Amy Lofthouse
BBC Sport at Manuka Oval

It was my birthday yesterday, so we headed out into Canberra after yesterday's match. Our taxi driver was very excited to hear we worked at the cricket - but he was less impressed when he realised we weren't actually part of the dance troupe that performs at the start of all the games...

Bangladesh's anthem is up first. Unkindly, they've been given some very tall child mascots to stand behind.

But there are plenty of green-shirted fans in the stands and on the grassy banks who will be cheering on the Tigers all the way.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh are also in the "have been flayed around the park by Shafali Verma" club. Which will have plenty of members by the end of this tournament. And for the next couple of decades...

It's been lost one, won one for the hosts so far:

Australia: Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Meg Lanning (capt), Ellyse Perry, Rachael Haynes, Annabel Sutherland, Nicola Carey, Georgia Wareham, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt.

Bangladesh: Shamima Sultana, Murshida Khatun, Sanjida Islam, Nigar Sultana Joty (wk), Fargana Hoque Pinky, Rumana Ahmed, Fahima Khatun, Jahanara Alam, Salma Khatun (capt), Nahida Akter, Khadiza-Tul Kubra.

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Amy Lofthouse
BBC Sport at Manuka Oval

You know the cliche of there’s not a cloud in the sky? That’s true of Canberra this evening. This is the view from our commentary box - I would have hung out of the window for a photo but my balance is, famously, absolutely appalling.

Image source, BBC Sport

But just when all looked lost for the White Ferns, teenager Amelia Kerr produced a fantastic knock which dragged them to the brink of a shock win:

To get you up to speed, the India-New Zealand game started with another astonishing cameo from 16-year-old India opener Shafali Verma, who hit back-to-back sixes in her 46 from 34 balls.

Bangladesh captain Salma Khatun: "We want a good start. We are very excited to play Australia."

Australia captain Meg Lanning: "It's a good batting deck here in Canberra and it gives us a chance to get a good start. We don't know Bangladesh that well but they played very well against India the other night. We have done our research, now it's about transferring that to the park.

On Ellyse Perry's shoulder: "It's all good, she is all good to go."

Australia win the toss and will bat first. They have brought in Annabel Sutherland and Georgia Wareham.

Captain Meg Lanning can't remember at the toss who she's left out - but I can confirm it's Delissa Kimmince and Molly Strano who step down.

Welcome back. We've switched attention from Melbourne to Canberra, where we have a historic first meeting between Australia and Bangladesh, who have never met in women's international cricket.

But if you've not been with us since the wee small hours, you missed a cracker between New Zealand and India. More on that in a minute, while we wait for the toss at Manuka Oval.

With all that concluded, we're going to pause this live text for about 20 minutes - you can have a read of Tom's report in the meantime.

We'll be back around 07:30 GMT to bring you the preliminaries from Australia v Bangladesh in Canberra.

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur: "It's a great feeling when your team are performing, we've learned a lot over these three games. We got a good 10 overs but didn't carry on that momentum. We bowled well, sometimes we were not bowling to our plan but now we're going to get harder games and we can't have silly mistakes. Shafali Verma is giving us good starts, I hope she can continue."

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine: "We thought we did a fantastic job to restrict them to 133 on a good wicket, the way Shafali Verma came out. We were expecting it to be a bit pacier and bouncier, but the spinners managed to tie them down, we had to adapt quickly.

"The way we nearly closed out the game was fantastic - Amelia Kerr did a briliant job to get us that close. We were close today, but not quite [close enough]. We don't have too long to sulk about it, as we're back on against Bangladesh on Saturday."

This was an outrageous ramp shot from Amelia Kerr which gave New Zealand hope of a win, or at least of another super over:

Player of the match Shafali Verma, who hit 46 from 34 balls: "I'm very happy with the performance, I just want to keep doing it for the team.

"Even though they were not giving me easy runs, I was just waiting for the loose balls, which is one of my strengths.

"I definitely will improve, I want to thank my father and all the boys in the academy for helping me practice."

But this is how India completed their third win in as many games:

And here's a couple of those big blows by Amelia Kerr which brought New Zealand so close to victory: