Watch: Scotland beat Ireland in Women's T20 World Cup 2026 — A historic moment for Scottish Cricket
Scotland beat Ireland by 40 runs during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 to get their historic and maiden victory of the tournament at Old Trafford in Manchester.
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A century partnership between Sarah Bryce and Kathryn Bryce, along with some superb bowling performance, handed Scotland their historic victory, which turned out to be their maiden Women’s T20 World Cup win in the 2026 edition as they got the better of Ireland by 40 runs at Old Trafford in Manchester.
The Bryce sisters lifted the side to 161/5 after they were put into bat first, after which the spin duo of Katherine Fraser and Kirstie Gordon combined to take six wickets as Ireland crumbled to 121 runs. The latter is now without a single win in 18 T20 World Cup games of women’s cricket.
The celebration that stopped the clock — Scotland's dressing room erupts after historic victory
On the very first ball of the last over, when the win was only a matter of time, Bryce dismissed Aimee Maguire for two runs. The batter swept the ball towards the deep backward square leg. A sharp catch was taken in the deep by the field as she charged to her right and completed the formalities.
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It was a well-deserved win for the Scotland side as the players started their celebration by hugging each other. All of them had smiles on their faces. Their dressing room also started congratulating each other to celebrate the historic win.
“I think there's a lot of emotions flying around at the moment. It was absolutely outstanding. I think looking at the crowds and the support for both teams was absolutely outstanding. So just a massive thanks to all the people who have travelled down.” The Scotland captain expressed after winning the ‘Player of the Match’ award.
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Scotland lost both of their openers quite early in the innings before the captain, K Bryce, played a sensational knock of 60 runs off 39 balls with the help of six boundaries and one six at a strike rate of 153.45. From the other end, her sister, Sarah Bryce, also contributed 49 runs with four boundaries and one six.
Ava Canning picked up three wickets in her four overs at an economy rate of 6.75. In the chase, Ireland didn’t get the big individual scores as many batters got the starts but failed to convert them into big scores.
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Gordon picked up three wickets in her four-over spell at an economy rate of four, while Fraser picked up three wickets in her four overs at an economy rate of 4.80.
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Scotland 161/5 (Kathryn Bryce 60, Sarah Bryce 49, Ava Canning 3/27) beat Ireland 121 (Amy Hunter 39, Kirstie Gordon 3/16, Kathrine Fraser 3/19) by 40 runs.
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