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2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup final
Match programme cover
Event2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
England Australia
England Australia
150/4 153/3
20 overs 17.1 overs
Australia won by 7 wickets
Date5 July 2026 15:30 UTC+1
VenueLord's, London
Player of the matchBeth Mooney (Aus)
UmpiresVrinda Rathi (Ind) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Attendance28,000
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The 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup final was a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket match played at Lord's in London, England, on 5 July 2026 to determine the winner of the 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. It was played between Australia and England.

Australia won the toss and elected to field first; England managed to score 150/4 in their innings. In the second innings, Australia chased down the target in 17.1 overs to win their record seventh title. The match was attended by 28,000 spectators and viewed by 678,000 viewers across the Sky network.

Background

The 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup was the tenth edition of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, a biennial world cup for women's cricket in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) format, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[1] In July 2022 as part of the 2024–2027 ICC women's hosts cycle, the ICC announced that the 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup would be played in England.[2][3]

In May 2025, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the venues for the tournament, with Lord's in London, England named as the venue for the final scheduled for 5 July 2026.[4][5] Lord's would be the first venue to host two Women's T20 World Cup finals having hosted the final of the inaugural edition in 2009.[6][7]

This was Australia's eighth T20 World Cup final after being winners in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2023 and runners-up in 2016 while it was England's fifth final after being winners in 2009 and runners-up in 2012, 2014 and 2018. Australia and England had previously played each other in three T20 World Cup finals, with Australia winning on all three occasions.[8][9][10]

Closing ceremony

On 2 July, the ICC announced that Rita Ora would perform during the pre-match closing ceremony, while Clean Bandit would perform after the match.[11][12] In the pre-match ceremony Rita Ora performed "Praising You", "I Will Never Let You Down", "Ritual", "For You", "Believe" (cover), "Your Song", "Let You Love Me" and "Anywhere".[13] In the post-match performance Clean Bandit performed "Symphony", "Rockabye", "Solo" and "Nowhere".[14]

Road to the final

Overview

Australia  vs  England
OpponentDateResultPointsMatchOpponentDateResultPoints
Group A Group stage Group B
 South Africa13 June 2026Won2 1  Sri Lanka12 June 2026Won2
 Bangladesh17 June 2026Won4 2  Ireland16 June 2026Won4
 Netherlands20 June 2026Won6 3  Scotland20 June 2026Won6
 Pakistan23 June 2026Won8 4  West Indies24 June 2026Won8
 India28 June 2026Won10 5  New Zealand27 June 2026Won10
Semi-final 1 Knockout stage Semi-final 2
 West Indies30 June 2026Won SF  South Africa2 July 2026Won
2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup final

Australia

Australia began their T20 World Cup campaign with a victory over South Africa at Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester[17] and went on to defeat Bangladesh at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds,[18] Netherlands at Rose Bowl in Southampton,[19] Pakistan in Leeds[20] and India at Lord's[21] to finish the group stage as winners of Group A.[16] Australia then defeated West Indies in the semi-final 1 at The Oval in London to qualify for their record eighth T20 World Cup final.[22]

England

England began their T20 World Cup campaign with a victory over Sri Lanka at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham[23] and went on to defeat Ireland in Southampton,[24] Scotland in Leeds,[25] West Indies at Lord's[26] and the defending champions New Zealand at The Oval[27] to finish the group stage as winners of Group B.[16] England then defeated South Africa in the semi-final 2 at The Oval to qualify for their fifth T20 World Cup final.[28]

Match

Match officials

On 3 July 2026, the ICC named India's Vrinda Rathi and West Indies' Jacqueline Williams as the on-field umpires, along with New Zealand's Kim Cotton as the third umpire, Sri Lanka's Nimali Perera as the reserve umpire, and India's G. S. Lakshmi as match referee.[29]

Team and toss

Australia's captain Sophie Molineux won the toss and elected to field first.[30] Both teams remained unchanged from their respective semi-finals.[31]

Match scorecard

England innings

Nat Sciver-Brunt in 2020
Nat Sciver-Brunt was the highest run-scorer for England in the match.

