ENG-W vs AUS-W Final Live Commentary - London (05 July 2026)

Angled in, on middle, on a length. Perry punches it to mid on.

FOUR! Excellent use of the feet. Flighted delivery, fuller and on off. Perry shimmies down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball. She puts her head down and cracks the drive to the left of mid off for a boundary.

Ellyse Perry survives! This is flatter and quicker as well, full and off. Perry steps out again but this time, tries to take the aerial route and go over mid off. The bat turns in her hand and she fails to get any sort of elevation. Hits it flat to mid off, where the ball dips on Sophie Ecclestone, but she does well to dive forward and just about gets her hands under the ball. Ecclestone is claiming the catch, and she bangs the ball onto the turf.

1 run, the cover drive is played for a run.

1 run.

Darted in at the pads, on a good length. Perry misses out on the tickle and wears it on the pads.

Pushed through, fuller and attacking the front pad. Perry clips it through square leg and takes a single.

Flat and short, outside off. Mooney is made to reach out. She cuts but can't get it past short third.

Fuller and on middle. Beth turns it in front of square on the leg side and turns the strike over.

Low full toss, on middle. Ellyse Perry advances and firms the drive down the ground. Nat Sciver-Brunt gets low to her left and makes a half-stop. Just a single.

OUT! LBW! England get the review right. Beth Mooney would have loved to be out there when the winning runs are hit, but not to be for her. Speared in very full, on middle and leg. Mooney is beaten on the flick on the inside edge and wears it low on the front pad. A loud shout for LBW but turned down. Sophie Ecclestone is pretty confident, and Nat Sciver-Brunt sends it upstairs. Is it sneaking down leg with the angle? UltraEdge comes up first. There is a murmur when the ball is next to the bat, but there is a bit of a gap. A definite spike appears only after the ball has gone past the bat, and it is from the bat hitting the turf. It is three reds on Ball Tracking with the ball crashing into the leg stump. The on-field decision has been overturned.

Goes straight on with the arm, on a length, around off. Ellyse Perry hangs back and tries to punch it back to the bowler, but gets beaten.

Serves it full and on off Ellyse Perry gets on the front foot and pushes it wide of the cover fielder for a quick single. 21 needed off 34 balls.

Excellent piece of fielding by Smith. Perry was gone if the throw was accurate and powerful enough. Touch short, around leg. Mooney hangs deep in the crease, makes room and drives this crisply to the left of Linsey Smith at extra cover. Smith dives full length and does brilliantly to stop it, but can't get a clean throw away to Dean with her right hand. Perry, already halfway down the track, turns back in time to scramble home.

WIDE! Flat and on a lower trajectory, beyond the tramline on the off side. Beth tries to run it through point, only to miss.

Short on off, Beth Mooney rocks back and cuts it late to backward point for a single.

 FOUR! Easily done! Perry gets into the act. A slot ball from Charlie, on off. Ellyse Perry advances down a bit, gets under the ball, pumps it over the mid off fielder for a boundary.

Full ball, around off. Perry comfortably knocks it down to long on for a single.

Full ball, drifting down the leg side. Mooney looks to flick it away on the leg side, but ends up getting a bottom edge which rolls to short fine leg.

 FOUR! Into the gap! Short of a length around middle and leg, slower through the air, and Mooney gets inside the line to work it away past the right of short fine leg. Smith comes across from deep backward square leg, dives full length to her left, but can't get there in time to stop the boundary.

 FOUR! Off the edge, but Mooney will take it. Too full and around leg, another slower one. Mooney backs away to make room, looking to loft it over mid off. She gets a thick inside edge instead, and the ball squirts away down to the deep fine leg fence for four. Australia are inching closer to their seventh title now.

No hand on it! Short of a length around leg. Mooney creates room again, this time chipping it straight back down the pitch. Kemp flings herself to her left in an attempt to complete the catch, but the ball slips under her fingers and crashes into the stumps at her end, catching Perry short of her ground at the non-striker's end. The third umpire is now taking a look, checking for any faint contact off Kemp's hand before the ball hit the stumps. UltraEdge is summoned after several replays, which prove inconclusive and the technology detects nothing.

