ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 Discussion thread

[Sithara007]

In Group 2, Scotland Women have defeated Ireland Women by a massive margin of 40 runs at the Old Trafford. Kathryn Bryce scored 60 from just 39 balls, and got good support from Sarah Bryce (49). Ava Canning picked up three wickets for Ireland, but the performance of their best player (Orla Prendergast) was not up to the mark. While batting also, Orla scored 33. Amy Hunter made 39, and apart from these two, the Irish batting collapsed. Kirstie Gordon and Katherine Fraser picked up 3 wickets each for Scotland. At least on paper this is an upset. Ireland is a full member nation, while Scotland is an associate side.

[dezoel]

In Group 2, Scotland Women have defeated Ireland Women by a massive margin of 40 runs at the Old Trafford. Kathryn Bryce scored 60 from just 39 balls, and got good support from Sarah Bryce (49). Ava Canning picked up three wickets for Ireland, but the performance of their best player (Orla Prendergast) was not up to the mark. While batting also, Orla scored 33. Amy Hunter made 39, and apart from these two, the Irish batting collapsed. Kirstie Gordon and Katherine Fraser picked up 3 wickets each for Scotland. At least on paper this is an upset. Ireland is a full member nation, while Scotland is an associate side.

Just two games - both ended with a one-sided - difference in quality is massive between top teams and lower-ranked teams, it is not easy to end this because a few countries still do not have enough support from their governments that is preventing them from improving their systems.

After a few minutes, a big game is going to be played. Even I am expecting no chance for South African women, still this match will provide good entertainment for fans.

The last game of the day is going to be played between New Zealand women and West Indies women and NZ women have a chance of jumping to second spot.

[welovebit]

Marizanne Kapp gave an early breakthrough to South African women. Australian women have a slow start into their first game of the World Cup. Now Phoebe Litchfield and Beth Mooney are on the crease and have a 17-run partnership. They needed to have good runs on board for having a good start. Shabnim Ismail is having a good first over after coming out of retirement, but in the second over she gives 10 runs on 4 balls, but on the 5th ball has a big wicket for South African women, Beth Mooney, back to the pavilion at the end of 4 overs.
Now Australian women are having 24 for 2. Hopefully with this big wicket, South African women will be able to keep pressure on Australian women.

[Zaka1221]

In Group 2, Scotland Women have defeated Ireland Women by a massive margin of 40 runs at the Old Trafford. Kathryn Bryce scored 60 from just 39 balls, and got good support from Sarah Bryce (49). Ava Canning picked up three wickets for Ireland, but the performance of their best player (Orla Prendergast) was not up to the mark. While batting also, Orla scored 33. Amy Hunter made 39, and apart from these two, the Irish batting collapsed. Kirstie Gordon and Katherine Fraser picked up 3 wickets each for Scotland. At least on paper this is an upset. Ireland is a full member nation, while Scotland is an associate side.

This second match of Group Two was between the Scotland Women and the Ireland Women team. The Scotland Women team set a target of 161 runs in which the performance of their two players was the best and the rest did not score anything special but they all worked hard together. In this, five of their players were out and they all showed teamwork. Kathryn Bryce scored 60 runs and Sarah Bryce scored 49 runs but their target was to win the other team while chasing because all their players were out and they scored only 121 runs. If you look at it, the overs were not even completed yet, there were some balls left. Ireland Women did not perform anything special in this match due to which they faced failure. The Scotland Women team won this match by 40 runs and if you look at it, they are also at second place in the table.

[UmerIdrees]

Tomorrow is Sunday and it is going to be superb as well as energetic. It's another Pakistan Women vs India Women match, but it's hard for Pakistan Women to win because their recent performances have been so bad, including the way they badly lost all the warm-up matches and their progress and preparation are not looking good for the World Cup. Still, let's see and wait till the tomorrow's battle between them.

[noormcs5]

Tomorrow is Sunday and it is going to be superb as well as energetic. It's another Pakistan Women vs India Women match, but it's hard for Pakistan Women to win because their recent performances have been so bad, including the way they badly lost all the warm-up matches and their progress and preparation are not looking good for the World Cup. Still, let's see and wait till the tomorrow's battle between them.

It will surely be hard, but it cannot be extremely impossible. India has been winning for a very long time, whereas last time Pakistan women won in 2022. And that was the match of the tournament of the Women's Asia Cup, and that time Pakistan created history by beating India after losing to Thailand, so they should go with the powerful mindset of dominating the game, and hopefully the results will come as we are expecting. But at the same time, India is more favored to win based on history, records, and current performances.