Put to bat first, England lost both their openers for single-digit scores. Then, English captain Sciver-Brunt and Capsey steadied the innings until the later was bowled out by the Australian captain Molineux in the tenth over followed by Knight's dismissal in the next over bowled by Garth. Then, Sciver-Brunt and Kemp put together an 80-run undefeated partnership in the last 9 overs to take the team total to 150 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Sciver-Brunt was the highest run-scorer for England with 58 runs from 53 balls while Garth, Hamilton, Molineux and Sutherland picked up a wicket each for Australia.[41][42][43]

 England batting[30]
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Amy Jones c Voll b Hamilton 6 6 1 0 100.00
Danni Wyatt-Hodge c †Mooney b Sutherland 8 9 1 0 88.88
Nat Sciver-Brunt not out 58 53 5 0 109.43
Alice Capsey b Molineux 23 20 2 1 115.00
Heather Knight lbw b Garth 2 6 0 0 33.33
Freya Kemp not out 44 28 4 1 157.14
Dani Gibson did not bat
Charlie Dean did not bat
Sophie Ecclestone did not bat
Linsey Smith did not bat
Lauren Bell did not bat
Extras(lb 4, nb 2, w 3)
9
Total
(4 wickets; 20 overs)
150
RR: 7.50

Fall of wickets: 1/7 (Jones, 1.2 ov), 2/32 (Wyatt-Hodge, 4.5 ov), 3/67 (Capsey, 9.4 ov), 4/70 (Knight, 10.5 ov)

 Australia bowling[30]
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Kim Garth 4 0 20 1 5.00 1 0
Lucy Hamilton 3 0 19 1 6.33 0 1
Sophie Molineux 4 0 32 1 8.00 0 0
Annabel Sutherland 4 0 34 1 8.50 1 1
Georgia Wareham 2 0 9 0 4.50 1 0
Ashleigh Gardner 3 0 32 0 10.66 0 0

Australia innings

Beth Mooney in 2021
Beth Mooney received the player of the match award for the final as well as the player of the tournament award.

Chasing the target of 151, Australia lost their opener Voll for a single-digit score in the second over. Then, Mooney and Litchfield steadied the innings with a 100-run partnership from 11 overs; until both were dismissed in the 13th and 16th overs respectively leaving the team at 140 runs. Then, Perry and Gardner scored 13 runs in 7 balls to take the team to 153 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 17.1 overs to secure the team's record seventh title. Dean, Bell and Ecclestone picked up a wicket each for England[41][42][43] while Mooney was the highest run-scorer for Australia with 64 runs from 49 balls and received the player of the match award for the final as well as the player of the tournament award.[44][45]

 Australia batting[30]
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Georgia Voll b Bell 9 6 2 0 150.00
Beth Mooney lbw b Ecclestone 64 49 10 0 130.61
Phoebe Litchfield b Dean 48 35 6 2 137.14
Ellyse Perry not out 13 12 2 0 108.33
Ashleigh Gardner not out 3 2 0 0 150.00
Georgia Wareham did not bat
Annabel Sutherland did not bat
Nicola Carey did not bat
Sophie Molineux did not bat
Kim Garth did not bat
Lucy Hamilton did not bat
Extras(b 4, nb 1, w 11)
16
Total
(3 wickets; 17.1 overs)
153
RR: 8.91

Fall of wickets: 1/17 (Voll, 1.5 ov), 2/117 (Litchfield, 12.6 ov), 3/140 (Mooney, 15.6 ov)

 England bowling[30]
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Charlie Dean 4 0 28 1 7.00 2 0
Lauren Bell 3 0 38 1 12.66 2 1
Linsey Smith 4 0 30 0 7.50 0 0
Freya Kemp 2 0 22 0 11.00 0 0
Sophie Ecclestone 3.1 0 24 1 7.57 2 0
Dani Gibson 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0

Aftermath

Ellyse Perry in 2014
Ellyse Perry became the first cricketer in both genders to win nine world cups across both formats.

This was Australia's seventh T20 World Cup title victory, after 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2023;[39] and the fourteenth overall world cup victory having won the Women's Cricket World Cup seven times as well in 1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005, 2013, and 2022.[40][46] Beth Mooney became the first player to be named as player of the match in the final and the player of the tournament twice in the history of T20 World Cup.[47][48] Ellyse Perry became the first cricketer in both genders to win nine world cups across both formats.[49]

Australia received $2.34 million and England received $1.17 million in prize money from the ICC for the final. Additionally, both teams received $247,500 each as participation fee and $31,154 for each group stage match won (5 each).[50][51]

Broadcasting

The final match was broadcast live in Australia through Amazon's Prime video platform and the ABC Radio network. In England the match was broadcast live on Sky Sports network as well as the streaming service Sky Go along with the BBC Radio network. The match was also broadcast worldwide through ICC.tv and the ICC's official YouTube channel with radio coverage on the ICC's official app.[52][53][54] The final match had a peak of 678,000 concurrent viewers in the Sky network.[55]

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