 FOUR! Runs away! Bowls it full and on middle and leg. Mooney picks the slower one, and effortlessly lofts it over the fielder at mid off for a boundary.

Short in length, on leg, Beth helps it behind to short fine leg, but there is protection there.

 FIFTY FOR BETH MOONEY! A masterful knock from the Aussie opener and she gets to her 9th T20 World Cup half century. Length ball, just outside off. Mooney waits back and punches it towards widish point for a quick single. 

Full and flat, on off, Phoebe Litchfield advances and blocks it back to the bowler.

WIDE! Miles outside off, on a length. Phoebe Litchfield lets it through.

A stifled appeal for LBW, but nothing doing. Spins away from middle with a bit of a bounce. Phoebe Litchfield misses the sweep shot and is struck on the back thigh.

Flatter delivery, fired in at the stumps. Litchfield backs away and punches it to cover.

Full and around off. Phoebe Litchfield drives it inside out through extra cover for a couple of runs. The 100-run partnership comes up between this pair.

OUT! BOWLED! Dean breaks through for England, but it is too little too late at the moment. Bowls a quicker one on a shorter length, on middle. Phoebe Litchfield rocks back in the crease and tries to play it across, but she is tucked up for space, plays all around it and the ball crashes into the stumps behind. Australia Women are 117/2, needing just 34 runs.

 FOUR! Played with ease and at will! Full from Ecclestone, on the stumps. Beth Mooney creates room by shuffling outside leg and plays the inside-out shot over the cover region for a cracking boundary. Didn't try to hit it too hard at all. Just pure timing.

 BEATEN! Goes straight with the arm, full outside off. Beth Mooney is sucked on the front foot and tries to block, but the ball zips past the outside edge.

Full in length, Beth Mooney clips it gently to short mid-wicket.

Tight single! Full around middle and leg, into the block hole. Mooney moves leg side for room and digs it towards cover for a quick single. 

Cannot connect this time! Quicker and fuller, outside off. Phoebe Litchfield again tries the reverse, but this time, she misses as the ball bounces over her angled bat.

WIDE! Pushed far down leg, full in length. Phoebe Litchfield misses her sweep.

Tossed up delivery around off stump. It lands, grips and turns back. Litchfield misses the reverse sweep to the keeper and the ball almost shaves the leg stump.

Pushed through, full on middle, Mooney walks out of the crease and drills it down to long on for a single.

 100 up for Australia Women! In just 10.2 overs. Short and wide outside off. Phoebe Litchfield backs away and cuts it hard to deep point for a single.

Dropped short again, on off. Mooney cuts it again, but finds the fielder at cover-point this time around.

Full and quick, on the stumps. Mooney works it to wide long on for a single.

 SIX! A Phoebe Litchfield special! Linsey bowls full and on off. Phoebe Litchfield gets a bit across and nails the reverse sweep. Hits it flat and clears the deep backward point fence for a six. Just 44 needed from 55 balls.

Flighted up, around off. Litchfield gets down on one knee and misses the sweep shot. The ball pops off the pads and drops to the right of the keeper.

Slower one, on a nagging length. Beth pulls it in front of square on the leg side for a run.

FOUR! Smashed! A loopy slower one, on a length, on middle. Phoebe Litchfield steps out, converts it into a half-volley and drills it to the left of mid off for a four.

FOUR! Put away with ease. Bell sticks to the slower one, but it does not come out right for her. It ends up being a full toss, on off. Litchfield holds her shape before clubbing it over mid-wicket for four more.

Angled in, on middle, on a back of a length. Phoebe tucks it to mid-wicket.

Full and at the sticks, this is hit down to long on for a single.

Takes pace off, fuller and wider on off. Mooney reaches out and drives it to deep point for one.

Hurls it on a back of a length, on middle. Mooney pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Fuller and on the off stump. Litchfield pushes out in front but ekes out an inside edge. It rolls on the leg side.

FOUR! Hit with absolute authority. Gibson ends up being a bit too full, on off. Litchfield gets her hands through the ball in a flash and powers it to the left of the diving long off fielder for a four.