[Sithara007]

Just two games - both ended with a one-sided - difference in quality is massive between top teams and lower-ranked teams, it is not easy to end this because a few countries still do not have enough support from their governments that is preventing them from improving their systems.

After a few minutes, a big game is going to be played. Even I am expecting no chance for South African women, still this match will provide good entertainment for fans.

The last game of the day is going to be played between New Zealand women and West Indies women and NZ women have a chance of jumping to second spot.

When you say that the "difference in quality is massive between top teams and lower-ranked teams", you need to specify. One of the teams who won with a massive margin was Scotland, who are one of the two associate nations taking part in this tournament (the other being Netherlands). In the first match, they ended up with a massive win against the Ireland team (who happens to be a full member since 2019). So on paper, one of these one-sided matches was an upset. Anyway, today we have one of the most awaited match of the tournament (India women vs Pakistan women). Stake has India at 1.08, while Pakistan is at 7.50.

[barbara44]

Super Sunday is full of action with many games right now playing around the Netherlands w are facing Bangladesh w. Here, Bangladeshis w are doing an impressive job and restricted them to 139, and with this score, I am expecting an easy win for them because their performance is much improved, and they can chase this target.

The second game of the day is India W vs. Pakistan W. The odds are clearly showing the difference between the teams, and I am not expecting anything from Pakistani w because they are not having good improvement, and their batting is always a problem for them even if they have better bowling, but batting never allows them to have better results. India w will be good enough to win this game easily.

[UmerIdrees]

The second game of the day is India W vs. Pakistan W. The odds are clearly showing the difference between the teams, and I am not expecting anything from Pakistani w because they are not having good improvement, and their batting is always a problem for them even if they have better bowling, but batting never allows them to have better results. India w will be good enough to win this game easily.

Indian Women haven't started this game as they would have expected. They have lost their two best batswomen and now the pressure is on them. Shafali Verma could only make six runs before she was out by Sadia Iqbal. This was a big wicket. Soon after that, Jemimah Rodrigues also lost her wicket, and this created more problems for the Indian Women's team.

It is now up to Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur to keep the innings going and also not to lose wickets. They need to score some decent runs in order to make Pakistan players chase a reasonable target.

[Webetcoins]

Indian Women haven't started this game as they would have expected. They have lost their two best batswomen and now the pressure is on them. Shafali Verma could only make six runs before she was out by Sadia Iqbal. This was a big wicket. Soon after that, Jemimah Rodrigues also lost her wicket, and this created more problems for the Indian Women's team.

It is now up to Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur to keep the innings going and also not to lose wickets. They need to score some decent runs in order to make Pakistan players chase a reasonable target.

Pakistan w bowlers did a good job and had an early breakthrough, but the 3rd wicket partnership gave a good boost to Indian w. Mandhana and Kaur kept things in balance, but in the end, the burst-up from Richa does good damage to Pakistan w because these runs can give them big trouble while chasing.

Muneeba Ali and Gul Feroz are already on the crease for their batting at the end of 2 overs with 11 runs without any loss. This is slow but good because they needed to have good runs without losing any wickets.

This will give them a chance of having a good result in this match against Indian women.

[HelliumZ]

Bangladesh got off to a great start in the fifth match of the ICC Women's World Cup today by defeating the Netherlands by 6 wickets, leaving them second only to Australia in the points table. Bangladesh Women's team won the toss and elected to field and restricted the Netherlands Women's team to 139 runs, securing victory by losing just four wickets in 19 overs. Bangladesh's next matches will definitely be against tough and strong teams, where Bangladesh's chances of winning are very slim.Bangladesh's next matches will definitely be against tough and strong teams, where Bangladesh's chances of winning are very slim.

[eaLiTy]

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Muneeba Ali and Gul Feroz are already on the crease for their batting at the end of 2 overs with 11 runs without any loss. This is slow but good because they needed to have good runs without losing any wickets.

This will give them a chance of having a good result in this match against Indian women.

Pakistan bowled really well inside the powerplay, and were able to pick the wickets of Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues. After that, they lost the plot as Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur built a solid partnership, with the rest of the players chipping in to take India to a good score.

Chasing the total, Pakistan started really well in the powerplay. Muneeba Ali played well till she lost her wicket to a direct hit. After that, the middle order went for big shots and kept losing wickets, and ended up losing by 64 runs.

