BAN-W vs NED-W Match 5 Live Commentary - Birmingham (14 June 2026)

 FOUR! That will do it. Bangladesh Women win by 6 wickets. This is their third-highest successful run chase in Women's T20Is, as per the on-air commentators and their highest in the T20 World Cups. A special moment indeed for them and their joy knows no bounds. Tough luck for the Dutch women, who gave it their all but have to settle for a defeat in their maiden World Cup outing. Coming to the ball, Iris bowls it fuller and outside off. Shorna Akter get the front leg out of her way and smashes it over the mid off fielder for a boundary to get the job done for her team.

WIDE! Fired far outside off, on a length. Akhter leaves as the ball goes beyond the tramline.

A little quicker on a shorter length, outside off. Sharmin Akhter is beaten all ends up on the attempted cut shot.

 FOUR! Into single figures now. Fuller and outside off. Sharmin Akhter springs out of the crease and thumps it powerfully, finding the gap in the cover region for a cracking boundary. 7 needed from 10 balls.

Length ball that turns away from off. Sharmin hangs back and punches it to mid off. She wants a single but is rightly sent back by her partner.

Floated fuller on the stumps, Sharmin Akhter gets inside the line and sweeps it to the deep fine leg region for a couple of runs. That brings up the 50-run partnership between this pair.

Flatter on the leg stump, Sharmin Akhter crouches a bit and paddles it off the top edge through the vacant short fine leg region. They hustle back for the second as the deep square leg fielder has to cover a lot of ground to her right. Just 3 needed now from 7 balls.

Looped up on a fuller length, outside off. Akhter stretches out and works it to cover.

Back of a length, on the pads. Shorna Akter gets a bit across and whips it to deep backward square leg for a couple of runs. 17 needed from 17 balls now.

A glorious hit but just for a single. Fuller and straighter on the stumps. Shorna Akter backs away to make room for her and blasts it down the ground. The umpire is forced to duck under it and does so in time. The ball rolls to the left of long on for a single.

Fractionally fuller and outside off, Sharmin Akhter steers it to deep cover and they hustle back for the second run. The throw is a bit slow from the deep towards the keeper and that allows Sharmin to get back home safely.

Bangladesh can breathe easy. Down leg by Iris, on a length. Sharmin Akhter shapes up to tickle it fine but misses. The ball seems to have grazed something before it went behind. A good take by Babette de Leede by staying low and moving to her left. The Dutch seemed to have heard something, and they take the review. However, there was no bat, confirmed by the UltraEdge.

Wide! Floated up, well wide on off, Shorna Akter lets it go.

Pace on now, fuller and outside off. Sharmin Akhter flashes but fails to connect.

Fuller in length, on off, Akhter gets the front leg out of the way and bludgeons it down to long on for a single. Just 12 needed from the last 2 overs .

Dropped short on middle, sliding in. Sharmin pulls it across to deep square leg for a single.

Shortish delivery, just around off, and it spins away. This is swatted back to the bowler off the back foot.

 BEATEN! Slower loopy short ball, outside off. Shorna Akter goes for a hard cut off the back foot, only to miss out.

 In the air... lands safely! Pitched fuller on the stumps, Akter lofts it over mid on for a single as the long on fielder collects it on the bounce.

 FOUR! Pierces the gap nicely! Short ball outside off, Sharmin backs away to cut it late, beating the backward point fielder to her left for a boundary. That will ease the nerves massively in the Bangladesh camp.

BEAUTY! Drifts in and spins away from off, on a length. Sharmin Akhter is caught in the crease, hanging her bat loosely and is beaten on the outside edge. Bangladesh require 19 off 18.

Touch short, around off, Sharmin stabs it off the back foot to the left of cover for a single.

Very slow and too short, outside off. Shorna has to wait for a while for the ball to arrive and slaps it straight to the cover fielder.

Another short delivery, on middle, Shorna Akter hangs back and drags it down to long on for a single.

WIDE! This won't help the Dutch! Wayward and far down leg. Sharmin tries to sweep and misses. Wide called.

 Beaten! Loopy delivery, around off, Sharmin Akhter is months early into her sweep shot and misses as the ball bounces a bit and spins across to beat the bat. The keeper is quick to whip the bails off but Akhter has her foot grounded.

 Shortish ball, outside off stump, Sharmin rocks back and cuts the ball to sweeper cover for a single.

Good effort in the deep! A tossed-up length ball outside off. Shorna skips down the track to punch it to the left of covers. The sweeper does well, diving to her right to cut it off and keep it down to a couple. 25 needed off 24.

