16/06Result

7th Match, Group 2, ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Southampton, Jun 16 2026

New Zealand WomenNew Zealand WomenNZ-W
150/6
Sri Lanka WomenSri Lanka WomenSL-W
153/5 (19.4/20 ov)

SL Women won by 5 wkts (2b rem)

Player of the Match

Nilakshika SilvaSri Lanka Women

Best performances - Batsmen

NND Silva

54(37) 5x4 - 1x6

Control %76%

Productive Shot
sweep shot
9 runs
1x4 - 0x6

AC Kerr

45(36) 5x4 - 0x6

Control %89%

Productive Shot
on drive
13 runs
0x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

NH Patel

R23

Eco5.75

RHB
OFFLEG



	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF



			1W

WK Dilhari

R35

Eco8.75

RHB
OFFLEG



		1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF



		1W

Partnerships

New Zealand Women - Innings

GE Plimmer0 (0)

IC Gaze4 (3)

AC Kerr29 (24)

GE Plimmer18 (22)

SFM Devine25 (14)

AC Kerr16 (12)

SFM Devine5 (7)

BM Halliday7 (8)

SFM Devine15 (9)

ML Green14 (9)

ML Green1 (1)

IG Sharp0 (2)

10*

ML Green3 (3)

JM Kerr6 (6)

Sri Lanka Women - Innings

AMCJK Athapaththu27 (19)

RMVD Gunaratne16 (16)

H Samarawickrama1 (3)

RMVD Gunaratne1 (3)

GWHM Perera2 (4)

H Samarawickrama2 (3)

WK Dilhari0 (0)

NND Silva32 (23)

WK Dilhari17 (16)

48*

NND Silva22 (14)

Kaushini Nuthyangana24 (14)

Manhattan

Run rate graph

Worm

Match Coverage

All Match News

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SL Women INNINGS		R	B
RMVD Gunaratne	caught	17	19
AMCJK Athapaththu	bowled	27	19
H Samarawickrama	bowled	5	9
GWHM Perera	run out	2	4
WK Dilhari	run out	17	16
NND Silva	not out	54	37
Kaushini Nuthyangana	not out	24	14
BMSM Kumari
K Kavindi
M Ayodhya
NM Meepage
EXTRAS	(lb 3, w 4)
TOTAL	153 (5 wkts; 19.4 ovs)

NZ Women BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
RA Mair	4.0	1	28	0	7	(1w)
BG Illing	4.0	0	33	1	8.25	(2w)
JM Kerr	2.0	0	24	0	12
NH Patel	4.0	0	23	2	5.75
AC Kerr	4.0	0	24	0	6
SFM Devine	1.4	0	18	0	10.8	(1w)

SL Women 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	45	AMCJK Athapaththu	RMVD Gunaratne
2nd	2	H Samarawickrama	RMVD Gunaratne
3rd	6	GWHM Perera	H Samarawickrama
4th	2	H Samarawickrama	WK Dilhari
5th	50	NND Silva	WK Dilhari
6th	48	NND Silva	Kaushini Nuthyangana

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Group 1
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS-W	5	5	0	10	3.882
SA-W	5	4	1	8	0.633
IND-W	5	3	2	6	1.718
BAN-W	5	2	3	4	-0.71
PAK-W	5	1	4	2	-1.872
NL-W	5	0	5	0	-3.276
Group 2
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
ENG-W	5	5	0	10	2.134
WI-W	5	3	2	6	-0.147
SL-W	5	3	2	6	-0.725
NZ-W	5	2	3	4	-0.118
SCO-W	5	1	4	2	-0.232
IRE-W	5	1	4	2	-0.875

New Zealand Women - Innings

Sri Lanka Women - Innings

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