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Match 16 | European T20 Premier League 2026 | Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg, Netherlands | 6 September 2026
Trent Boult beat Glasgow Cosmic’s top order almost single-handedly last time, and Sunday’s rematch is really about whether Jason Roy, Richie Berrington and George Munsey have found an answer since. Edinburgh have already booked their spot in the final. Glasgow are playing to save their season, and that gap in stakes, not the head-to-head record, is what actually shapes how this one goes, and it’s why Voorburg’s placid surface matters less than which batter blinks first against the new-ball swing.
Edinburgh Castle Rockers sit top of the ETPL 2026 table after three games, with two wins, one no result and a net run rate of plus 3.380. They have already been confirmed for the final and travel to Voorburg under Mitchell Santner with nothing left to prove in the group stage.
Glasgow Cosmic, by contrast, sit fifth with one win from three matches and a net run rate of minus 0.944. Sunday’s match kicks off at 11:30 CEST, 09:30 GMT and 15:00 IST, and a Glasgow loss would all but end their tournament.
The two sides have met exactly once this season, and it settled very little beyond confirming who currently has the upper hand. Edinburgh chased down a modest target with ease, and the manner of that win is why Sunday is being built around one specific matchup rather than the table alone.
Everything from that August meeting points back to a single spell that dictated the rest of the innings. Whoever wins that individual battle again on Sunday will likely decide which side leaves Voorburg with the points.
Trent Boult tore through Glasgow’s top order in Match 3, finishing with 5 for 24 from his four overs at an economy of 6.00 and a strike rate of one wicket every 4.8 balls. It was his maiden T20 five-wicket haul in 316 matches, comfortably better than his previous best of 4 for 13 against Sri Lanka in 2022.
| GLC Batter | Dismissal vs Boult (M3) | Tournament Form | Career T20 Average |
| Jason Roy | 0 (3b), caught Delany, bowled Boult | SR 162.16 in M5 vs DG, 38 runs in M12 vs Flames | 27.37 |
| Richie Berrington | 28 (27b), caught Jarvis, bowled Boult | SR 188.88 in M5, a crucial 51 off 27 | 30.70 |
| George Munsey | 9 (12b), run out by Santner | SR 143.93 for his career, 67 runs in M12 vs Flames | 32.07 |
| Liam Livingstone | 17 (20b), stumped Gous, bowled Smuts | SR around 145.66 for his career, dismissed cheaply since | 24.50 |
Across his 361 T20 wickets, Boult averages 26.07, and Glasgow’s top four above account for four of his tidiest figures anywhere this year. None of them found an answer to the left-armer angling the ball across them.
Sportpark Westvliet in Voorburg has hosted every one of ETPL 2026’s first 17 matches, with an average score of 158 across the ground’s last ten T20 fixtures. The tournament only shifts to Malahide in Ireland from match 18 onward, so conditions here are as familiar as they get this season.
Edinburgh lead this head-to-head 1 to 0 after bowling Glasgow out for 115 in Match 3 and chasing the target down in 11.3 overs for the loss of three wickets. JJ Smuts made 33, Ross Adair added 28 off just 12 balls, and Andries Gous finished unbeaten on 40 from 28 deliveries to seal it inside 12 overs.
Jason Roy remains the tournament’s leading run scorer with 120 runs, and his 60 off 37 balls against DG shows the counterattacking game is still there when the bowling is less hostile than Boult’s. Richie Berrington’s man of the match innings in that same game, 51 off 27, is the clearest evidence Glasgow’s batting can function without Roy firing.
The bigger question is whether Munsey’s captaincy and Livingstone’s all-round threat can turn one good passage of play into a full match-winning performance rather than another false dawn. Given Edinburgh’s cushion at the top and Glasgow’s need for points, this Glasgow Cosmic Edinburgh Rockers ETPL 2026 player duel between Boult and the home side’s top order looks set to decide the entire match again.
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Who won the only previous Glasgow Cosmic vs Edinburgh Castle Rockers match this season?
Edinburgh Castle Rockers won by seven wickets in Match 3 on 27 August 2026. Trent Boult’s 5 for 24 restricted Glasgow to 115, and Edinburgh chased it down in 11.3 overs.
What is Trent Boult’s economy rate against Glasgow Cosmic in ETPL 2026?
Boult’s only confirmed figures against Glasgow show an economy of 6.00. That came from his 5 for 24 in four overs during Match 3 on 27 August.
Who is Glasgow Cosmic’s leading run scorer in ETPL 2026?
Jason Roy leads Glasgow Cosmic’s batting with 120 runs so far this season. His best score is 60 off 37 balls, struck at a strike rate of 162.16 against DG.
When do Glasgow Cosmic play Edinburgh Castle Rockers next?
The two sides meet again in Match 16 on Sunday, 6 September 2026. Kick-off at Sportpark Westvliet is 11:30 CEST, which converts to 09:30 GMT and 15:00 IST in India.
Where is ETPL 2026’s sixteenth match being played?
Match 16 is being played at Sportpark Westvliet in Voorburg, Netherlands. The venue has hosted every ETPL 2026 fixture so far and averages 158 runs per innings across its last ten T20s.
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