Across off, on a length. Litchfield strokes it past cover and gets to the other end.

Takes pace off and goes into the surface, on off. Mooney makes room to force it through the off side. Chops it down to point.

Damage averted! Another back-of-the-hand slower one by Gibson, on a short of a length, on off. Mooney waits on it before pulling it wide of deep mid-wicket. Phoebe Litchfield is keen for the second run and is nearly halfway through before being sent back. Charlie Dean charges across to her left at deep mid-wicket and fires the throw on the bounce at the batting end. Amy Jones gathers the ball in front of the stumps before whipping the bails off. The third umpire is summoned for a check. Litchfield dives with the back of the bat facing the ground, and she manages to get in before the stumps are broken.

Pushed through, on middle and leg, on a length. Litchfield stays back and clips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Floated up, drifting in at the pads. Mooney drives it to long on and rotates the strike.

Fired in at the sticks. Litchfield makes room to force it through the off side. Squeezes out the full toss to point.

FOUR! Gets it away! Speared in full and on middle and leg. The ball is a bit too full for the sweep and it nearly sneaks under the blade. Litchfield gets down for the sweep and it comes off the bottom edge before going past short fine leg. 

Keeps the stumps in play, does Sophie Ecclestone. Litchfield makes room and slams it to deep point for one.

Nice and full, on middle, knocked down to long off for another single.

Not in control but safe. Angled into the pads, on a good length. Mooney tries to work it away with the angle but gets a top edge while attempting the flick. It lands safely behind square leg. Two runs taken.

Pace off, on a good length, on middle. Beth nudges it square on the leg side and turns the strike over.

Into the wicket, on off. Litchfield stands tall on top of the bounce and jabs it to deep mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! Off the edge. Fuller and wider on off, near the tramline on off. A bit of an away shape. Not short enough for the cut, but Mooney goes for it. It goes off the bottom edge and races past short third. The 50-run stand comes up with this boundary.

Slanting into the left-hander, on a back of a length. Mooney nurdles it wide of short fine leg and gets to the other end.

At 92.2 kph, on middle. Litchfield steps out and wrists it through mid-wicket for one more run.

Across off, on the shorter side. Mooney drags it to wide long on for a single.

A loud shout for LBW! Not given. That seemed to have pitched outside leg. On a good length, on middle. Litchfield attempts the reverse but misses to get hit on the front pad.

On off, on a length, Phoebe blocks it out.

Fuller now, on leg. Phoebe Litchfield steps out and flicks it through mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Hammered away! Fractionally short, on off and middle. Mooney presses on the back foot in a flash and pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket. Danielle Gibson stands no chance in the deep.

A bit of air given, fuller and on middle. Beth eases it to long on for a single. After 6 overs, Australia are 62/1, needing 89 runs in 84 balls.

Full and on off, Phoebe advances and pushes it to mid off.

 FOUR! Beats the fielder. A good effort by Gibson in the deep, but in vain. Full in length, on middle. Phoebe Litchfield sits down on her knee and sweeps it hard into the deep square leg gap. Danielle Gibson runs across to her left from deep mid-wicket, dives, but the ball seeps through to the fence.

Short, around off. Phoebe Litchfield cuts it on the bounce to Lauren Bell at short third.

 SIX! Top shot! This is a solid counterattack from Australia after losing an early wicket. Half-volley, outside off. Phoebe Litchfield advances down the track, keeps her head down and clobbers it over the long off fence for half a dozen runs.

Zips it on a length, on middle, Phoebe Litchfield tries to pull, but gets a thick bottom edge and the ball rolls back to the bowler.

Pushed fuller, on middle, drifting in. Phoebe Litchfield shimmies down the track and eases it back to Dean with soft hands.

On a length, on the pads. Phoebe Litchfield presses back and tucks it behind square on the leg side for a single.

 FOUR! Expertly played! Full and pitched outside leg. Beth Mooney shuffles to create room and drives it crisply to beat the mid off fielder to her left, and the ball races down the slope for a boundary. Australia are on the charge now. They need 117 runs from 100 balls.

