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Nepal vs England Scorecard, Match 5, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 08 2026, Sun - 03:00 PM (IST)
ENGLAND184/7
NEPAL180/6
England won by 4 runs
CRR:9
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Feb 08 2026, Sun - 03:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Mumbai |
| Venue: | Wankhede Stadium |
| Toss: | England won the toss and elected to bat. |
| England Playing XI: | Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood |
| Nepal Playing XI: | Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Rohit Paudel (c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Aarif Sheikh, Lokesh Bam, Gulshan Jha, Karan KC, Sher Malla, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane |
- This is set to be the first men’s T20I between England and Nepal; England have won their last three matches in the format against ICC associate members, while Nepal have won two of their last three matches in the format against ICC full member teams (L1).
- England have won 10 of their last 11 men’s T20Is (L1), including each of their last seven; an eighth consecutive win in this match would equal their longest winning run in the history of the format (W8 from May 2010 to January 2011).
- Nepal have won eight of their last nine men’s T20Is (L1), including each of their last six; a seventh consecutive win in this match would equal their longest winning run in the history of the format (W7 from February to August in 2022).
- England have lost two of their last three ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches (W1) after losing only one of their eight games prior in the tournament (W7); they will be looking to avoid consecutive defeats in the tournament for the first time since November 2021.
- Nepal recorded a bowling economy rate of 5.3 at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the second best of any team in the tournament (New Zealand – 5.1).
- England recorded a batting good connection rate of 63.2% at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the best of any team in the tournament; in addition, their collective batting strike rate (146.3) was the best of any team in the campaign.
- Gulsan Jha (Nepal) hit a boundary once every 3.8 balls faced at the Asia & East Asia Pacific Qualifying tournament for this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the most frequently of any player (min. 20 balls faced).
- Harry Brook (England) recorded a batting false shot rate of 23.9% from 92 balls faced at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the best of any player to face at least 30 deliveries in the tournament.
- Nepal duo Lalit Rajbanshi (66.7% of 66 balls bowled) and Nandan Yadav (57.8% of 102 balls bowled) recorded the best bowling dot ball rates of any players (min. 6 overs bowled) at the Asia & East Asia Pacific Qualifying tournament for this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
- England duo Jos Buttler (40.4% from 99 balls faced) and Phil Salt (42.1% from 76 balls faced) recorded the best batting dot ball rates during the powerplay of any players at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 (min. 25 balls faced during powerplay).
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