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Final | ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 | Venue not confirmed | 5 July 2026
Georgia Voll should have been out for nothing. Instead, a reversed lbw call on just the second ball of the innings let her play on, and Australia never looked back from there. England had chances early and still lost by seven wickets with 17 balls to spare, extending a run that now stretches back to the very first Women’s T20 World Cup final. This is the story of how one review, and everything that followed it, decided the match.
Charlie Dean opened the bowling and had Georgia Voll given out lbw on the second ball of the match. Australia sent it upstairs, and the on-field decision was overturned, with no source confirming the exact ball-tracking detail behind the reversal. Voll had already opened her account with a boundary through long-on off the very first ball of the innings.
Voll made England pay immediately for the reprieve. Lauren Bell’s following over included a no-ball that handed Voll a free hit, which she clubbed for another four, before the next legal delivery bowled her for 9. Australia stood at 17 for 1 after 1.5 overs, with that single Bell over costing 15 runs on its own. The reprieve and the damage both belonged to the same short passage of play, barely five deliveries apart, and it set the tone for everything that followed.
The scoreboard tells its own story of how comprehensively Australia controlled proceedings once the review had gone their way.
| Team | Score | Key Performer | Result |
| England | 150/4 (20 overs) | Nat Sciver-Brunt 58* | Lost |
| Australia | 153/3 (17.1 overs) | Beth Mooney 64 | Won by 7 wickets |
Australia’s powerplay alone read 62 for 1 at a run rate above ten, while England could only manage 39 for 2 in theirs. By the halfway mark, Australia sat at 98 for 1, needing just 5.3 an over from that point to chase down the target of 151, a rate their top order barely had to stretch for.
Beth Mooney finished with 64 off 49 balls, including ten fours, and was named Player of the Match for the innings and Player of the Series for her 238 tournament runs. Her stand with Litchfield added exactly 100 runs off 67 balls, doing most of the heavy lifting in the chase.
Bell’s second over cost another 16 runs, with Mooney finding the boundary three times in it, and the pressure England had briefly created with Voll’s early lbw appeal never returned in any meaningful way after that.
England’s attack still had moments. Sophie Ecclestone finished with 1 for 24 and Charlie Dean with 1 for 28, but Bell’s two expensive overs, 1 for 38 in total, gave Australia’s top order exactly the platform it needed.
England’s total leaned almost entirely on one late partnership. Nat Sciver-Brunt finished unbeaten on 58 off 53 balls, and Freya Kemp added an unbeaten 44 off just 28, their fifth-wicket stand worth 80 runs off 55 balls and unbroken at the close.
Everything before that stand was a struggle. England did not reach 100 until the 14.4th over, and the innings produced only two sixes in total, a total that reflected how hard Australia’s bowlers made scoring look all evening.
Sciver-Brunt admitted afterwards that England had ended up short of a competitive total on that surface, and coach Charlotte Edwards acknowledged that Australia have set the standard in the format for years.
Australia’s win means they have now won every single Women’s T20 World Cup final they have ever played, seven from seven stretching back to 2010, through 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2023, and now 2026.
That record makes the Voll review feel even more significant in hindsight. Had the on-field call stood, England would have taken the game’s first genuine boundary-taker out inside the second ball, and the entire complexion of England vs Australia Women’s T20 WC 2026 final could have shifted before either side had settled into the contest.
Instead, Australia converted the smallest of margins into another trophy, and England were left counting the cost of a review that never went their way.
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Why was Georgia Voll’s wicket overturned in the final?
Voll’s lbw dismissal was reversed after Australia reviewed the on-field decision. The call came off the second ball of the match against Charlie Dean, and no source has confirmed the exact ball-tracking reason behind the reversal.
How many runs did Australia need to win the World Cup final?
Australia chased a target of 151 to win the trophy. They got there in 17.1 overs, finishing on 153 for 3 with seven wickets and 17 balls in hand.
What was Beth Mooney’s score in the 2026 final?
Mooney scored 64 off 49 balls, including ten fours, in the final. The innings earned her Player of the Match, adding to a Player of the Series award worth 238 tournament runs.
Has Australia ever lost a Women’s T20 World Cup final?
No, Australia have won every Women’s T20 World Cup final they have played. Their record now stands at seven wins from seven appearances since the tournament began in 2010.
