England’s fourth consecutive win on the strength of Danny Wyatt-Hodge’s half-century and the bowlers.

London. On the basis of brilliant performance in both the batting and bowling departments, hosts England defeated West Indies by 38 runs on Wednesday and secured a place in the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. England has become the first team of the tournament to enter the last four.

Both teams were undefeated before this match, but England strengthened their claim by winning in a one-sided manner.

Batting first, England scored 186 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Danny Wyatt-Hodge played a brilliant inning of 65 runs, while captain Heather Knight contributed 43 runs.

Although Chinelle Henry gave the initial blow, dismissing Amy Jones, Danny Wyatt-Hodge and Heather Knight took charge of the innings. Ashmini Munisar took two wickets for West Indies.

West Indies, chasing the target of 187 runs, had a very slow start. The team could score only 12 runs in the first three overs of the powerplay. Captain Hayley Mathews hit some attractive shots, but fell victim to a controversial decision and was out for 14 runs.

After this, Deandra Dottin tried to score fast runs, but could not play a big innings. The middle order also disintegrated under pressure and the team kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

Chinelle Henry struggled in the last overs and scored unbeaten 51 runs, but she could not lead the team to victory. West Indies team could score only 148 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs.

For England, Charlie Dean took two wickets, while other bowlers also bowled tightly and kept West Indies far away from the target.

With this win, England continued its brilliant performance and entered the semi-finals, while West Indies will now need to perform better in the next matches.