Australia v Netherlands: Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 – live

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Ellyse Perry will play her 5oth T20 World Cup lucifer tonight, which is rather a milestone! She has played successful each 10 T20 World Cups and has only missed 2 matches successful that clip – nan semi last and last of nan 2020 version successful Australia.

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Hello and invited to different lucifer of decidedly my favourite World Cup going connected correct now. Today we person Australia taking connected a very unfamiliar foe successful nan Netherlands, who are playing successful their debut T20 World Cup. In fact, nan 2 teams person ne'er met successful nan T20 format before. They person played 5 matches successful nan ODI format, of which nan past 1 was successful 2000, 3 years earlier Australia’s opening batter Georgia Voll was born.

So to opportunity nan teams are unfamiliar pinch each different is rather nan understatement. Australia is coming disconnected nan backmost of a nine-wicket demolition of Bangladesh, wherever they chased down nan required full successful little than 10 overs. Meanwhile, nan Netherlands suffered a 95-run nonaccomplishment to India, though location were immoderate agleam spots pinch Babette de Leede scoring a well-made 28 and Caroline de Lange taking 2 wickets pinch her disconnected spin.

I’m looking guardant to seeing really each this unfolds – while Australia are nan patient favourites, I person seen a adjacent spot of conflict successful this Dutch broadside truthful acold and hopefully we get immoderate of that connected show today! So settee successful and let’s get into nan game.