How England beat Australia 3-1 to set up Women's World Cup final meeting with Spain

21' Australia 0-0 England

England have come out quite physical here with some bad tackles and pushes that haven't always been punished by the referee.

Australia will have to be careful not to get overly frustrated, as you can see Caitlin Foord is already fuming at being shoved by Lucy Bronze.

20' Australia 0-0 England

Australia's centre-backs are sticking very tight to the two England forwards, so Toone and Stanway's runs in advance of them are causing real problems.

18' Australia 0-0 England

England's link-up play has been excellent so far.

A goal kick from Earps is taking down by Hemp and she picks out Toone's run who, in turn, finds Russo making a charge towards the penalty area.

Although, the angle narrows significantly for the Arsenal striker so her strike flies comfortably wide of the target.

15' Australia 0-0 England

Not ideal at all that arguably England's best player, Alex Greenwood has picked up an early yellow card. Controversially, she had to do it - Australia were quick on the break and Greenwood felt she had to make a sacrifice to prevent another Kerr opportunity opening up behind her.

Greenwood will need to be cautious and smart now - this is not a game England can afford to drop a defensive player - not when Kerr is hot on everyone's heels and keen to make an immediate impact back in her first start.

11' Australia 0-0 England

Australia look to break from the resulting corner and Kerr is leading the charge.

That is until she breaks past Greenwood who, sensing danger, brings down the Australia star and is shown the game's first yellow card.

9' Australia 0-0 England

Straight up the other end and a huge save from Arnold.

Greenwood's excellent lofted ball found Stanway inside the Australia penalty area and, from a few yards out, she had to score.

But Arnold was equal to her effort, stretching out a leg to turn it around the post.

8' Australia 0-0 England

That has increased the volume inside Stadium Australia!

A brilliant raking long ball picked out Kerr in behind the England defence — who looked like she had gone a few seconds early — and she was not for catching as she broke into the penalty area.

Her low effort, though, was well saved by Earps and the flag went up to signal that the Chelsea striker had gone too early.

7' Australia 0-0 England

The wait before the walkout in a big game is arguably the hardest part. The suspense, the noise, the pressure.

But it's also the time to finalise any visualisations you may be having about how you ideally want the game to play out, what actions you hope to achieve, the personal targets you may have set, the final bits of advice given by your coaches, those last minute words of wisdom by the manager - this is the time when it all the thoughts crystalise into reality and it's all on you.

3' Australia 0-0 England

That's an uncharacteristic poorly timed challenge from Keira Walsh. She is usually such a good reader of the game.

2' Australia 0-0 England

The first action of the game leaves Kerr on the floor in the centre circle as Walsh accidentally trips her up.

Had that not been in the first minute, Walsh may have been shown a yellow card but the concession free-kick is the only punishment.

1' Australia 0-0 England

The anthems are done, the coin toss is done, the countdown is done.

It's game time.

Toone takes the kick-off and we are underway in the second semi-final of the 2023 Women's World Cup.

Will it be Australia or England joining Spain in Sunday's final?

Both teams have emerged from the tunnel and are met by a wall of noise from the 75,000 supporters inside Stadium Australia.

Now, time for the national anthems.

Weird stat alert.

Both England and Australia's starting XIs have an average of 27.5 years.

Those eagle-eyed fans among you may have noticed that a different ball is being used for the final few games of the tournament.

A gold variant of the Adidas ball was used in the first semi-final yesterday and will be used today as well as in the third place play-off and in the final on Sunday.