Women’s T20WC 2026 NZ-W vs SCO-W Playing 11: Amelia Kerr-led New Zealand Women will square off against Kathryn Bryce-led Scotland Women in the 19th match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 on June 23 at County Ground, Bristol.
Both New Zealand and Scotland have only one win out of three games they played so far in the T20 World Cup campaign and secured third and fourth position in the Group B of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 points table.
They will be needing a win to keep their qualification chances alive. New Zealnad Women won the toss and opted to bowl.
Speaking at the toss, Amelia Kerr said, “We want to bowl. We don’t really have a reason, but apart from, yeah, it being a morning game, sometimes in England it does a little bit more earlier and also we know that run rate’s gonna potentially play a part in our campaign, and I think the best way to do that is try keep them to a low total and then try chase it down quickly.”
” I think we were better and it was nice to get a win and it was pleasing, I guess, how we turned it around in the field. There were some crucial moments there in the field that I think also won us the game. But I think with this group, I think someone’s got to step up with the bat and click on and if you get a start, make it a big one.”
“Yeah, fresh start, change of venue. I think one is we work really hard on our fielding. Craig McMillan leads us so well in the fielding front and he really challenges us as well. So you see us in trainings and we’re taking catches and doing some pretty spectacular things. And unfortunately, we just had a couple of bad days.”
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Speaking on today New Zealand Cricket Team Playing 11, Kerr said, “Soph (Devine) comes back into the side and Georgia Plimmer misses out and Rocco’s (Mair) got a minor rib injury, so Lea Tahuhu comes in.”
Meanwhile, Kathryn Bryce said, “I think we’ve been really good at setting totals in the recent period, so yeah, looking forward to getting in there and having a bat. Yeah, absolutely. I think we’ve played some really good cricket against some good opposition in the last couple of games and just a couple of periods that have probably let us down a little bit.”
“So I think we’re trending in a really good direction and playing cricket that I think is good enough to win games. I think it’s in those periods where you just drop a little bit for them not to be really bad periods and then just kind of limit the damage through that and then know that you will come back through and kind of build again. It will be Lister and Rachel Slater come back in,” concluded Bryce.
Women’s T20WC 2026 NZ-W vs SCO-W Playing 11
New Zealand Women Playing 11: Isabella Gaze(w), Izzy Sharp, Amelia Kerr(c), Sophie Devine, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Suzie Bates, Jess Kerr, Nensi Patel, Lea Tahuhu, Bree Illing
Scotland Women Playing 11: Darcey Carter, Katherine Fraser, Kathryn Bryce(c), Ailsa Lister, Sarah Bryce(w), Megan McColl, Pippa Sproul, Priyanaz Chatterji, Kirstie Gordon, Rachel Slater, Hannah Rainey
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