India needed 6 runs off the last 3 balls. Richa Ghosh had already hit a four and a six earlier in the over. She was stumped on the next ball. India’s last batter was out on the ball after that. England won by 5 runs.
That single sequence tells you more about the India Women vs England Women rivalry in 2026 than any single scoreline. These two teams met five times across the year three T20Is, a Test, and a T20 World Cup warm-up and almost every match came down to a genuinely tight finish. If you’re searching for the scorecard, here is every result in one place, explained properly.
Which India Women vs England Women Match Are You Looking For?
This keyword can point to five different matches from 2026, plus older fixtures from 2025 that still show up in search results. Before diving into scorecards, here’s how to tell them apart.
| Match | Competition | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st T20I | Bilateral tour | 28 May 2026 | — |
| 2nd T20I | Bilateral tour | 30 May 2026 | Bristol County Ground |
| 3rd T20I | Bilateral tour | 2 June 2026 | — |
| Only Test | Bilateral tour | 10-13 July 2026 | Lord’s |
| Warm-up match | ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 | 10 June 2026 | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff |
The warm-up match is easy to confuse with the bilateral series because it happened in the same window, on the same tour, against the same opponent but it does not count toward the bilateral series result and carries different stakes entirely: both teams were preparing for the actual World Cup, not competing for a series scoreline.
Full 2026 Results at a Glance
| Match | Result | Player of the Match |
|---|---|---|
| 1st T20I | India won, 188/7 vs 150/8 | — |
| 2nd T20I | England won by 26 runs, 168/5 vs 142/9 | Freya Kemp |
| 3rd T20I | England won, 184/4 vs 180/5 | Alice Capsey |
| Only Test | India won by an innings | Yastika Bhatia / Kranti Gaud |
| Warm-up match | England won by 5 runs, 171/6 vs 166 | — |
England won the T20I series 2-1 and the warm-up match, while India won the Test comprehensively.
T20I Series Scorecards
1st T20I: India Win
India posted 188/7, with Jemimah Rodrigues top-scoring on 69 off 40 balls. England replied with 150/8, Amy Jones making 67 off 48 in a losing effort. This was also the match where Nandani Sharma and Tilly Corteen-Coleman both made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I: Freya Kemp Levels the Series
Played on 30 May 2026 at Bristol County Ground. England won the toss, chose to bat, and won by 26 runs.
England Women innings: 168/5 (20 overs)
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danni Wyatt-Hodge | 29 | 25 | — | — | Top-order contribution |
| Amy Jones (wk) | 28 | 22 | 3 | 0 | c Harmanpreet Kaur b Shree Charani |
| Freya Kemp | 39* | 13 | 4 | 2 | Not out, decisive finishing cameo |
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England recovered from a precarious 129/5 after 18 overs, largely through Kemp’s unbeaten burst.
India bowling: Shree Charani 3/25 (4 overs), Shreyanka Patil 1/29 (4 overs), plus the remaining overs shared among the attack.
India Women innings: 142/9 (20 overs)
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yastika Bhatia | 33 | 36 | Top scorer |
| Smriti Mandhana | 32 | — | — |
| Harmanpreet Kaur (c) | 28 | 22 | Passed 4,000 T20I runs during this innings |
England bowling: Charlie Dean 2/20 (4 overs), Freya Kemp 2/15 (2 overs), Player of the Match: Freya Kemp.
Turning point: Here’s what most recaps get wrong. They credit Kemp’s bowling figures alone for the win. But here’s the real problem for India Kemp’s damage was done twice, first with 39 off just 13 balls to rescue England’s innings from a stalling 129/5, then again with the ball to remove India’s momentum in the chase.
What most people miss is that Harmanpreet Kaur’s milestone of 4,000 T20I runs only the third woman in history to reach it happened in a losing cause, which is exactly the kind of personal achievement that gets buried by a team result.
3rd T20I: Alice Capsey Seals It for England
England won the decider, posting 184/4 to beat India’s 180/5. Alice Capsey’s 82 off 43 balls was the standout innings, sealing both the match and her Player of the Series award. Harmanpreet Kaur’s unbeaten 56 off 40 for India was ultimately not enough.
Series result: England Women won the three-match T20I series 2-1.
The Only Test: India’s Innings Win at Lord’s
Played 10-13 July 2026 at Lord’s the first-ever women’s Test at that venue. Result: India won by an innings.
| Innings | Team | Total | Top Scorer | Best Bowler |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st innings | India | 285 all out | Smriti Mandhana, 83 off 108 | — |
| 1st innings | England | 170 all out | Amy Jones, 52 | Kranti Gaud, 5/37 |
| 2nd innings | India | 341/7 declared | Yastika Bhatia, 113 off 158 | — |
| 2nd innings | England | 186 all out | Amy Jones, 54 | Sneh Rana, 4/42 |
Yastika Bhatia’s 113 was her maiden Test century, and Kranti Gaud’s 5/37 was her maiden Test five-wicket haul both delivered in the same historic match.
T20 World Cup Warm-up Richa Ghosh’s Near-Miracle
Played 10 June 2026 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, as both sides’ final preparation match before the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
Result: England Women won by 5 runs.
