Australia beat England by seven wickets at Lord's to win a record seventh Women's T20 World Cup title.
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Australia beat England by seven wickets in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup final at Lord's on 5 July 2026. Beth Mooney scored 64 off 49 balls and was named player of the match as Australia chased 151 with 17 balls to spare. The win handed Australia a record seventh Women's T20 World Cup title in the 10 editions of the tournament. Sophie Molineux lifted the trophy in her first tournament as captain, with Ellyse Perry at the crease for the winning runs.
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Australia chase down England at Lord's
Australia beat England by seven wickets in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup final at Lord's on 5 July 2026.verifiedVerified Sourced from Invincible Australia crowned Women's T20WC champions. Molineux won the toss and sent England in, and her bowlers restricted the hosts to 4-150 across their 20 overs.verifiedVerified Sourced from Australia defeats England to win ICC Women's T20 Cricket World Cup - ABC News.
The chase never looked in doubt. Australia reached their target of 151 on 3-153 with 17 balls to spare, the highest successful run chase in a Women's T20 World Cup final.verifiedVerified Sourced from Invincible Australia crowned Women's T20WC champions.
A record crowd of more than 28,000 watched at Lord's, the first Women's T20 World Cup final staged at the ground. The win ended an eight-month spell for Australia without a global 50-over or 20-over trophy.
Mooney and Litchfield break the game open
Beth Mooney, Australia's all-time leading run-scorer in the format, made 64 off 49 balls and was named player of the match. She struck her half-century in a T20 World Cup final for the third time, after 2020 and 2023.
Phoebe Litchfield made 48 off 35 balls, including two sixes, one of them switch-hit to the boundary. Mooney and Litchfield put on exactly 100 for the second wicket off 66 balls, bringing up the century stand and killing off England's hopes.
"It's gone to plan. We've been playing the way we wanted to play all tournament," Litchfield said. She credited Molineux for the way the side had been set up physically and mentally.
England's total falls short
Nat Sciver-Brunt anchored England's innings with 58 not out off 53 balls, and Freya Kemp added 44 off 28 balls with four fours and a six. Danni Wyatt-Hodge, the tournament's leading run-scorer, fell for 8.
Kim Garth returned 1-20 as Australia's attack bowled with discipline and fielded sharply. England managed only four boundaries in the first six overs of the innings before Sciver-Brunt steadied them.
It was the first time England had lost a World Cup final on home soil. The result also extended Australia's clean 7-0 record against England in white-ball World Cup finals.
Molineux and Perry deliver the seventh title
This is Australia's seventh Women's T20 World Cup title in the 10 editions of the tournament. Sophie Molineux lifted the trophy in her first ICC tournament as national captain, and was in tears at the finish.
Ellyse Perry, who passed a fitness test to take part in her seventh triumph in nine finals, was at the crease when the winning runs came off Sophie Ecclestone. "Today has been truly special. It has been a joy to be a part of this team with Sophie leading in her first World Cup," Perry said.
England were captained by Nat Sciver-Brunt, whose 58 not out was not enough on the day. The final was Australia's 14th women's World Cup title overall across the 50-over and 20-over formats.
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