England v New Zealand: first women’s T20 cricket international – live

Over-by-over updates from the 6.30pm BST start
Read today’s edition of The Spin, from Daniel Gallan

There’s been a bit of rain in Derbs today but tonight’s forecast is good, so we should get a full game.

Every cricket-loving parent will know the feeling. Not a feeling, exactly, more a tiny flicker of hope. A ridiculous, irrational hope that the gods who once reached down and gently kissed the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Ellyse Perry might one day do the same to your little sprog.