Women's T20 World Cup 2026 final LIVE: England vs Australia, Lord's

Leading bowlers

It's been a good tournament for the batters, but these bowlers have certainly done their best to add balance to the bat versus ball battle.

Leading batters

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Ffion Wynne

BBC Sport cricket writer at Lord's

Walking to Lord's and even two hours early, the queues were massive and there's such an amazing buzz around the ground.

Alex Hartley said she had a tear in her eye at the sight of just how many people there were.

Australia's route to the final

Australia have had their share of injuries at this T20 World Cup, with Phoebe Litchfield and Ash Gardner missing group games, Beth Mooney unable to keep wicket against the Netherlands after retiring hurt, and a scare for Ellyse Perry in the semi-finals.

But the six-time champions have cruised through to the final, beating South Africa (65 runs), Bangladesh (nine wickets), Netherlands (98 runs), Pakistan (113 runs), and India (six wickets) to top Group 1 before beating West Indies by eight wickets in the last four.

They restricted West Indies to 125-7 before chasing it down with 42 balls to spare, led by Mooney's 36-ball 61.

England's route to the final

England enjoyed a comfortable passage through the group stage, beating Sri Lanka (87 runs), Ireland (four wickets), Scotland (38 runs), West Indies (38 runs), and New Zealand (nine wickets) to top Group 2.

Danni Wyatt-Hodge lit up Edgbaston in their opener, smacking an unbeaten century, while there were also fireworks from the bats of Dani Gibson and Freya Gibson against Scotland at Headingley - together they added 61 runs off just 21 balls.

With the ball, Sophie Ecclestone led the way in the group stage, picking up eight of her nine wickets.

England booked their place in the final with a 40-run win over South Africa at The Oval.

Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt - returning from missing much of the group stage through injury - and Heather Knight rescued England from 23-3 to post 169-5 before a team bowling performance restricted the Proteas to 129-8.

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After 32 matches, it comes down to this.

England versus Australia at Lord's with the T20 World Cup trophy on the line.

The inaugural winners against the six-time champions.

Toss and team news coming up in around 15 minutes.

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