Summary

  • Lanning steers Australia to easy win with 48 not out

  • Joty hits classy half-century but struggles for support (Ban 107-7)

  • Brown strikes twice with new ball to leave Bangladesh 11-2

  • Three wickets for Wareham on return to side

  • Australia thrashed NZ in their opening game while Bangladesh lost to Sri Lanka

Live Reporting

Um-E-Aymen Babar and Callum Matthews

  1. Hartley's players to watch

    BBC Sport have teamed up with former England spinner and BBC Test Match Special pundit Alex Hartley to get her predictions and players to look out for at this World Cup.

    A banner image showing Alex Hartley has picked Grace Harris and Darcie Brown as her two Australia players to watch at the Women's T20 World Cup 2023. Hartley has predicted Australia will win the tournament, as has BBC Sport's cricket writer Ffion WynneBBC Sport

    "Darcie Brown is going to be key for Australia with the new ball," says Hartley. "She's one of the fastest in the game and has great control of her variations, too.

    "Grace Harris is going to have a big role to play with the bat. She's so powerful and can change a game in the space of about 10 balls. Australia will rely on her if they do lose quick wickets, because of how destructive she is in the middle order and at the end of an innings."

    A banner image showing Alex Hartley has picked Nigar Sultana Joty and Shorna Akter as her two Bangladesh players to watch at the Women's T20 World Cup 2023. Hartley has predicted Bangladesh will be eliminated in the group stages, as does BBC Sport cricket writer Ffion WynneBBC Sport

    "Captain Nigar Sultana Joty is going to be so important because she had a great run in the qualifiers, averaging around 78 with the bat, which is so impressive," says Hartley. "They tend to knock the ball around and play as a team - they don't really boast many power hitters.

    "But they have called up Shorna Akter from the under-19 team, who is a powerful player with a strike-rate of around 150 so that could make a real difference, and she also bowls leg-spin which is always a big weapon.

    "I think they could cause some surprise results in their group."

  2. 'We would have bowled anyway'

    Australia captain Meg Lanning: "We would probably have had a bowl first to see what the condtions are like. We'll just have to do well regardless of what we're doing first.

    "We've looked at what we can but we've got to focus on what we're doing and do it well."

    On Monday's Women's Premier League draft: "We let individuals deal with it how they wanted to, that was important, and now today we've gone back into game mode."

  3. Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty: "We will bat first, it's a new track for us and we want to put a score on the board.

    "We had a great start batting last time, we have a good batting unit and we're looking forward to playing.

    "We want to give our best and contribute to the team."

  4. Bangladesh win the toss and choose to bat

    CaptainsGetty Images

    Heads is the call and heads it is.

    Nigar Sultana Joty fancies a bat.

  5. Time for us to head out to the middle for the toss.

    We're at St George's Park in Gqeberha today for the first time, so it'll be interesting to see what the winning captain decides to do.

  6. Ashleigh GardenerGetty Images

    Another day.

    Another game.

    Just the one today though, not the double-header treats we've been bringing you in the last few days.

    However, we are about to see some of the greatest players in the world. What's not to like?