[henmark]

Pakistan bowled really well inside the powerplay, and were able to pick the wickets of Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues. After that, they lost the plot as Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur built a solid partnership, with the rest of the players chipping in to take India to a good score.

Chasing the total, Pakistan started really well in the powerplay. Muneeba Ali played well till she lost her wicket to a direct hit. After that, the middle order went for big shots and kept losing wickets, and ended up losing by 64 runs.

I have been expecting a collapse like this because Pakistan women batting is already below par, they have no development in batting depth for years, and playing against India in any format is now almost having no chance. Pakistan women are mentally and psychologically down. This is a big setback before the match began.

Defeat was expected, but the openers, gave an idle start, there was some chance for a good fight back, but Deepti Sharma did an impressive job and never allowed them to have any chance. With this level of performance, I am not expecting Pakistan women to have any chance of winning any game because Netherlands women are also looking better, and from them batting is always a problem, and they always fail to fix this.

[Doll2233]

In Group 2, Scotland Women have defeated Ireland Women by a massive margin of 40 runs at the Old Trafford. Kathryn Bryce scored 60 from just 39 balls, and got good support from Sarah Bryce (49). Ava Canning picked up three wickets for Ireland, but the performance of their best player (Orla Prendergast) was not up to the mark. While batting also, Orla scored 33. Amy Hunter made 39, and apart from these two, the Irish batting collapsed. Kirstie Gordon and Katherine Fraser picked up 3 wickets each for Scotland. At least on paper this is an upset. Ireland is a full member nation, while Scotland is an associate side.

This second match of Group Two was between the Scotland Women and the Ireland Women team. The Scotland Women team set a target of 161 runs in which the performance of their two players was the best and the rest did not score anything special but they all worked hard together. In this, five of their players were out and they all showed teamwork. Kathryn Bryce scored 60 runs and Sarah Bryce scored 49 runs but their target was to win the other team while chasing because all their players were out and they scored only 121 runs. If you look at it, the overs were not even completed yet, there were some balls left. Ireland Women did not perform anything special in this match due to which they faced failure. The Scotland Women team won this match by 40 runs and if you look at it, they are also at second place in the table.

By playing first Scotland Women scored 161 runs and lost 5 wickets. In the beginning of the inning they played very poor performance. They could not utilise power play effectively. In power play they played extra dot balls and scored less runs. After losing 2 wickets they came into game and scored some runs. Just 2 players played responsible and well inning. Remaining other players could not perform well and they gave a lowest total. On the other hand opponent team bowled outstanding bowling they gave less runs and got more wickets. Overall bowling performance was good so they gave tough time of opponent team. Since it was lowest total  but Ireland Women team this lowest total could not chase effectively. So they showed more poor performance in batting line than Scotland women team. Since they showed bad performance in batting side so they could not chase this total and lost the match very badly.

[JahriMeayer]

India Women showed a complete team performance against Pakistan Women. They ended their match with 170 runs, where their batting unit looked patience and aggression when needed. Smriti Mandhana played a significant role, while Richa Ghosh also added valuable runs in the total target to maintained challenging level. Pak Women started the match as well but failed to maintain momentum under pressure. Field's Environment became changed and  the bowling of Deepti Sharma was responsible behind such. Due to Her brilliant five wickets hunt, she earned Player of the Match title. India women looked sharper & strategic in every department, especially in bowling and fielding. This victory gives India a strong starting journey to their T20 World Cup campaign and sends a clear message to the other teams that India is a strong contender in this tournament

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India Women showed a complete team performance against Pakistan Women. They ended their match with 170 runs, where their batting unit looked patience and aggression when needed. Smriti Mandhana played a significant role, while Richa Ghosh also added valuable runs in the total target to maintained challenging level. Pak Women started the match as well but failed to maintain momentum under pressure. Field's Environment became changed and  the bowling of Deepti Sharma was responsible behind such. Due to Her brilliant five wickets hunt, she earned Player of the Match title. India women looked sharper & strategic in every department, especially in bowling and fielding. This victory gives India a strong starting journey to their T20 World Cup campaign and sends a clear message to the other teams that India is a strong contender in this tournament

Actually it was a expected performance from the Indian women team because we know that Indian women team is much stronger team than the Pakistan women team. And on that point of view they also did good performance at their batting and also extremely good performance at their bowling.

