Nat Sciver-Brunt Becomes Third Captain In The World To...

Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt top-scored for England in the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. In the summit clash taking place at Lord’s in London against Australia on Sunday (July 5), she played an unbeaten knock of 58 runs from 53 balls for the hosts and helped them post a total of 150/4. During her stay at the crease, she hammered five fours and added an unbeaten 80 runs from 55 balls for the fifth wicket with Freya Kemp, who scored 44 runs from 28 balls.

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The half-century by Sciver-Brunt in the final of the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup entered her name in the record books. She is the first English and overall the third captain in the world to score a half-century in the final of the ICC

Women’s T20 World Cup.

Before her, in the final of the 2016 Women’s T20 World Cup at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Australia skipper Meg Lanning and West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor also scored half-centuries. While Stafanie Taylor played a knock of 59 runs in that match, Lanning scored 52 runs from 49 balls with the help of eight fours.

Highest scores by captains in Women’s T20 World Cup finals

PLAYER	COUNTRY	RUNS	BALLS	4s	6s	STRIKE RATE	AGAINST	VENUE	DATE
Stafanie Taylor	West Indies	59	57	6	0	103.5	Australia	Kolkata	April 3, 2016
Nat Sciver-Brunt	England	58*	53	5	0	109.43	Australia	Lord’s	July 5, 2026
Meg Lanning	Australia	52	49	8	0	106.12	West Indies	Kolkata	April 3, 2016
Meg Lanning	Australia	44	30	4	2	146.66	England	Mirpur	April 6, 2014
Laura Wolvaardt	South Africa	33	27	5	0	122.22	New Zealand	Dubai	October 20, 2024
Meg Lanning	Australia	28*	30	3	0	93.33	England	North Sound	November 24, 2018
Charlotte Edwards	England	28	23	4	1	121.73	Australia	Colombo (RPS)	October 7, 2012
Heather Knight	England	25	28	1	1	89.28	Australia	North Sound	November 24, 2018
Meg Lanning	Australia	16	15	2	0	106.66	India	Melbourne	March 8, 2020
Charlotte Edwards	England	13	19	2	0	68.42	Australia	Mirpur	April 6, 2014

The previous record for the highest individual score in a Women’s T20 World Cup final by an England captain was in the name of Charlotte Edwards. In the final of the 2012 Women’s T20 World Cup, Charlotte Edwards had scored 28 runs from 23 balls against Australia at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on October 7.

The half-century by Sciver-Brunt on Sunday also helped her take the No. 1 position in the list of players with the most 50-plus scores in Women’s T20 World Cup history. She has slammed nine fifties in 33 matches played so far.

Highest scores by Nat Sciver-Brunt in Women’s T20 World Cup matches

RUNS	BALLS	4s	6s	STRIKE RATE	BATTING POSITION	AGAINST	VENUE	DATE
81*	40	12	1	202.5	4	Pakistan	Cape Town	February 21, 2023
75	47	11	1	159.57	3	South Africa	The Oval	July 2, 2026
59*	52	8	0	113.46	3	Thailand	Canberra	February 26, 2020
58*	53	5	0	109.43	3	Australia	Lord’s	July 5, 2026
57*	50	5	0	114	4	West Indies	Dubai	October 15, 2024
57	56	6	0	101.78	3	West Indies	Sydney	March 1, 2010
52*	38	5	0	136.84	4	India	North Sound	November 22, 2018
50	41	5	1	121.95	3	South Africa	Perth (WACA)	February 23, 2020

A total of two players—Suzie Bates of New Zealand and Australia’s Meg Lanning—have scored eight fifties each, whereas former Australia captain Alyssa Healy scored seven half-centuries in the Women’s T20 World Cup during her playing days.