Tossed up, on leg, Shorna Akter drills this down to long on for one. 

Quicker one, around off, Sharmin Akhter taps this in front of covers and takes one.

Full and on middle and leg, Shorna Akter tucks this through square leg for a single more. 

Tossed up, around off, Sharmin Akhter rocks deep inside her crease and guides this to short third for a dot. 

 FOUR! Poor delivery this time from Frederique Overdijk and Sharmin Akhter makes her pay. Short and down the leg side, Sharmin Akhter just helps this past the keeper to her left for a boundary towards the fine leg region. 

Fuller on middle and leg, Sharmin Akhter nudges this through mid-wicket for a run. 

Tossed up, around off, Shorna Akter smashes this past the diving extra cover fielder to her left for one.

Top-spin, around off, Sharmin Akhter rides the bounce and punches this to sweeper cover for one. 

Fuller one, around off, Shorna Akter smashes this to Heather Siegers at extra cover for a single. This could have easily been more but a good fielding effort keeps it down to one. 

Tossed up, around off, Sharmin Akhter dabs this in front of point and rotate the strike. 

Fuller on the pads, Shorna Akter tucks this through mid on for another strike rotation.

 100 comes up for Bangladesh Women. Short and wide outside off, Sharmin Akhter cuts this to the left of Isabel Van Der Woning at sweeper cover for two. 

Good length, wide of off, Shorna Akter cuts this to deep point for a single. 

NO BALL! The ball slips out of Isabel Van Der Woning's hands and delivers as a beamer down the leg side. Free Hit coming up.

 FOUR! Pressure-reliever for Bangladesh Women, but that should have been stopped. A full delivery on the pads. Sharmin swings hard across the line, beating the mid-wicket fielder who puts in a dive to her right but is late in doing so and the ball races away.

Full and wide of off, Sharmin Akhter drives this to covers. 

Isabel bowls this full and wide outside off, Sharmin Akhter drives this through point for one.

WIDE! Short and way too wide outside off, Shorna Akter throws her bat at it but misses. Wided. 

Good length, around off, Shorna Akter steps across and tucks this to mid-wicket. Another dot. 

Woning goes really full and bowls this on the pads of Akter. Shorna leans inside the line of the ball and flicks this to deep mid-wicket for one. 

Fractionally short, on off. Sharmin steers it to backward point.

Drags it down, outside off. Sharmin slaps it wide of cover for a single.

Nice and tight, just outside the off stump, on a length. Mostary cuts it straight to backward point.

Shorter and outside off. This is cut to the left of deep point for a run.

Drops it short again, outside off. It keeps low. Akhter punches it past cover and picks up a single.

OUT! SOBHANA MOSTARY IS RUN OUT! Disaster for Bangladesh. Excellent piece of work from Frederique Overdijk. On a good length, on off. Mostary drops it with soft hands beside the strip on the leg side and sets off for the run. Overdijk moves across to her right on her follow-through and gets to the ball quickly. She turns around and scores a direct at the bowling end as Mostary puts in a desperate dive. No real excitement from the Dutch players as the third umpire is called into action. The replays find Sobhana to be short despite the dive, and Frederique's joy knows no bounds. Bangladesh require 55 runs from 48 balls.

A rank long hop, on middle. Dilara Akter presses back and pummels it to deep square leg. Isabel Van Der Woning nearly overruns the ball in the deep. She puts the brakes on and sticks out her right hand to make the stop. Two runs taken.

OUT! TIMBER! Silver Siegers strikes, and from 67/0, Bangladesh Women are now 79/3. Floated up, angled in at the off stump from over the wicket. Akter brings her bat out in front and looks to work it across the line with a slightly closed bat face. The ball straightens off the deck to beat the bat and crashes into the off stump. Siegers is delighted. 61 needed off 59 balls.

Attacking the front pad, on a good length. Sharmin Akhter nudges it behind square leg for a run.

Drags the length back now, on middle. Sobhana is slightly taken aback by a bit of extra bounce. She fends it down on the leg side and gets to the other end.

Stays on the shorter side, on off. Akhter stabs it down on the off side.

Flighted delivery, fuller and on off. Sobhana Mostary lunges for the block.

No hat-trick. Loopy ball, on middle. Dilara Akter makes room and drives it past cover for one.

Short and wide on off, this is slapped to deep cover for another single.

Flatter and shorter, closer to the off stump. Dilara goes deep in the crease and powers it to deep cover for one more.

