Group B, Dubai – Bangladesh win toss & bat
South Africa need 107 to win
Bangladesh 106-3 (20 overs): Mostary 38 (43)
Proteas looking for significant win to boost semi-final hopes
Bangladesh all but out – will be eliminated with defeat
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by Tim Oscroft
Laura Woolvardt is under way with a pull backwards of square leg.
Eight from that first over, while the second will be delivered by Nahida Akter.
Sonia Twigg
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Bangladesh retain the review which is important.
SA 7-0
It was only clipping the very outside of leg stump – Tazmin Brits survives on umpire's call, but Bangladesh retain their review.
They ran a leg-bye so Wolvaardt gets back on strike.
Akter is convinced Brits is out LBW. Given not out, Bangladesh review…
Nikesh Rughani
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds
Lovely bit of timing from Tazmin Brits.
She was leaning back and it was slightly short, but it swung on to the middle of her bat.
Not a great start – it's a wide down leg side to begin with and then off the first legitimate ball, Tazmin Brits guides it down to the boundary at third.
Target: 107
Righto, Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits have strutted out to the middle and Bangladesh's Marufa Akter is set to send down the first over.
More from Scotland's Lister: "Obviously the conditions are tough. It's easy to get wrapped up in the World Cup and the pressures of it as well. I still feel like we've not played our best cricket.
"We were joking at breakfast this morning, a couple of the players have started branching out and speaking to some of the bigger players that we've watched on TV for years now.
"This is definitely the start of something exciting. We'll always remember this one as the first one but there are a lot of us that are excited for what's to come."
Scotland's Ailsa Lister has been speaking to BBC Sport before their final group match against England on Sunday.
"We're buzzing to go and it's always good to play against these these top nations so we're really excited," she said.
"There's something about being a Scottish person when you play England in any sport, it's always exciting.
"Singing that anthem on that first day was an incredible feeling and to be honest that was probably the moment that I was looking forward to the most when we first arrived."
Sonia Twigg
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Bangladesh will be encouraged with how they finished. It's a shame they weren't able to take the risk earlier on.
Thanks Tim – I don't think I've been called 'wise' before…
That was a decent finish by Bangladesh, but defending 106 off 20 overs is a tough ask.
It definitely feels like Bangladesh left a few runs out there. They seemed to be playing catch-up after a disappointing powerplay.
South Africa will be looking to chase this as quick as possible. How quick? We will find out shortly with the wise Tim Oscroft on hand to guide you through proceedings from this point.
Bangladesh finish with 10 from the final over from Ayabonga Khaka, but no boundaries, which will please South Africa.
A little fortuitous as Nigar Sultana Joty swipes to leg and top edges the ball over South Africa wicketkeeper Sinalo Jafta's head and she sets off in pursuit.
Joty picks up a couple.
Ayabonga Khaka will bowl the last over for South Africa. A single to start from Shorna Akter.
Nadine de Klerk with a back-of-the-hand slower ball which brings a filthy swipe from Shorna Akter and the ball loop up but drops short of point.
Next ball and Nigar Sultana Joty thrashes one through the covers on the up and just beats the leap of the fielder.
Shorna Akter with a slap down the ground but the fielder at long-off ensures it's just a single at the end of the over.
Nonkululeko Mlaba finishes with a miserly 1-11 from her four overs.
There's 12 balls left in Bangladesh's innings. Have they left too many runs out there? It's been a very conservative approach.
Mostary b Mlaba 38 (Ban 81-3)
Nonkululeko Mlaba strikes!
With three overs left Sobhana Mostary comes down the track to the South Africa left-arm spinner and goes for an almighty heave-ho across the line.
Mlaba's delivery skips off the pitch and spins from leg to middle before clattering into the stumps.
A bag of liquorice all sorts from Chloe Tryon in her third over, including three wides. A bit yippy, even. She does not seem overly fussed and manages a smile.
Back to Nonkululeko Mlaba, who will bowl her final six balls.
Kirstie Gordon
England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It was a difficult chance diving forward for Annerie Dercksen. It would have been an unbelievable catch.
South Africa are getting a little messy in this last five minutes. They're in a commanding position, but they can't let it slip.
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