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Colombo: Reigning champions Australia will aim for their second successive title when they take on 2009 winners England in the final of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.
The two teams met in the final group match of the women's event in Galle, with England beating Australia by seven wickets with 11 balls remaining.
England has been undefeated throughout this tournament, posting decisive wins in its group matches and in the semifinal, played against two-time runners up New Zealand.
England beat the White Ferns by seven wickets to reach its second ICC World Twenty20 final in three years.
Australia advanced to the final after beating a spirited West Indies by 28-runs in the second semifinal.
Australia has lost only one match in the tournament, having beaten India and Pakistan in the group stages in Galle.
In the first semifinal played on Thursday, England's spin bowlers restricted the White Ferns to 93 for eight off 20 overs on a slow wicket.
Danielle Wyatt and Holly Colvin finished with two wickets each. Colvin is the leading wicket-taker for England, and is the third-highest wicket-taker of the tournament, with seven.
In addition, three out of the top five run-getters in the tournament are from England, with Edwards the leading run-scorer, Sarah Taylor third and all-rounder Laura Marsh fifth.
In Friday's second semifinal, it was again the bowlers who sealed victory. Australia's Julie Hunter took the only five-for in the women's tournament so far, taking 22 for five in her four overs. Hunter is currently the leading wicket-taker of the tournament, with nine scalps.
While no Australian batter has scored a half century in the tournament to date, three Australians are in the top 10 run-getters list of the tournament, with Meg Lanning fourth, Jess Cameron sixth and Lisa Sthalekar ninth.
For Fields, the priority is to not relinquish Australia's hold on the trophy.
Teams from
England: Charlotte Edwards (captain), Tammy Beaumont, Arran Brindle, Katherine Brunt, Holly Colvin, Lydia Greenway, Jenny Gunn, Danielle Hazell, Amy Jones, Heather Knight, Laura Marsh, Anya Shrubsole, Sarah Taylor, Danielle Wyatt
Australia: Jodie Fields (captain), Alex Blackwell, Nicola Carey, Lauren Ebsary, Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy, Julie Hunter, Jess Jonassen, Meg Lanning, Erin Osborne, Ellyse Perry, Leah Poulton, Lisa Sthalekar.
Pitch and conditions
Spin will still play a key part but don't rule out Katherine Brunt or Ellyse Perry enjoying some success. They are the outstanding pace bowlers in the women's game.
Stats and trivia
Lisa Sthalekar four-over spell for six runs in the semi-final was the second most economical by an Australian in Twenty20 behind Sarah Coyte's 4 for 5 from four overs against India at Billericay in 2011.
The head-to-head between the two teams in T20s stands at 8-4 in England's favour, although it is strictly 8-5 because Australia won the one tied game between the sides in a Super Over, which came in the previous World Twenty20.
Match facts
Sunday October 7, 2012 (day/night)
Start time 1430 local (0900 GMT)
