08/02/2026 |
England
completed
Nepal
184 - 7
180 - 6
England won by 4 runs

England innings

Batsman Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s
PD Salt c Lamichhane b Malla 1 7 2 0 0
JC Buttler c Aasif Sheikh b Yadav 26 23 17 5 0
JG Bethell c Bam b Airee 55 59 35 4 4
T Banton lbw b Lamichhane 2 10 5 0 0
HC Brook c Malla b Yadav 53 53 32 4 3
SM Curran b Airee 2 7 8 0 0
WG Jacks not out 39 21 18 1 4
JC Archer run out b Aasif Sheikh 1 8 3 0 0
LA Dawson not out 0 1 0 0 0
AU Rashid
L Wood
Extras0nb 4w 0b 1lb5
Total(20 Overs)184-7
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Karan 3 0 35 0 11.67
Malla 3 0 35 1 11.67
Airee 3 0 23 2 7.67
Yadav 3 0 25 2 8.33
Lamichhane 4 0 25 1 6.25
Bhurtel 4 0 40 0 10.00
Fall of Wicket Batsman
5 (1.1 Overs) Salt
43 (4.3 Overs) Buttler
57 (6.1 Overs) Banton
128 (13.4 Overs) Bethell
137 (15.3 Overs) Curran
157 (18.2 Overs) Brook
178 (19.5 Overs) Archer

England

  • PD Salt
  • JC Buttler (wicketkeeper)
  • JG Bethell
  • T Banton
  • HC Brook (captain)
  • SM Curran
  • WG Jacks
  • JC Archer
  • LA Dawson
  • AU Rashid
  • L Wood

Nepal

  • K Bhurtel
  • Aasif Sheikh (wicketkeeper)
  • RK Paudel (captain)
  • DS Airee
  • Aarif Sheikh
  • LB Bam
  • GK Jha
  • KC Karan
  • S Malla
  • NK Yadav
  • S Lamichhane
Toss:
England won and decided to bat
Venue:
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Officials:
LS Reifer | RJ Tucker | PR Reiffel | AJ Pycroft | RE Black |
Last Updated:
23:57 on 22 February 2026

Nepal innings

Batsman Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s
K Bhurtel caught and bowled b Jacks
29 25 17 4 1
Aasif Sheikh c Wood b Dawson 7 17 9 1 0
RK Paudel c Salt b Dawson 39 52 34 2 2
DS Airee c Banton b Curran 44 36 29 6 1
Aarif Sheikh c Buttler b Archer 10 16 8 0 1
LB Bam not out 39 31 20 4 2
GK Jha b Wood 1 13 2 0 0
KC Karan not out 1 8 1 0 0
S Malla
NK Yadav
S Lamichhane
Extras0nb 10w 0b 0lb10
Total(20 Overs)180-6
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Wood 3 0 31 1 10.33
Archer 4 0 42 1 10.50
Dawson 4 0 21 2 5.25
Jacks 2 0 17 1 8.50
Rashid 3 0 42 0 14.00
Curran 4 0 27 1 6.75
Fall of Wicket Batsman
37 (3.5 Overs) Aasif Sheikh
42 (5.2 Overs) Bhurtel
124 (14.2 Overs) Airee
126 (15.3 Overs) Paudel
146 (17.2 Overs) Aarif Sheikh
175 (18.6 Overs) Jha

England

  • PD Salt
  • JC Buttler (wicketkeeper)
  • JG Bethell
  • T Banton
  • HC Brook (captain)
  • SM Curran
  • WG Jacks
  • JC Archer
  • LA Dawson
  • AU Rashid
  • L Wood

Nepal

  • K Bhurtel
  • Aasif Sheikh (wicketkeeper)
  • RK Paudel (captain)
  • DS Airee
  • Aarif Sheikh
  • LB Bam
  • GK Jha
  • KC Karan
  • S Malla
  • NK Yadav
  • S Lamichhane
Toss:
England won and decided to bat
Venue:
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Officials:
LS Reifer | RJ Tucker | PR Reiffel | AJ Pycroft | RE Black |
Last Updated:
23:57 on 22 February 2026

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