England Women vs New Zealand Women, 28th Match, Group B, ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player HighlightsENGW vs NZW, 28th Match, Group B, ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Lea Tahuhu to Sophia Dunkley, wide, full and down the leg-side, Dunkley flicks and misses. It's a wide. An authoritative performance from England as they win by 9 wickets and knock the defending champions out of the competition

Lea Tahuhu to Sophia Dunkley, FOUR, smashed! Length ball outside off, Dunkley presses forward, clears her front leg and slaps it through the covers. Scores level

Lea Tahuhu to Sophia Dunkley, no run, short of a good length, Dunkley walks across a long way to try and paddle. Not sure if there's any wood, but she gets hit on the body

Jess Kerr to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, 99.2kph, full delivery, bunted to long-on

Sophie Devine to Sophia Dunkley, no run, slow and into the wicket outside off, Dunkley slashes and misses

Sophie Devine to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, chops this short of a good length ball through wide mid-off

Amelia Kerr to Sophia Dunkley, no run, 72.2kph, looked like the googly and Dunkley chops it to backward point

Amelia Kerr to Sophia Dunkley, FOUR, hundred partnership! Amelia Kerr pulls her length back, Dunkley walks across to get inside the line, gets down low to swat-pull it well wide of the short fine leg fielder

Amelia Kerr to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, flighted delivery, Dunkley drives to long-on

Nensi Patel to Sophia Dunkley, 2 runs, another one in the blockhole, Dunkley jogs down the pitch to drive and gets a thick inside edge which takes the ball through backward square leg. Excellent running results in two

Nensi Patel to Sophia Dunkley, 2 runs, turns this fullish ball through midwcket for a couple more

Nensi Patel to Sophia Dunkley, no run, leans across with a bent back leg to drive this full delivery, finds extra cover

Nensi Patel to Sophia Dunkley, no run, gets forward, yorks herself and somehow manages to dig it out

Jess Kerr to Sophia Dunkley, no run, fullish ball, played back at the bowler

Jess Kerr to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, 100kph, walks across a long way and gets low to sweep and the ball rolls to square leg off the inner edge

Bree Illing to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, 114.8kph, swings across the line and drags this fullish ball towards wide mid-on off the inner edge

Bree Illing to Sophia Dunkley, wide, angling down leg, Dunkley crouches to swing it away and misses

Bree Illing to Sophia Dunkley, no run, looks to drill this full delivery straight down the ground, loses her shape and miscues it back to the bowler

Bree Illing to Sophia Dunkley, wide, Dunkley ducks under this bumper and that's been wided for height - probably a harsh call

Bree Illing to Sophia Dunkley, FOUR, 116kph, short of length, Dunkley backs away and cuts hard. Deep backward point runs across to her right and dives but in vain. England seem to be in a hurry

Bree Illing to Sophia Dunkley, no run, very full and Dunkley pushes it back to the bowler

Bree Illing to Sophia Dunkley, no run, yorker, angled in from round the wicket, a backing away Dunkley squeezes it to short third man's right and Nensi Patel makes a superb diving stop to her right. In fact, had she scored a direct-hit at the keeper's end, Dunkley would have been a goner

Lea Tahuhu to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, stays back to a fairly full delivery and pushes it towards cover for a quick single

Lea Tahuhu to Sophia Dunkley, no run, extra bounce from a length outside off, Dunkley cuts and misses

Lea Tahuhu to Sophia Dunkley, no run, in-slanter on the stumps, no room on offer and Dunkley defends it back to the bowler

Lea Tahuhu to Sophia Dunkley, wide, slips a length ball down leg. 100 up for England

Lea Tahuhu to Sophia Dunkley, no run, not short enough, Dunkley sees the width and looks to cut off the back foot, doesn't connect

Lea Tahuhu to Sophia Dunkley, FOUR, four more! 111.7kph, shortish delivery, Dunkley makes room to cut and gets an under-edge that eludes the diving short third man fielder to her left

Nensi Patel to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, 79.5kph, gets low and sweeps this full delivery to long-on

Bree Illing to Sophia Dunkley, FOUR

Amelia Kerr to Sophia Dunkley, no run, 77.6kph, full delivery, knocked back to the bowler

Amelia Kerr to Sophia Dunkley, no run, pushes at this in-drifter and inside-edges onto her pad

Amelia Kerr to Sophia Dunkley, FOUR, 73.6kph, flighted delivery, Dunkley presses forward, bends her back leg and brings her bottom hand into play to whip-drive it through extra cover

Amelia Kerr to Sophia Dunkley, no run, 73.3kph, full on off, driven back to the bowler

Amelia Kerr to Sophia Dunkley, no run, 75.8kph, full and drifting in, Dunkley stays back to block it out

Amelia Kerr to Sophia Dunkley, FOUR, the New Zealand captain has been welcomed with a boundary! Looped up delivery, overpitched outside off and Dunkley presses forward to batter it through extra cover

Sophie Devine to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, full delivery, driven to mid-off for a quick single

Sophie Devine to Sophia Dunkley, FOUR, third boundary of the over! 107.7kph, Dunkley shuffles across early and that allows her to access the leg-side. It's a short of length ball, the batter gets inside the line of the delivery and pulls wide of short fine leg

Sophie Devine to Sophia Dunkley, no run, 105.5kph, Devine corrects her line. Short of length ball on off, defended

Sophie Devine to Sophia Dunkley, FOUR, cracking cut shot! 106.2kph, Devine serves width once again and Dunkley pounces. Waits on the back foot and scythes to the right of backward point

Lea Tahuhu to Sophia Dunkley, no run, 110.1kph, full ball, blocked

Lea Tahuhu to Sophia Dunkley, 1 run, 114.3kph, width on offer, Dunkley cuts this short of length ball to deep backward point