AUS-W vs BAN-W, the 9th match of the group stage of the 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, was played at Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds. The match began with high hopes from both teams that the contest would be a thrilling and high-scoring game. The toss was won by Sophie Molineux, and after winning the toss, Australia Women elected to field first. Bangladesh Women’s captain Nigar Sultana was confident that they would put a good total on the board batting first, as she said during the toss. The playing XI for today’s contest for both sides was:
Australia Women Playing XI: Beth Mooney (WK), Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Nicola Carey, Sophie Molineux (C), Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt
Bangladesh Women Playing XI: Dilara Akter, Juairiya Ferdous, Nigar Sultana (WK/C), Sobhana Mostary, Sharmin Akhter, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Sultana Khatun, Marufa Akter.
AUS-W vs BAN-W: AUS-W Bowling Choked BAN-W Batting Line-up
AUS-W vs BAN-W, a complete domination was witnessed at the Headingley Cricket Ground, as Australia Women choked the batting line-up of Bangladesh Women, and the AUS bowling department did not let the batters score runs and kept on taking wickets at regular intervals of time, keeping the BAN-W batters in trouble throughout the 20 overs of the first innings.
A Look at Bangladesh W Batting Performance:
Dilara Akter – 0 runs – 3 balls – SR 0.00 – b Kim Garth
Sharmin Akhter – 5 runs – 13 balls – SR 38.46 – lbw b Sophie Molineux
Nigar Sultana (C) – 27 runs – 47 balls – SR 57.44 – lbw b Sophie Molineux
Sobhana Mostary – 4 runs – 7 balls – SR 57.14 – c Sophie Molineux b Ellyse Perry
Shorna Akter – 0 runs – 3 balls – SR 0.00 – lbw b Ellyse Perry
Ritu Moni – 16 runs – 26 balls – SR 61.53 – c Georgia Voll b Georgia Wareham
Nahida Akter – 2 runs – 5 balls – SR 40.00 – not out
Rabeya Khan – 8 runs – 6 balls – SR 133.33 – lbw b Annabel Sutherland
Sultana Khatun – 0 runs – 1 ball – SR 0.00 – not out
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The highest run-scorer of the innings was captain Nigar Sultana, who scored 27(47), and other than her, none of the batters scored more than 16 runs. After 20 overs, Bangladesh Women could only manage to score 77 runs with the loss of 8 wickets, and the target for Australia Women was 78 runs to win the match in 20 overs.
A Display of Ruthless Bowling by Australia W:
Kim Garth – 2 wickets – 4 overs – Economy 4.50 – Juairiya Ferdous (lbw), Dilara Akter (bowled)
Sophie Molineux – 2 wickets – 4 overs – Economy 3.50 – Sharmin Akhter (lbw), Nigar Sultana (lbw)
Ellyse Perry – 2 wickets – 3 overs – Economy 4.66 – Sobhana Mostary (caught by Sophie Molineux), Shorna Akter (lbw)
Annabel Sutherland – 1 wicket – 3 overs – Economy 2.66 – Rabeya Khan (lbw)
Georgia Wareham – 1 wicket – 2 overs – Economy 3.00 – Ritu Moni (caught by Georgia Voll)
Megan Schutt – 0 wickets – 2 overs – Economy 5.00 – No wickets
Alana King – 0 wickets – 2 overs – Economy 3.00 – No wickets
Australia’s bowling department successfully restricted Bangladesh from crossing even the 80-run mark, and a complete team effort was displayed by the AUS-W bowling line-up in today’s match.
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AUS-W vs BAN-W: Georgia Voll Scored More than Half the Runs of the Total Single-Handedly and Led AUS-W to a huge 9-Wicket Victory
AUS-W vs BAN-W, the match progressed into the second innings, where the target for Australia Women was only 78 runs in 20 overs, and with a required run rate of 3.9 runs per over. If Bangladesh Women had to win the match, they had to take 3-4 wickets within the 6 overs of the powerplay and needed wickets at regular intervals of the match, but AUS-W openers Georgia Voll and Beth Mooney came to the crease with a different mindset. They both were in dangerous form, as Beth Mooney scored 2 boundaries and later she got out in the 5th over, but Georgia Voll was scoring runs at a faster rate, and Ellyse Perry anchored her innings.
Australia W’s Performance with the Bat:
Georgia Voll – 45 runs – 32 balls – SR 140.62 – not out
Beth Mooney – 10 runs – 10 balls – SR 100.00 – c Ritu Moni b Marufa Akter
Ellyse Perry – 19 runs – 15 balls – SR 126.66 – not out
Australia W chased the total with ease and without losing any tempo from the beginning. Voll was ruthless, and later, when Beth Mooney lost her wicket, Ellyse Perry stood at the non-striker’s end and let Georgia score runs. She alone took the match to a 9-wicket win within 9.3 overs of the second innings, and 63 deliveries of the innings were remaining.
AUS-W vs BAN-W: A 29.3 Overs Total, 155 Runs Total, and AUS-W Took the Contest One-Sided
As the encounter was expected to be a thrilling, high-scoring, and high-voltage one, the outcome was opposite, as AUS-W turned all those possibilities around with their commendable performance. In the first innings, BAN-W scored 77/8 in 20 overs, a complete blunder by the batters, and then they failed to stop Georgia Voll in the second innings.
The match will raise many questions for BAN-W among experts and fans. Whereas Australia Women are in the form for which they are known, and they turned the match into a Georgia Voll vs BAN-W contest and won the match by 9 wickets.
Points Table Update After AUS-W vs BAN-W
- Australia Women – Position: 1st – Played: 2 – Won: 2 – Lost: 0 – NRR: +3.875 – Points: 4
- India Women – Position: 2nd – Played: 1 – Won: 1 – Lost: 0 – NRR: +3.200 – Points: 2
- Bangladesh Women – Position: 3rd – Played: 2 – Won: 1 – Lost: 1 – NRR: -1.790 – Points: 2
- Netherlands Women – Position: 4th – Played: 1 – Won: 0 – Lost: 1 – NRR: -0.407 – Points: 0
- Pakistan Women – Position: 5th – Played: 1 – Won: 0 – Lost: 1 – NRR: -3.200 – Points: 0
- South Africa Women – Position: 6th – Played: 1 – Won: 0 – Lost: 1 – NRR: -3.250 – Points: 0
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