Goes fuller now, slower through the air, on off. Sobhana eases it wide of cover and crosses over.

Fractionally short, outside off. A bit of extra bounce on this occasion. Dilara makes room and thumps it to deep point for a run.

On the shorter side, outside off, Sobhana Mostary cuts but can't get it past backward point. 63 needed off 60.

Given caught behind, but successfully overturned. Floated up, outside off. Akter presses forward for the drive. The ball goes past her bat and it is snaffled by the keeper, Babette de Leede. De Leede goes up and the finger goes up belatedly. Akter sends it upstairs. The UltraEdge shows a flat line and the on-field decision is overturned.

Shorter and on off, Dilara hops back and dabs it wide of point for a single.

Full and on off. Sobhana Mostary pushes it to cover.

Leg bye! Around the pads, on a length. Mostary misses out on the tickle. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes behind off the pads.

Offers flight, full and on off. Dillara hangs low and goes over mid off. She does not quite get hold of it and will have to settle with a brace as the fielder cuts it off.

Drops it a bit short, on middle. Dilara drops it beside the strip on the leg side and takes a single.

Drag-downer, wide outside off. Dilara Akter reaches out and slaps it to deep cover for a single.

Dropped fuller on middle and leg. Juairiya Ferdous sits down on a knee and slogs it uppishly, on the bounce to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Shortish, outside off, Dilara backs away and slaps it to sweeper cover for a single.

SIX! FIFTY FOR FERDOUS! That's her first half-century in T20 World Cups and she gets there in 32 balls. A very entertaining knock so far. A tossed-up delivery on the stumps, and Ferdous gets right down to slog sweep it high in the leg side. The fielder patrolling the deep mid-wicket boundary leaps and gets both hands to it, but she cannot hold her balance and steps over the ropes, turning what could have been a catch into a six.

OUT! CAUGHT! The Dutch finally get their first breakthrough. A flighted leg break on a good length outside off, and Ferdous backs away to slash hard at it to cut off the back foot. The shot lacks elevation and goes flatly, straight to Molkenboer at backward point, who takes a comfortable catch right on the edge of the ring. Fifty and out for Ferdous, but she has done her job quite nicely. Bangladesh Women are 67/1, chasing 140 runs.

OUT! BOWLED! De Lange strikes back-to-back and the Women in Orange are over the moon. Loops it above the eyeline of the batter. A full delivery on the stumps. Nigar leans forward, but does not move her feet at all. Looks to flick it but plays all around it as the ball dips. It beats the bat and crashes into the middle stump, and Nigar walks back without troubling the scorers. That's a big, big wicket as the Bangladeshi skipper is gone. Bangladesh Women are 67/2, needing 73 more runs.

Overpitched, around off, Dilara Akter crunches it to deep cover for a single.

Full and outside off, Juairiya Ferdous clears the front leg to whack it over mid-wicket, but the ball arrives late and she only manages to miscue it to mid-wicket.

Oh, just short! Around off, on a good length. Juairiya Ferdous mistimes her shot and hits it off the toe end. Luckily for her, it goes on the bounce to the fielder at mid off.

SIX! That is some shot! A slightly fuller delivery on the stumps, angling in. Juairiya Ferdous clears the front foot out of the way and launches it cleanly to the leg side. Manages to clear the deep mid-wicket fence for a six. 50 up for Bangladesh Women!

 FOUR! Beats the fielder! Back of a length, outside off. Juairiya Ferdous hits it off the back foot and clobbers it down the ground, over the bowler's head. Does not hit it off the middle, but has enough power to beat the chase of the mid off fielder.

Big swing and a miss! Almost a wide yorker, outside off. Juairiya Ferdous throws her bat at it, trying to carve it over the off side, but misses to get any connection. Still a very profitable over for Bangladesh as 11 runs come off it.

Slides it on middle, on a length. Akter miscues the pull shot to mid-wicket for a single.

Flatter and on a length, outside off. Ferdous swings hard to slash but misses.

 FOUR! Clears the inner ring! A touch short and outside off. Juairiya Ferdous picks the length and presses back before smashing it over the mid off fielder for a boundary.

Around off, on a fuller length, drilled back to the bowler by Juairiya.

Short of a length outside off, Juairiya Ferdous works it wide of long off for a single.

Nicely flighted up, full and on the off stump line. Dilara Akter lofts it over mid-wicket and gets an easy single. Bangladesh Women end their Powerplay strongly at 47/0.

