England men · T20I · ICC T20 World Cup · Group C
England
v Nepal
Result
England won by 4 runs
- England
- 184/7 (20 ov)
- Nepal
- 180/6 (20 ov)
- Date
- Sunday 8 February 2026 · England in 2026
- Start
- 09:30 UK
- Venue
- Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
- Competition
- T20I · ICC T20 World Cup · Group C
Last checked 29 October 2026
Scorecard
England v Nepal T20I scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
England · Innings 184/7 (20 overs)
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Salt | c S Lamichhane b S Malla | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Jos Buttler | c Aasif Sheikh b NK Yadav | 26 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 152.9 |
| Jacob Bethell | c Lokesh Bam b DS Airee | 55 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 157.1 |
| Tom Banton | lbw b S Lamichhane | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Harry Brook | c S Malla b NK Yadav | 53 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 165.6 |
| Sam Curran | b DS Airee | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Will Jacks | not out | 39* | 18 | 1 | 4 | 216.7 |
| Jofra Archer | run out (Aasif Sheikh/Karan KC) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Liam Dawson | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 1, w 4, nb 0) | 5 | ||||
| Total | 20 overs | 184/7 | ||||
Did not bat: AU Rashid, L Wood
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (PD Salt, 1.1 ov), 2-43 (JC Buttler, 4.3 ov), 3-57 (T Banton, 6.1 ov), 4-128 (JG Bethell, 13.4 ov), 5-137 (SM Curran, 15.3 ov), 6-157 (HC Brook, 18.2 ov), 7-178 (JC Archer, 19.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karan KC | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 11.67 | 0 | 0 |
| S Malla | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 11.67 | 0 | 0 |
| DS Airee | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 7.67 | 1 | 0 |
| NK Yadav | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 8.33 | 2 | 0 |
| S Lamichhane | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
| K Bhurtel | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 |
Nepal · Innings 180/6 (20 overs)
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K Bhurtel | c & b WG Jacks | 29 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 170.6 |
| Aasif Sheikh | c L Wood b LA Dawson | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 77.8 |
| RK Paudel | c PD Salt b LA Dawson | 39 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 114.7 |
| DS Airee | c T Banton b SM Curran | 44 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 151.7 |
| Aarif Sheikh | c JC Buttler b JC Archer | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 125.0 |
| Lokesh Bam | not out | 39* | 20 | 4 | 2 | 195.0 |
| Gulsan Jha | b L Wood | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Karan KC | not out | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 0, w 10, nb 0) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 20 overs | 180/6 | ||||
Did not bat: S Malla, NK Yadav, S Lamichhane
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Aasif Sheikh, 3.5 ov), 2-42 (K Bhurtel, 5.2 ov), 3-124 (DS Airee, 14.2 ov), 4-126 (RK Paudel, 15.3 ov), 5-146 (Aarif Sheikh, 17.2 ov), 6-175 (Gulsan Jha, 18.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Wood | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 10.33 | 3 | 0 |
| Jofra Archer | 4 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 10.50 | 3 | 0 |
| Liam Dawson | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Jacks | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8.50 | 1 | 0 |
| Adil Rashid | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Curran | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 |
Player of the match: Will Jacks · Umpires: LS Reifer, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: PR Reiffel · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.
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