From their batting I will give big credit to Smriti Mandhana  and as well  Harmanpreet Kaur gave a big support.  And about their bowling performance I will say that even the Pakistan women team when try to start a good innings that actually totally break by the Indian bowler Shree Charani Deepti Sharma these two girl was amazing in today's match.

[Smack That Ace]

India Women showed a complete team performance against Pakistan Women. They ended their match with 170 runs, where their batting unit looked patience and aggression when needed. Smriti Mandhana played a significant role, while Richa Ghosh also added valuable runs in the total target to maintained challenging level. Pak Women started the match as well but failed to maintain momentum under pressure. Field's Environment became changed and  the bowling of Deepti Sharma was responsible behind such. Due to Her brilliant five wickets hunt, she earned Player of the Match title. India women looked sharper & strategic in every department, especially in bowling and fielding. This victory gives India a strong starting journey to their T20 World Cup campaign and sends a clear message to the other teams that India is a strong contender in this tournament

India women's team is very strong. It was predicted that they will win against Pakistan. Even then I expected a little better performance from Pakistan. I thought that Pakistani players can make the match a little exciting. But it was a completely one-sided match.

India gave a big target of 171 runs with the help of Smriti Mandhana's innings of 68 runs. I expected Pakistan to collect around 160. But after Pakistan lost the wicket of Feroza, Pakistan started losing wickets very quickly. Except for Muneeba Ali, no other batsman could play well. In the end, Pakistan could only collect 106 runs. India women's team won by a huge margin of 64 runs.

[Crypto Library]

India women's team is very strong. It was predicted that they will win against Pakistan. Even then I expected a little better performance from Pakistan. I thought that Pakistani players can make the match a little exciting. But it was a completely one-sided match.

India gave a big target of 171 runs with the help of Smriti Mandhana's innings of 68 runs. I expected Pakistan to collect around 160. But after Pakistan lost the wicket of Feroza, Pakistan started losing wickets very quickly. Except for Muneeba Ali, no other batsman could play well. In the end, Pakistan could only collect 106 runs. India women's team won by a huge margin of 64 runs.

True, the result of this match is that most people have already guessed which team will actually win here. Even if I talk about the score of Indian women team that was not much big in my point of view because this is the T20 format and here I think 171 is score was an average good score.
But it is true that the target was big for the Pakistani women team because their batting lineup was not too good as the Indian woman teen have. And that is why we saw the quick fall down of Pakistani women team even they what is struggling to cross the hundred run.

[welovebit]

India women's team is very strong. It was predicted that they will win against Pakistan. Even then I expected a little better performance from Pakistan. I thought that Pakistani players can make the match a little exciting. But it was a completely one-sided match.

India gave a big target of 171 runs with the help of Smriti Mandhana's innings of 68 runs. I expected Pakistan to collect around 160. But after Pakistan lost the wicket of Feroza, Pakistan started losing wickets very quickly. Except for Muneeba Ali, no other batsman could play well. In the end, Pakistan could only collect 106 runs. India women's team won by a huge margin of 64 runs.

True, the result of this match is that most people have already guessed which team will actually win here. Even if I talk about the score of Indian women team that was not much big in my point of view because this is the T20 format and here I think 171 is score was an average good score.
But it is true that the target was big for the Pakistani women team because their batting lineup was not too good as the Indian woman teen have. And that is why we saw the quick fall down of Pakistani women team even they what is struggling to cross the hundred run.

Lack of domestic events and not having a good enough chance of practice have hurt Pakistani women's cricket for a long time, but still I appreciate them for having good performance because they have done a good job in bowling, but batting is always a problem for them there is no good quality batter with good skills and technique for T20.
There was some announcement about a domestic event for women, but it never happened because of PCB's poor management and lack of professionalism in the last few months. Teams like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka had good improvement, but they failed, and now they are falling down badly. The start of the chase was good, but suddenly they are gone like crap.

[fuguebtc]

Due to some bad decisions of ICC, we do not see much progress in women's cricket. Very few people are interested in women's cricket. ICC is not able to take any necessary steps to interest the audience.

Now the World Cup is going on. The whole world is watching it. And this is normal. At such a time, ICC has organized one of the most important tournaments of women's cricket, the T20 World Cup. The number of viewers in women's cricket is already very low. Now, will anyone be interested in watching women's cricket during the Football World Cup? If this tournament was organized after the Football World Cup, their audience would definitely increase several times. It is very important for ICC to keep an eye on these things.