16/06Result
8th Match, Group 2 (D/N), ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Southampton, Jun 16 2026
ENG Women won by 4 wkts (15b rem)
Player of the Match
Sophie Ecclestone
Sophie EcclestoneEngland Women
16/06Result
8th Match, Group 2 (D/N), ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Southampton, Jun 16 2026
ENG Women won by 4 wkts (15b rem)
Player of the Match
Sophie Ecclestone
Sophie EcclestoneEngland Women

  • Ireland Women Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    A Hunter †
    6
    5
    8
    1
    0
    120
    1.6 splat! There's the first wicket, and it's a bit of a give-away from Hunter. A pre-meditated sweep to a delivery that was only ever headed for the top of off... round the wicket, more habitual drift and drip, shaping in and nailing its target! 8/1
    A Dalzell
    14
    18
    20
    2
    0
    77.77
    4.3 attempts to break the shackles, picks out cover! A skip, a slap, a slice... low to Kemp on the edge of the ring, and once again England's catching looks sharp. Ireland lose their third 25/3
    GH Lewis (c)
    0
    1
    4
    0
    0
    0
    2.5 great catch at short backward square! Lewis played a pre-meditated scoop to her first ball, stepping outside off to meet the full and fast delivery aimed at the base of middle stump. She nailed the timing, but Knight timed her leap to perfection too, hopping on the edge of the ring to snaffle the chance and leave Ireland in deep doo-doo now! 16/2
    O Prendergast
    26
    18
    29
    4
    0
    144.44
    9.3 back of a length, under-edged into off stump! A bit of a long-hop if truth be told, but Gibson won't care! Prendergast got lazy with her footwork, thrashed with an angled bat while still crease-bound, and shot herself in the foot of off stump! 57/5
    R Stokell
    9
    14
    18
    1
    0
    64.28
    8.5 gallops past it this time! Stokell's sluggish knock comes to a clinical end. Faster and flatter from Ecclestone, beating an attempted charge on the inside-edge. Jones gathers and breaks the stumps in a single movement 53/4
    L Paul
    10
    19
    25
    1
    0
    52.63
    14.6 flicks across the line, hit on the pads - given! Thought it might have been a touch leg side but Paul isn't hanging around to find out. Perfect length, dropping at the last moment as she tried to get forward, then spinning down the line of leg stump 82/7
    A Tector
    10
    15
    16
    1
    0
    66.66
    13.6 plopped to mid-on! Tector jumps down the track and tries to put the hammer down, but only succeeds in picking out England's captain for a head-height catch. Scrambled seam from Gibson and it skids on to the inner half of the bat. Ireland lose their sixth 78/6
    L Little
    not out
    26
    15
    22
    5
    0
    173.33
    AN Kelly
    7
    11
    10
    0
    0
    63.63
    18.1 sliced to backward point! No celebration from Ecclestone. She's all business. Tossed up, gives it some air and the ball grips, finds the edge of the bat as Kelly aims a slog down the ground, Knight is a safe pair of hands on the edge of the ring 98/8
    C Murray
    1
    2
    2
    0
    0
    50
    18.4 plinked over Ecclestone's head... straight to the fielder! Slow and loopy delivery and Murray's eyes light up only for her to spoon the ball up into the nigh sky. Capsey runs across from mid-on and takes a simple catch 100/9
    AK Maguire
    not out
    1
    2
    6
    0
    0
    50
    Extras
    8 (b 5, w 3)
    TOTAL
    118/9 (20 Overs, RR: 5.9)
    Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Amy Hunter, 1.6 ov), 2-16 (Gaby Lewis, 2.5 ov), 3-25 (Alana Dalzell, 4.3 ov), 4-53 (Rebecca Stokell, 8.5 ov), 5-57 (Orla Prendergast, 9.3 ov), 6-78 (Alice Tector, 13.6 ov), 7-82 (Leah Paul, 14.6 ov), 8-98 (Arlene Kelly, 18.1 ov), 9-100 (Cara Murray, 18.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    LK Bell403919.75107020
    LCN Smith40201571000
    CE Dean411122.75202010
    S Ecclestone402235.5102000
    FG Kemp201105.551000
    DR Gibson20102582000

