Charlotte Edwards reckons that Sarah Taylor is going to move up the order for England and open in place of Lauren Winfield. She's done it before but still. Not ideal for England, on the eve of the World Cup, to have to rearrange their plans.

England captain Heather Knight: "I'm usually a dreadful tosser, so it's good to win the toss - we're going to have a bowl, there's a bit of cloud around and hopefully it'll move around a bit. We've got a core of senior players and a few players in their first World Cup, so it's a nice mix.

"You don't want to read too much into warm-up games although we've had a few convincing win, but it's all about what we do today. We want to play exciting and smart cricket."

It's brightened up a tad at Derby as Heather Knight tosses up the coin - and she's called correctly! England will have a bowl first.

Charlotte Edwards knows a thing or two about World Cup winners, having led England to the title in 2009 in Australia.

She's picked out three of the likely stars of this year's edition - have a listen below.

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BBC Sport at Derby

It was hard not to feel sorry for Lauren Winfield as she spent most of England's training session yesterday alone. Throwing balls back, some solo fitness work, a run around the boundary. She did manage a gentle, one-handed hit, raising optimism that her wrist injury is only short-term.

England were dealt a blow yesterday when opener Lauren Winfield was ruled out of today's match with a wrist problem.

The Yorkshire batter is likely to miss the second game against Pakistan on Tuesday and will be assessed next week.

It's a big loss - since the beginning of June last year, Winfield has scored more one-day international runs for England than all but Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver.

Captain Heather Knight said Winfield's replacement in the side has been told, but did not say who it was. Which all sounds a bit mysterious.

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Fancy a brief history lesson? Course you do...

The Women's World Cup has been around longer than the men's version - copycats - after former England captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint persuaded her friend Sir Jack Hayward to sponsor the first event in 1973.

Sir Jack willingly paid up £40,000 - and Heyhoe Flint repaid his goodwill by leading England to the title.

Eight teams have competed at each World Cup since 2000, and the ICC has been in charge of things since 2009.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Derby

The mini heatwave has ended (I hope you enjoyed your summer) and it's a grey old day in Derby. Heather Knight said yesterday that she wouldn't mind some English conditions. She's got them. A day for a sweater, not shorts.

Hello! Ready for some cricket? I've just about recovered from the dual delight of last night's England v South Africa Twenty20 and Radiohead's magnificent Glastonbury set. We'll bring you live text commentary of England v India, as well as regular updates from New Zealand v Sri Lanka.

Eight teams, five venues, 31 matches, 17 days. That's the schedule for this year's Women's World Cup.

And today is where it all begins. England take on India at Derby, while New Zealand face Sri Lanka at Bristol.

(The women's trophy is the one on the right. It travelled around the country with the Champions Trophy. Presumably in case they got lonely.)

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