England vs Nepal, 5th Match, Group C, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Jofra Archer to Lokesh Bam, 1 run, pacy yorker, Lokesh drills it to deep cover and keeps strike

Jofra Archer to Lokesh Bam, SIX, in the airrrr, just over the bar. 25 off 12 balls. Nepal are predicting what Jofra Archer is going to bowl and executing a plan. They know it's only going to he cutters. They know they just have to delay the bat swing and react to the line and length. This was short so he rocked back while doing deep in the crease and played the pull. Fielder at deep backward square leg - Jacks it was - tried to catch it overhead but the ball cleared him

Jofra Archer to Lokesh Bam, SIX, oh he's muscled that so high and over the sightscreen. Slower delivery full and outside off stump, the leg-cutter again but he's not managed to hide it really wide. Lokesh waited and belted it down the ground. Down to 31 off 14 balls

Jofra Archer to Lokesh Bam, wide, tries the wide slower ball into the wicket but it's too wide

Jofra Archer to Gulsan Jha, 1 run, full and angling in at full pace from round the wicket, Gulsan slices it to deep point

Jofra Archer to Aarif Sheikh, out Caught by Buttler!! Edgeddd and Buttler stretches to the right to take this catch. Slower delivery wide of off stump. When he bowled close to the body Aarif was hitting it well so Jofra bowls wide of off. Aarif tried to reach out and cut, but the thick edge flies towards first slip. Buttler takes a step to the right and takes it with both hands. Aarif Sheikh c Buttler b Jofra Archer 10(8) [6s-1]

Jofra Archer to Aarif Sheikh, SIX, Aarif says we are still not out of this game. Leg-cutter outside off stump and into the wicket, Aarif picked it from the hands, slogged to drag it over square leg and it clears the infield

Jofra Archer to Aarif Sheikh, wide, pace off but down the leg-side

Jofra Archer to Rohit Paudel, 1 run, full delivery at pace, Rohit mistimes the slog to deep mid-wicket

Jofra Archer to Dipendra Singh, 1 run, short slower delivery, Dipendra top-edges the pull shot, it lands safely at backward square leg and it's just one run

Jofra Archer to Dipendra Singh, no run, there is the short ball at nor male, Dipendra arches back and tries to guide it over the keeper but misses as he was off balance

Jofra Archer to Rohit Paudel, 1 run, slower delivery on the shorter side, Rohit gets inside the line and helps it away to the fine leg fielder

Jofra Archer to Rohit Paudel, no run, beaten! Leg-cutting slower delivery that spins like a leg break and goes past the batter as he swings early and misses

Jofra Archer to Rohit Paudel, no run, oh almost got him there. Nepal are fearing that quick ball from Jofra Archer but all he has been doing since the last over was take pace off. Rohit was early into the drive, hit it uppishly towards cover

Jofra Archer to Rohit Paudel, 1 run, slower ball at the stumps, flicked to mid-wicket where the fielder lets the ball go through his legs, allowing the single

Jofra Archer to Rohit Paudel, no run, full-toss from Archer and Paudel misses out - shuffles across and turns it to mid-wicket

Jofra Archer to Rohit Paudel, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - Paudel stays on the front-foot as he slapped the drive to cover

Jofra Archer to Rohit Paudel, wide, fuller length delivery and sliding down leg, past Paudel's flick and it has been wided

Jofra Archer to Rohit Paudel, no run, tad fuller and just outside off - a half-stride forward as Paudel pushed it to cover

Jofra Archer to Bhurtel, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - dabbed backward of square on the off-side for a single

Jofra Archer to Bhurtel, no run, .. he starts with a slower ball on off, Bhurtel checks his press and defends it back at the bowler

Jofra Archer to Bhurtel, 1 run, 14 off the over, back of a length and just outside off - steered down towards third man for a single

Jofra Archer to Bhurtel, FOUR, smashed, Bhurtel is on a roll now - overpitched and wide of off, the right-hander stays leg-sided, leans into the drive and then crashes it square past cover

Jofra Archer to Bhurtel, no run, Archer shortens the length and gets some bounce outside off - Bhurtel was looking to run it down towards third man and missed

Jofra Archer to Bhurtel, FOUR, creamed, back-to-back boundaries and Bhurtel is looking good - too full from Archer, Bhurtel leans across, opens the face of the bat and then uses Archer's pace to find the gap past cover-point

Jofra Archer to Bhurtel, FOUR, beautifully played, fraction too full and just outside off - Bhurtel leans across, opens the face of the bat and then drives it square on the off-side, was in the air and wide of the fielder in the ring

Jofra Archer to Aasif Sheikh, 1 run, a gentle start from Archer - full and at the pads, clipped backward of square on the on-side for a single