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Ireland Women vs England Women Scorecard, Match 8, ICC Womens T20 World Cup
LIVE · Jun 16 2026, Tue - 11:00 PM (IST)
IRW0/0 (0.0)
ENW Ireland Women are 0 for 0 with 20.0 overs left
Match Info
| Series: | Women's T20 World Cup |
| Date: | Jun 16 2026, Tue - 11:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | England |
| City: | Southampton |
| Venue: | Utilita Bowl |
| Toss: | England Women won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| England Women Playing XI: | Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Amy Jones (wk), Natalie Sciver-Brunt (c), Alice Capsey, Heather Knight, Freya Kemp, Danielle Gibson, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell |
| Ireland Women Playing XI: | Amy Hunter (wk), Alana Dalzell, Gaby Lewis (c), Orla Prendergast, Rebecca Stokell, Leah Paul, Alice Tector, Louise Little, Arlene Kelly, Cara Murray, Aimee Maguire |
- Ireland won by five wickets with one ball remaining in their last women’s T20I against England after losing each of their three previous encounters in the format; though, these teams haven’t faced each other in a women’s T20I since September 2024.
- The only previous encounter between England and Ireland at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup was in February 2023 when England won by four wickets, a 51-run knock of Alice Capsey earning her Player of the Match on the day and helping England to the win with 34 balls remaining.
- England have won six of their last eight women’s T20Is including their last three in a row; the last time they won more consecutive matches in the format was an 11-game streak which was ended by a five-wicket loss to Ireland in September 2024.
- England have won their last four consecutive women’s T20Is at The Rose Bowl in Southampton after losing their maiden fixture at the venue in July 2010; though, they’ve played only one match at the venue in the format since the beginning of 2017.
- Ireland have lost all 18 of their matches at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, the longest losing streak of any team at the tournament, which makes them one of just two participating teams yet to have won at the tournament (Thailand, L3).
- Ireland have lost each of their eight women’s T20Is played in England, their joint-most in any country away from home (also South Africa); in fact, they have lost by 40+ runs or 5+ wickets in each of their last five in England.
- Sophie Ecclestone (146) is four away from becoming the first player to take 150 wickets for England in women’s T20Is and just the fifth player overall; she has a bowling average of 10.8 at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup which is the best of any bowler (min. 10 innings).
- Ireland captain Gaby Lewis has played 11 matches at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, the only player in the current Ireland squad to play more than five matches at the tournament; in fact, Lewis (988) is 12 away from becoming the second player to score 1,000 runs as Ireland captain in women’s T20Is overall (Laura Delany – 1,019).
- Natalie Sciver-Brunt (England) has scored a boundary once in every 3.1 deliveries at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, the fastest of any player from a Group B team (min. 20 balls faced); she’s scored 40+ runs in three of her last five T20I innings overall but scored just five runs in her only previous innings against Ireland (13 February 2023).
- Orla Prendergast (Ireland) took scored 80 runs and logged bowling figures of 2/31 when England and Ireland last met in a women’s T20I (15/09/2024); in fact, she’s scored a half-century of runs in each of her last two innings against England in the format (52, 80).
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