  • England Women Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    AE Jones †
    9
    10
    16
    1
    0
    90
    4.1 tries to clear the covers, holes out on the edge of the ring! Jones strode into the length, but didn't quite get there. One hand came off the bat as the blade twisted on impact. Lewis tracked back to gather coolly over her shoulder 27/1
    DN Wyatt
    16
    16
    18
    3
    0
    100
    4.3 both openers gone in the same fashion! More drift from Maguire, into the advances of Wyatt-Hodge's thrashing blade. Just 46mph as the ball dipped in her arc. Lewis on the edge of the ring at wide mid-off steadies herself and pockets a dolly! DWH never looked comfortable against her angles... 28/2
    Nat Sciver-Brunt (c)
    48
    37
    56
    4
    0
    129.72
    15.5 boshed through midwicket! Sciver-Brunt gets one away to the boundary, though she's helped by a bit of a fumble in the deep. Okay, now NSB is walking off. Looks like she has opted to retire... not clear for what reason, but she's done her work. Update: England have confirmed she retired hurt 110/5
    A Capsey
    5
    4
    4
    1
    0
    125
    5.4 yorker, clean through her! Good lord, that's got the Ireland fans jumping! She rolled her fingers on release, Capsey was suckered by the pace as much as the length, and played all around it ... think Harmison to Clarke in 2005, but without quite such a lack of subtlety! 35/3
    HC Knight
    26
    23
    34
    2
    0
    113.04
    13.5 full, pinned on the front shin... not given! Ireland review, though, and this looked close. Knight was trying to get forward, beaten past the inside edge. What does Hawk-Eye say? Thudding into leg stump! N Janani has to overturn her decision, and Prendergast has another 99/4
    FG Kemp
    2
    5
    13
    0
    0
    40
    16.3 tossed up and punched to cover, they look to scamper through - but Kemp is short at the striker's end! Good work from Hunter to collect the throw and dive for the stumps. England wobbling towards the finish line here! 111/6
    DR Gibson
    not out
    4
    7
    10
    0
    0
    57.14
    CE Dean
    not out
    4
    3
    5
    1
    0
    133.33
    Extras
    5 (lb 1, w 4)
    TOTAL
    119/6 (17.3 Overs, RR: 6.8)
    Yet to bat: S Ecclestone, LCN Smith, LK Bell
    Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Amy Jones, 4.1 ov), 2-28 (Danni Wyatt-Hodge, 4.3 ov), 3-35 (Alice Capsey, 5.4 ov), 4-99 (Heather Knight, 13.5 ov), 5-110 (Nat Sciver-Brunt, 15.5 ov), 6-111 (Freya Kemp, 16.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    AK Maguire402325.7592000
    O Prendergast401724.25152010
    AN Kelly20180922000
    C Murray30210793000
    A Dalzell201909.512000
    A Tector2.30200841030

Match Details

The Rose Bowl, Southampton

Series

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026

Toss

England Women , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

England WomenSophie Ecclestone

Match number

Women T20 no. 2862

Season

2026

Hours of play (local time)

18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50

Match days

16 June 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)

Umpires

IndiaN JananiIndiaVrinda Rathi

TV Umpires

South AfricaKerrin Klaaste

Reserve Umpire

IndiaGayathri Venugopalan

Match Referee

Sri LankaMichell Pereira

Points

England Women 2, Ireland Women 0

Match Notes

Match Coverage

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IRE Women 1st innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8A DalzellA Hunter
2nd8GH LewisA Dalzell
3rd9O PrendergastA Dalzell
4th28R StokellO Prendergast
5th4L PaulO Prendergast
6th21L PaulA Tector
7th4L PaulL Little
8th16AN KellyL Little
9th2L LittleC Murray
10th18L LittleAK Maguire