.

"We believe we can beat anyone on our best day and our challenge is to put that together on the biggest stage."

England: Maia Bouchier, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Alice Capsey, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight (c), Amy Jones (wk), Danielle Gibson, Sophie Ecclestone, Charlie Dean, Sarah Glenn, Linsey Smith.

Bangladesh: Dilara Akter Dola, Shathi Rani, Sobhana Mostary, Taj Nehar, Nigar Sultana Joty (c) (wk), Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Fahima Khatun, Rabeya Khan, Nahida Akter, Marufa Akter.

Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana: "We would have done the same but it doesn’t matter as we have a good bowling attack and we will look to restrict them.

"It was an emotional game (against Scotland), we had been waiting for this moment and we are looking to shift that through the tournament. We have the capability, we have to execute our game plans."

England captain Heather Knight: "We're going to have a bat. It looks like it's much easier to defend a total.

"This is the first-time we've been to Sharjah. We've been watching the games, we've had really good prep, jumping to get going.

"We're going with four spinners, Bell and Kemp miss out. We've been preparing for a long time, we have to be smart and skilful, maybe a little scrappy at times."

Heather Knight calls 'tails' correctly and decides that England will bat first.

England's T20 World Cup campaign gets under way against Bangladesh, who won their opener with a 16-run victory over Scotland on Thursday.

Skipper Heather Knight has said her team, one of the favourites, will not"turn their heads" to the latter stages of the tournament and this could be a interesting encounter under the lights in Sharjah.