England's coaching staff turn to their cricket counterparts for inspiration before their opening autumn Test against Australia at Allianz Stadium.

England suffered a semi-final exit at the Womens Cricket World Cup after Laura Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp helped South Africa to a 125-run victory in Guwahati.

England's 236 for 4 blitzed the previous highest score at Hagley Oval by over 30 runs. In the history of international T20 cricket at the venue there had only ever been four scores above 170. All things considered, this was an anomalous performance. And a close-to-perfect one at that.

England could hardly have asked for a better start to the World Cup when they bowled South Africa out for just 69 inside 21 overs. The smiles at the interval told the story. South Africa had been dismissed for the third lowest total in their history after a spectacular collapse from nine for no wicket to 69 all out.