🏏ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026: G2: ENG W vs WI W🏏 - Page 17

Pitch and conditions

This will be the first game of this competition at Lord's, which will host three more games including the final - where both teams would want a return here. The last game held at Lord's was the first England-New Zealand men's Test, which ended in four days on June 7. The conditions could be more conducive for swing and seam.

Players to watch

She is England's strike bowler but Lauren Bell has just two wickets from three games and went wicketless for 35 runs against Scotland. But at Lord's, where the pitch may have a bit more for fast bowlers, Bell could dictate proceedings in the powerplay with her ability to make the new ball talk.

For West Indies, it's hard to look beyond their captain Hayley Matthews, who has seven wickets from three matches. She played two important innings - a 37-ball 48 to support Campbell in the chase against New Zealand and a run-a-ball 17 in the modest chase against Sri Lanka. However, against an explosive England side, she would need to improve her strike rate of 103.94 in this World Cup.