Dropped short from over the stump. On middle, sliding in. Dilara Akter hangs back and pulls it in the gap between short fine leg and square leg for a couple of runs.

Nice and full, tossed up around off, Akter leans on and pushes it to the off side.

Outside off and short. Dilara Akter cuts it late to the left of the short third fielder. The batters complete the second run before the fielder chases it down from the inner ring.

 FOUR! Placed to perfection! Another short ball from Silver, outside off. Dilara gets all the width she wants. Camps back and punches it through the cover gap for a boundary.

Smart shot, good fielding, even better running. Good cricket overall. Short once again and outside off. Dilara Akter plays the late cut through the vacant short third region. Phebe Molkenboer from backward point sprints hard and manages to haul the ball back before the ropes as she dives and crashes into the cushions. Saves a run for her side.

In the air, but safe! A good length ball on the pads at 79.3 kph, Ferdous looks to swipe it into the leg side but gets a top edge that just evades the fielder at square leg. Two runs taken.

Pitched-up delivery, around off, Dilara Akter drives this through covers for a single. Dilara is finally off the mark.

Low full toss, around off, Juairiya Ferdous drives this to mid off for a dot.

DROPPED! A tough chance goes down. Back of a length, around off, Juairiya Ferdous flat bats this back to the bowler. Robine Rijke did get her hands on the ball to her right, but it does not stick and pops out.

 FOUR! A better connection this time from Juairiya Ferdous. Good length, around off, Juairiya Ferdous clears her front foot, settles well inside her crease and smashes this towards the long on region for four. 

 FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Juairiya Ferdous. Hard length around off, Juairiya Ferdous jumps down the track and swings at it. Gets an outside edge and the ball flies over short third for four more runs. 

Full and on the pads, Juairiya Ferdous collapses her back knee and flicks this to square leg. 

Good length, on off, Juairiya Ferdous punches this straight back to the bowler. Iris Zwilling does well to dive low to her right and field this. 

 FOUR! Juairiya Ferdous has walked out with an aggressive intent. Hard length, on middle and off, Juairiya Ferdous pulls this to the right of Heather Siegers at the deep mid-wicket region for four runs. 

In the channel, full in length, Juairiya Ferdous swings at it but misses out.

Iris keeps it on a good length, bowls it in the line of the stumps. Juairiya Ferdous pulls this wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

On a length, down the leg side, Juairiya Ferdous tucks this towards short fine leg. 

 FOUR! Down the ground for four more runs. On a length, around off, Juairiya Ferdous stays leg side to the line of the ball and smashes this over the bowler for a boundary in front of the sight screen. 

 FOUR! Gets it away. Seam up, straight one, wide of off, Juairiya Ferdous stays leg side of the ball and slashes hard at it. Cuts it over point and the ball wins the race against the chasing fielder for four runs. 

Pushed through around off, Juairiya Ferdous swings at it but fails to get bat on ball.

Quicker and flatter, in the line of the stumps, Juairiya Ferdous hits this well but straight to the bowler. 

Tossed up, around off, Juairiya Ferdous rocks back and pushes this towards mid on.

IS THAT OUT? This will surely be checked upstairs. Short of a length, on middle and off, Juairiya Ferdous clears her front foot and slogs this one away. Doesn't get enough power behind it to take it over the fielder at the deep mid-wicket region. The ball was dropping on Sterre Kalis as she ran in from the fence and claimed a good catch low in front of her. This is sent upstairs by the on-field umpire. The replay shows that Kalis' fingers were split, and the ball made contact with the ground. Juairiya Ferdous survives. 

Full and around off, Dilara Akter punches this to cover-point. 

Swing and a miss first up. Iris goes full, shaping it away from the batter. Juairiya Ferdous looks to loft this over mid on but misses. 

Another one where the batter swings and misses. Iris bowls this full again, around off, shaping away. Juairiya Ferdous looks for the slog across the line but misses. 

Pitched-up, wide of off, away swing on offer. Juairiya Ferdous slices this off the outer portion of her bat to deep third for two. 

In the air but lands just safe. Good length, around middle and leg, Juairiya Ferdous goes for a flick but gets it top-edged behind the stumps. The keeper turns around and goes for the catch, and so does Isabel Van Der Woning, who runs across from short third. But luckily for Ferdous, the ball falls short of Isabel and the batters run one. 

Iris bowls this on a length, around middle and off, Dilara Akter keeps it out.

Iris drags her length back a bit, bowls it around off shaping it away from the right-hander. Dilara Akter swings and gets beaten.