England vs Nepal Scorecard (Match 5), 8 Feb 2026

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2025/26

Completed

England

184/7

(20.0 ov)

Nepal

180/6

(20.0 ov)

England won by 4 runs

Match 5 · T20 · 8 Feb 2026

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Key performer

DS Airee

Nepal

44 (29) · 2/23

102

FANTASY PTS

WG Jacks · England

39 (18) · 1/17 · 1 ct

JG Bethell · England

55 (35)

SCORECARD

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
PD Salt c S Lamichhane b S Malla	1	2	0	0
JC Buttler c Aasif Sheikh b NK Yadav	26	17	5	0
JG Bethell c Lokesh Bam b DS Airee	55	35	4	4
T Banton lbw b S Lamichhane	2	5	0	0
HC Brook c S Malla b NK Yadav	53	32	4	3
SM Curran b DS Airee	2	8	0	0
WG Jacks not out	39	18	1	4
JC Archer run out (Aasif Sheikh/Karan KC)	1	3	0	0
LA Dawson not out	0	0	0	0

Extras 5 (wd 4, nb 0, b 0, lb 1)

Bowler	O	R	W
Karan KC	3.0	35	0
S Malla	3.0	35	1
DS Airee (1wd)	3.0	23	2
NK Yadav (2wd)	3.0	25	2
S Lamichhane	4.0	25	1
K Bhurtel (1wd)	4.0	40	0

Batter	R	B	4s	6s
K Bhurtel c & b WG Jacks	29	17	4	1
Aasif Sheikh c L Wood b LA Dawson	7	9	1	0
RK Paudel c PD Salt b LA Dawson	39	34	2	2
DS Airee c T Banton b SM Curran	44	29	6	1
Aarif Sheikh c JC Buttler b JC Archer	10	8	0	1
Lokesh Bam not out	39	20	4	2
Gulsan Jha b L Wood	1	2	0	0
Karan KC not out	1	1	0	0

Extras 10 (wd 10, nb 0, b 0, lb 0) · Target 185

Bowler	O	R	W
L Wood (3wd)	3.0	31	1
JC Archer (3wd)	4.0	42	1
LA Dawson (2wd)	4.0	21	2
WG Jacks (1wd)	2.0	17	1
AU Rashid	3.0	42	0
SM Curran (1wd)	4.0	27	1

TIMELINE

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Fantasy points

Player	Points
DS Airee · Nepal	102
WG Jacks · England	81
JG Bethell · England	67
HC Brook · England	63
Lokesh Bam · Nepal	55
LA Dawson · England	50
NK Yadav · Nepal	50
RK Paudel · Nepal	45
JC Buttler · England	39
K Bhurtel · Nepal	35
L Wood · England	33
S Malla · Nepal	33
S Lamichhane · Nepal	33
SM Curran · England	27
JC Archer · England	26
Aasif Sheikh · Nepal	16
Aarif Sheikh · Nepal	12
T Banton · England	10
PD Salt · England	9
Gulsan Jha · Nepal	1
Karan KC · Nepal	1
AU Rashid · England	0

England won by 4 runs

Toss: England, chose to batPlayer of the match: WG JacksVenue: Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiSeries: ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2025/26

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