England Women innings: 171/6 (20 overs)
| Batter | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Jones (wk) | b Shafali Verma | 64 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 142.22 |
| Danni Wyatt-Hodge | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alice Capsey | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Freya Kemp | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nat Sciver-Brunt (c) | c Radha Yadav b Shreyanka Patil | 57 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 126.66 |
| Charlie Dean | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Danielle Gibson | not out | 30 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 250.00 |
Extras: not fully itemised in source. Fall of wickets: 27-1 (Wyatt-Hodge, 3.4 ov), 97-2 (Jones, 12.5 ov), 103-3 (Capsey, 13.6 ov), 121-4 (Kemp, 15.6 ov), 152-5 (Sciver-Brunt, 18.5 ov), 152-6 (Dean, 18.6 ov). Amy Jones and Nat Sciver-Brunt added 70 runs for the second wicket, including a 50-run stand off 36 balls at the halfway mark.
India bowling: Shafali Verma 1/18 (2 overs), Shreyanka Patil 2/29 (4 overs), plus the remaining overs shared among the attack.
India Women innings: 166 all out (19.5 overs)
| Batter | Dismissal | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shafali Verma | — | — | — | — | — | Brief early momentum, fell cheaply |
| Smriti Mandhana | c/b Linsey Smith | — | — | — | — | Early breakthrough for England |
| Harmanpreet Kaur (c) | c/b Tilly Corteen-Coleman | — | — | — | — | One of Corteen-Coleman’s two wickets |
| Richa Ghosh | st Alice Capsey b Linsey Smith | 68 | 36 | 9 | 2 | Top scorer, fell agonisingly short |
| Radha Yadav | — | — | — | — | — | 33-run stand with Ghosh off 19 balls |
| Shree Charani | not out | 5 | 2 | — | — | Kept Ghosh on strike in the final over |
| Renuka Singh | c Charlie Dean b Linsey Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Final wicket, match-ending ball |
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England bowling: Linsey Smith 3/42 (3.5 overs), Charlie Dean 2/16 (3 overs), Tilly Corteen-Coleman 2 wickets. India slumped to 87/5 before Ghosh’s fightback.
Turning Point and Player Performance Breakdown
This is where things go wrong for a team chasing after a top-order collapse: India were 87/5, needing acceleration from batters who hadn’t yet found rhythm. What most people miss is how close Richa Ghosh actually came to erasing that entire deficit alone. Needing 17 off the final over, she hit a four and a six off the first two balls of Linsey Smith’s over, bringing the equation down to 6 off 3 before being stumped attempting the same shot a third time.
Richa Ghosh (68 off 36, 9 fours, 2 sixes): Counterintuitive idea worth stating plainly a losing side’s best individual innings in a run-chase thriller is often more informative about a player’s ceiling than a winning knock, because it happens entirely under maximum pressure with no margin for caution. Ghosh’s aggressive method, including coming down the track repeatedly against Smith, was the correct approach for the equation it simply ran out of overs.
Amy Jones (64 off 45) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (57 off 45): Their 70-run stand for the second wicket was the platform that made 171 possible.
What people think vs reality: Sciver-Brunt’s innings is sometimes framed as a slow anchor role, but this was actually her longest stay at the crease since a calf injury six weeks earlier the milestone here is fitness and durability, not just the runs.
Danielle Gibson (30* off 12): Her unbeaten cameo, struck at a rate above 250, turned a good England total into a genuinely stiff one, adding the final crucial 15-20 runs that ultimately made the 5-run margin possible.
Common mistake in reading a scorecard: undervaluing a short, explosive finishing innings simply because the top-order names get more attention.
Bold opinion worth stating plainly: India’s real problem in this match wasn’t Richa Ghosh’s dismissal it was the top-order collapse to 87/5 that made a heroic individual rescue necessary in the first place. A team that needs a No. 6 to nearly win the match alone from that position has a batting-order problem, not a finishing problem.
Key Highlights and Records Across the 2026 Meetings
- England Women won the three-match T20I series 2-1, with Alice Capsey named Player of the Series.
- Harmanpreet Kaur became only the third woman to reach 4,000 T20I runs, after Suzie Bates and Smriti Mandhana, achieving the milestone during the 2nd T20I.
- India Women won the only Test by an innings at Lord’s the first-ever women’s Test at that venue led by Yastika Bhatia’s maiden century (113) and Kranti Gaud’s maiden five-wicket haul (5/37).
- England Women won the T20 World Cup warm-up match by just 5 runs, despite Richa Ghosh’s 68 off 36 for India.
- Nat Sciver-Brunt’s 57 in the warm-up match was her longest innings since returning from a calf injury sustained six weeks earlier.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q1. How many times did India Women and England Women play each other in 2026?
Ans. They met five times: a three-match T20I series (England won 2-1), a one-off Test (India won by an innings), and a T20 World Cup warm-up match (England won by 5 runs).
Q2. Who won the India Women vs England Women T20I series in 2026?
Ans. England Women won the three-match series 2-1. India won the 1st T20I, England won the 2nd and 3rd T20Is, with Alice Capsey named Player of the Series.
Q3. What happened in the India Women vs England Women Test match?
Ans. India won by an innings at Lord’s, the first-ever women’s Test at that venue. Yastika Bhatia scored a maiden century (113) and Kranti Gaud took a maiden five-wicket haul (5/37).
Q4. Who scored the most runs for India in the T20 World Cup warm-up match against England?
Ans. Richa Ghosh top-scored with 68 off 36 balls, including 9 fours and 2 sixes, but India still fell 5 runs short of England’s 171/6.
Q5. Is the T20 World Cup warm-up match part of the bilateral T20I series?
Ans. No. The warm-up match was a separate fixture played on 10 June 2026 as preparation for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, distinct from the three-match bilateral T20I series played earlier in the same tour.