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The final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 is being played on Sunday as the England national cricket team takes on the Australia national cricket team at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. The 10th edition of the T20 World Cup was amazing as England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt performed brilliantly for the team in the final.
In this important match, Australia won the toss and decided to field first. They made no changes from their 8-wicket win over West Indies in the semi-finals. Nat Sciver-Brunt’s team also won against South Africa by 40 runs in the semi-finals. In the match, England captain Nate Sciver-Brunt achieved a unique achievement by scoring a half-century.
Nate Sciver-Brunt achieves new milestone
Nat Sciver-Brunt scored her half-century in 45 balls and now holds the record for the most 50-plus scores in the history of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, having registered nine fifty-plus scores in just 31 innings. She has gone ahead of Suzie Bates and Beth Mooney, both of whom have scored more than 50 eight times in 44 and 31 innings respectively.
Sciver-Brunt has joined an elite group by scoring 50 or more runs in both the semi-finals and final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Before her, only Meg Lanning (2016), Beth Mooney (2023) and Laura Wolvaardt (2023) had achieved this incredible feat. He played an unbeaten inning of 58 runs with the help of five fours in 53 balls.
Nat Sciver-Brunt will defend for England
After being invited to bat first in the match, the host team did not have a good start and they lost the wicket of Amy Jones in the second over. After this, Danny Wyatt-Hodge also returned to the pavilion early on just 8 runs. However, the latter has scored 300 runs in a T20 World Cup season for the first time in the history of the tournament.
After that, Alice Capsey and Nate Sciver-Brunt put together a short partnership of 35 runs, with the former playing the aggressive role as she was out for 23 runs off 20 balls. Later, Sciver-Brunt and Freya Kemp put on a partnership of 80 off 55 balls, with the latter scoring 44* off 28 balls.
“I think 150 is fantastic” – Ellis Capsey on England’s batting performance
Alice Capsey said the England camp was happy with the 150, calling it an excellent score in the final. He praised his captain and Kemp for their excellent performance.
“I think 150 is fantastic. The way Nat and Kempy did their job at the end was fantastic. And I think it showed how to play on that pitch. And, yes, it was great to do that in the high pressure of the final.”
“[On her assessment of the conditions and what England’s bowlers need to do] Yes, look, I think when you bowl good line and length, it is quite difficult. So, yes, all the bowlers have their plans and their plans are already in place for their match-ups. So, yeah, looking forward to seeing our bowlers go out there and do their thing today.”
“Yeah, definitely, it’s amazing. I think just trying to take it all in. And, yeah, I think now half the work is done, and we’re just looking forward to going out there as a group and putting on a show for that second half. And, yeah, then we can actually finally enjoy this Lord’s crowd.”
Many more to follow……