With the keeper up to the stumps, Bell bowls a length ball, on the leg stump. Beth Mooney inside edges while attempting it to flick it off the back foot. The ball rolls off the thigh pad as the keeper collects to her left.

 FOUR! Up and over! Full in length, in the slot, in front of the sticks. Mooney exposes the stumps by backing away. Easily lofts it over the mid on fielder and picks up another boundary.

Back of a length, on middle, Mooney stays leg side of the ball and cuts it to deep point for a single.

TWO WIDES! Down the leg stump line, on a tad fuller length. Phoebe misses out on the flick shot, and the ball clips the keeper's right pad. Deflects to the short fine leg fielder, who dives and makes a half-stop, parrying the ball to the deep. It is hauled back by Alice Capsey, who sprints from short third. They cross.

 FOUR! Threads it through! Length ball, outside off. Beth Mooney nails the square cut by bisecting the backward point and short third fielders perfectly for a boundary.

A touch shorter, across off and Beth Mooney drags it wide of long on for a couple of runs.

Tossed up, on the pads, this is clipped to square leg by Mooney.

 FOUR! Wonderful shot! Tossed up on off, Mooney gets down low to nail the slog sweep in front of square. Gibson comes across from deep mid-wicket and puts in a slide to her left, but the ball has too much on it and beats her to the fence.

A tad short on the stumps, Beth Mooney knocks it to the left of the bowler. Linsey dives to her left and stops it.

Short in length and Mooney pulls it off the back foot to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Flat and full, on off, Phoebe lofts it down to long off for a single.

BEATEN! Full and angled outside off. Mooney backs away, exposes her stumps to go up and over covers, but misses to lay her bat on the ball.

Run out chance, missed! Full and swinging in on the pads. Mooney misses the flick and is hit on the front pad. The ball rolls towards the left of the bowler. Now, Voll is on the charge for a leg bye, but is sent back. Bell runs forward, picks the ball, turns around, has three stumps to aim at the bowling end, but misses, and Voll dives to get back home. Massive scare averted.

Short of a good length, outside off, shapes back in a touch. Mooney works it in front of cover-point for a single.

NO BALL! That has gone all wrong for Bell. Slips it miles outside off and it lands beyond the cutstrip. Georgia Voll leaves. The keeper, Amy Jones, dives to her right and gets some glove on it and parries it wide of the first slip fielder and the ball races to the fence behind. Free Hit to follow.

 FOUR! Voll makes the bowler pay for her error! Short of a length, angling in. Voll picks the length early and nails the pull shot to deep square leg for a boundary.

WIDE! Good length ball, but way down leg. Voll misses her flick.

 OUT! CHOPPED ON! Bell has the last laugh and breaks the opening stand. Good length ball in the channel outside off, 114.5 kph. Voll rocks back, looking for the square cut, but it's too close to free her arms. She is cramped for room, and she can only chop it back onto the stumps. The English fans roar back to life with this wicket. Australia Women are 17/1, chasing 151 runs.

 FOUR! That's a seriously good shot to open the account. Swings in a touch, full on middle and leg. Phoebe Litchfield walks forward and drives it straight down the ground, back past the bowler for a cracking boundary.

 FOUR! No sighters needed! Dean bowls from around the stump. Drops a half-volley on leg. Georgia Voll clears the front leg and belts it over mid on for a boundary. Australia and Voll are underway in the chase.

Review retained! A big sigh of relief for Voll and Australia. It is a length ball that drifts across the batter from around the stumps. On a length, pitching outside leg. Georgia Voll is pinned in the crease and plays across the line, only to get beaten and is hit on the back thigh. A massive appeal for LBW and up goes the finger. Georgia Voll has a chat with Mooney and sends it upstairs for a review. There is no bat involved, as there is a clear gap. But the Ball Tracking saves Voll as it is pitching outside leg.

Full on leg, pushed down to long on for a single.

Short and turning away outside off, this is chopped in front of backward point.

Full on off, Beth Mooney taps it to backward point.

Good stop! Short and outside off. Mooney goes deep in the crease and plays the late cut, but Linsey Smith dives to her right at backward point and makes a half stop, parrying the ball to the short third fielder. Single taken.