By Claire Taylor England cricketer at the Women's World Cup

The mood in the camp is positive, though I can detect an air of edginess

One of my mottos is to treat every game the same, but I'm finding it really hard to approach Tuesday's World Cup semi-final against Australia as if it were just another cricket match.

My mind is swinging like a pendulum between normal practice and thoughts that we are only one game away from the final - or a plane home.

It's an immensely important game for England in terms of the hard work and sacrifice that each player has made over the past three years.

The mood in the camp is positive, though I can detect an air of edginess.

Different players respond differently to pressure.

Some need to feel that every game is a terribly important one in order to get sufficiently fired up.

For me, it's a case of getting down to some good training and reaffirming my talents so I can go into the game confident I will do well if I put my best foot forward.

It would be easy to get caught up in the moment and the desire to help England show the world what we can do, but that can be dangerous. I need to remain on an even keel.

I am happy with my form and will face Australia with confidence

But there is no doubt this is a golden opportunity to demonstrate how far we've come as a team.

It was disappointing we were rained out on Sunday in the final group game against West Indies, particularly after the loss to New Zealand.

It deprived us of the chance to finish higher than fourth on the table, but those things are out of our control and we just have to concentrate on playing Australia now.

Our coach, Richard Bates, has mostly been in the background since we left Pretoria and arrived in Potchefstroom.

The girls have been left to their own devices and Monday morning was a leisurely time, but we will have a solid training session in the afternoon and I'm sure Batesy will come to the fore.

He has made a big difference to England, and since our group game against Australia was washed out the Aussies haven't had a chance to see it.

John Harmer was in charge the last time we played them in the 2003 Ashes, and he left a group of players who were growing in confidence in their technical ability.

But Batesy has changed how we think of the game tactically, how we build innings as batters and how we defend totals as bowlers.

We are without doubt a smarter side than we were two years ago, and the extra individual coaching has added to each player's skill levels.

I continue to be happy with my own form with the bat in the World Cup, and my confidence levels are high as a result.

But it's a clean slate against Australia and everything that has gone on before suddenly becomes irrelevant.