England haven’t won the T20 World Cup since the first edition in 2009, they enter the tournament as heavy favourites alongside India and Australia. India, for all their global might, are yet to win a women’s T20 world title, while Australia have won three on the bounce.

The game's dominant force have won six of the past seven tournaments, while England have generally under-performed with successive semi-final exits.But, for the upcoming tournament in the United Arab Emirates,

Australia and England are set to kick off their Women's T20 World Cup campaigns, with Australia undefeated against Sri Lanka in T20Is and England rebounding from a loss to Australia with a win over New Zealand.