Sri Lanka Women vs New Zealand Women Scorecard, Match 7, ICC Womens T20 World Cup
Result · Jun 16 2026, Tue - 07:00 PM (IST)
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN150/6
SRI LANKA WOMEN153/5
Sri Lanka Women won by 5 wickets
CRR:7.78
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Women's T20 World Cup |
| Date: | Jun 16 2026, Tue - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | England |
| City: | Southampton |
| Venue: | Utilita Bowl |
| Toss: | New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat. |
| New Zealand Women Playing XI: | Georgia Plimmer, Izzy Gaze (wk), Melie Kerr (c), Sophie Devine, Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Izzy Sharp, Jess Kerr, Nensi Patel, Rosemary Mair, Bree Illing |
| Sri Lanka Women Playing XI: | Chamari Athapaththu (c), Vishmi Gunaratne, Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Kaushini Nuthyangana (wk), Sugandika Kumari, Kawya Kavindi, Mithali Ayodhya, Nimasha Meepage |
- New Zealand have won 14 of their 16 women’s T20Is against Sri Lanka but have lost two of their last four meetings, failing to defend their first-innings total in each of their two defeats to Sri Lanka in the format.
- New Zealand have won all seven meetings with Sri Lanka at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, winning by at least six wickets or 40 runs on each occasion; in fact, they’ve defeated Sri Lanka more times at the tournament than any other opponent.
- New Zealand have lost their last two women’s T20Is after losing only two of their previous 10 matches in the format, with each of their last three defeats coming by a margin of exactly seven wickets on the day.
- New Zealand have lost eight of their last nine women’s T20Is in Europe including their last two in a row, while Sri Lanka have won three of their last five matches in the continent, the most recent of which came in August 2024 against Ireland.
- Sri Lanka are on a three-match winning run when they’ve batted first in women’s T20Is after not defending their total in their previous six matches when batting first on the day; in fact, seven of their 10 wins at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup have come when they batted first.
- Sri Lanka’s 87-run loss to England in their first match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 was their first defeat women’s T20I loss in 2026 after winning their first five matches; in fact, it was their best ever winning streak to begin a calendar year in the format.
- New Zealand’s opening partnership has stood for 40+ runs in four of their last five matches at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, including a 49-run stand by Izzy Gaze and Georgia Plimmer in their first match of the 2026 tournament.
- Melie Kerr (New Zealand) has a T20I batting average of 47 from her six innings against Sri Lanka, the second-highest average of any player between these sides behind only fellow White Fern Amy Satterthwaite (52.5); indeed, Kerr has scored 30+ runs in four of her last five innings against Sri Lanka.
- Jess Kerr (New Zealand) has a bowling economy of 4.3 runs per over at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, the second-best of any bowler from Group B behind only Scotland’s Kirstie Gordon (4.0); indeed, Kerr has taken two wickets in each of her last two T20I innings against Sri Lanka.
- Chamari Athapaththu, who is Sri Lanka’s leading run scorer in women’s T20Is with nearly 2,000 more than the next (Athapaththu 3,756, Harshitha Samarawickrama 1,758), has scored 202 runs at an average of 101 across her last four T20I innings against New Zealand, including two half-centuries.