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The 2010 Women's World Cup gets underway on Friday with all the action live on Sky Sports.

New Zealand go in search of fourth straight title

The 2010 Women's World Cup gets underway on Friday and all the action can be seen live and exclusively on Sky Sports. Holders New Zealand will once again go into the tournament as slight favourites over the tournament hosts, with this being the sixth event since it began in 1991. The success of the inaugural tournament in Wales laid the foundations for the future and proved the viability of such a competition, from which the Women's World Cup has continued to grow to the present day. All of the Pool games will take place at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford with the semi-finals and final to be played at the Twickenham Stoop on September 5. Pools: A: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Wales
B: England, Ireland, Kazakhstan, USA
C: Canada, France, Scotland, Sweden Fixtures -
Pool A
20 Aug, 14:00 - Wales v Australia
20 Aug, 16:15 - New Zealand v South Africa
24 Aug, 12:00 - Wales v South Africa
24 Aug, 16:15 - New Zealand v Australia
28 Aug, 14:00 -New Zealand v Wales
28 Aug, 16:15 - Australia v South Africa Pool B
20 Aug, 14:15 - USA v Kazakhstan
20 Aug, 18:30 - England v Ireland
24 Aug, 16:30 - USA v Ireland
24 Aug, 18:30 - England v Kazakhstan
28 Aug, 16:30 - Ireland v Kazakhstan
28 Aug, 18:30 - England v USA Pool C
20 Aug, 12:00 - Canada v Scotland
20 Aug, 16:30 - France v Sweden
24 Aug, 14:00 - France v Scotland
24 Aug, 14:15 - Canada v Sweden
28 Aug, 12:00 - Scotland v Sweden
28 Aug, 14:15 - France v Canada England will be confident of depriving New Zealand of their fourth straight title under the stewardship of head coach Gary Street and captain Catherine Spencer. The squad arrive fresh from a camp in Wellington College where they have spent the past week training. Like the 12 other World Cup contenders, England will be based at the Sports Park for the duration of the tournament and will also play all of their Pool encounters at the multi-million pound facility. "It's fantastic to finally be here at the venue and know that we are now just days away from the start of this World Cup," Spencer said, with England's games being shown on Sky Sports. "Surrey is a fantastic venue for this tournament, and already we have seen several of the teams around the facility looking like they are really enjoying themselves. Our first game is against Ireland on Friday and we know that is going to be a seriously tough opener, but now we just can't wait to take to the field."