England Women vs Australia Women, Final, ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player HighlightsENGW vs AUSW, Final, ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Sophie Ecclestone to Ashleigh Gardner, 5 wides, was there ever any doubt? The Australian dynasty grows as Sophie Molineux takes her place among Australia's World Cup winning captains across formats. Margaret Jennings. Sharon Tredrea. Raeleen Thompson. Belinda Clark. Alex Blackwell. Jodie Fields. Meg Lanning. And now Sophie Molineux. It's their seventh T20 World Cup title, and it has been as inevitable as the ones that came before. Lord's was packed for the occasion, hoping against all hope, only to witness what they always knew deep down. That Australia are just too bloody good. Fittingly, it's five wides to finish England off after a lackluster performance. Drifts down leg, Gardner misses, the keeper misses as well and it races away. Celebrations begin in the Aussie camp. The players hoist Molineux on their shoulders after running out on the outfield. The England players meanwhile are consoling each other. For all the progress they've made since the Ashes last year, they haven't been able to touch Australia today

Sophie Ecclestone to Ashleigh Gardner, 2 runs, chipped in the air, goes over the top of mid-on and lands short of the boundary. Fielder chases it down and flicks it back

Sophie Ecclestone to Beth Mooney, out Lbw!! Review for LBW! It's almost in the blockhole on middle and leg, goes on straight after pitching and hits Mooney low on the pad. Doesn't look like there's any bat involved. Third umpire taking her time to confirm the same. Yep, no bat. And next is ball-tracking which shows three reds with the ball crashing into leg stump. Finally England see the back of Mooney. Beth Mooney lbw b Sophie Ecclestone 64(49) [4s-10]

Sophie Ecclestone to Ellyse Perry, 1 run, juicy full toss, Perry misses out and fails to beat mid-on. Timed the drive well but the fielder made a diving stop

Sophie Ecclestone to Beth Mooney, 1 run, floated up full, Mooney flicks it through square leg

Sophie Ecclestone to Beth Mooney, no run, quite wide outside off, Mooney reaches out and late-cuts to backward point

Sophie Ecclestone to Ellyse Perry, 1 run, full on middle, flicked to deep midwicket

Sophie Ecclestone to Ellyse Perry, no run, sliding down leg, Perry looks to clip it away but misses. Gets struck on the thigh pad

Sophie Ecclestone to Phoebe Litchfield, no run, misses off stump by a whisker! Again beaten on the reverse-sweep as Ecclestone pushes it through on a good length, she is down on her haunches in frustration

Sophie Ecclestone to Phoebe Litchfield, wide, fired down leg, she goes for the sweep and misses

Sophie Ecclestone to Phoebe Litchfield, no run, quicker and flatter, Litchfield tries the reverse-sweep again but is beaten this time

Sophie Ecclestone to Beth Mooney, 1 run, overpitched, driven to cover and they're through for a quick single

Sophie Ecclestone to Beth Mooney, no run, flicked to short midwicket

Sophie Ecclestone to Beth Mooney, no run, pushed through flat on a length, might've been the arm-ball and Mooney is beaten on the outside edge as she gets forward to defend

Sophie Ecclestone to Beth Mooney, FOUR, there's just no stopping them! Mooney makes room, it's floated up around middle and she carves it over the off-side ring. No one in the deep there

Sophie Ecclestone to Beth Mooney, 1 run, driven to long-off, Dean runs in from the boundary and nearly slips before managing to regain her balance

Sophie Ecclestone to Phoebe Litchfield, 1 run, shimmies down, steps leg-side and looks to go inside-out over extra. Only manages to slice it in front of sweeper cover

Sophie Ecclestone to Phoebe Litchfield, FOUR, oh this nearly sneaks through! Shuffles across, gets low for the sweep but it's very full. Ends up dragging it off a thick under-edge past short fine. Would've been right in front if she had missed it

Sophie Ecclestone to Phoebe Litchfield, no run, steps leg-side, gets a full toss and mishits it straight to cover

Sophie Ecclestone to Beth Mooney, 1 run, floated up on middle, very full, and Mooney knocks it down for an easy single to long-on

Sophie Ecclestone to Phoebe Litchfield, 1 run, turning in off a good length, Litchfield goes back and clips it through midwicket