Women's T20 World Cup 2026: Top 10 biggest match-winners

The 2026 Women's T20 World Cup has a plethora of superstars on show in almost every competing team. This selection of match-winners will play a crucial role if they want to take their respective teams to the latter stages of the showpiece tournament in England.

Some teams have more than one player whom they can rely upon to take them to victory, while others have one big star around whom the others perform, like Hayley Matthews in the West Indies. Meanwhile, a team like Australia has star players up and down the order, making them a lot more complete an outfit than some of the other sides.

Entering the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup as her final tournament in international cricket, Suzie Bates will want to end her career with New Zealand by helping them get close to defending their title. The right-handed batter was the White Ferns' joint-highest run-scorer in the tournament, along with Georgia Plimmer, having hit 150 runs. Despite her amazing track record, Bates is coming into the tournament with patchy form, but star players like her raise their game on the grand stage.