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Hello and welcome to Sydney. The group stages are done and it's almost time for the semi-finals

played on Thursday here at the Sydney Cricket Ground. So many things to discuss as we look

ahead to England versus India and Australia versus South Africa. Can England overcome the

unbeaten Indian side? Will Australia cope without at least Perry? But perhaps most importantly,

how is that weather looking? It's currently dry at the SCG. It has been raining earlier today.

The forecast tomorrow isn't great and there's the real possibility that one or both of the

semi-finals will be washed out. To discuss what it all means and the various permutations,

I'm joined by Amy Loftouts from the BBC Sport website and perhaps the most influential

mancunian duo since the Gallagher's. Welcome, Winner, Alex Hartley and Kate Cross, who is part

of the England squad for this tournament but you've just hobbled around to the media centre

from the England dressing room wearing this enormous moon boot because ahead of England's

last game, you took a bit of a tumble in the warm-up. Tell us how you are, Cross.

Yeah, I'm actually okay. It's a better diagnosis than we first thought. I mean,

the conversation that I was having with Al while I was in the hospital suggested that I was never

playing cricket again. I think I am. I think the shock of it to be honest because I heard

as I landed on the advertising board I heard a big crack and so I think, you know, my worst case

scenario immediately came through to my head and thought I'd broken my leg but it turns out

that I've just damaged a couple of the leg. Turns out she just snaps a sense of humour so she's

alright. We had a great time getting updates while we were on commentary and pictures and, you know,

gas and air. So they gave me the green whistle which I think is quite a popular

form of drug over here. So you suck on this green whistle and it automatically puts the drugs into

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