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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 is just over now. The tournament was hosted by the England and Wales Cricket Board. It was the 10th edition of the tournament.  12 teams participated . Australia became the champion and they defeated England in the final by 7 wickets  in Lords, London . Australia won the toss and elected to field first . England scored 150/4 in 20 overs and their captain Nat- Sciver Brunt scored 58 runs not out . Australia scored 153/3 in 17.1 overs . Beth Mooney scored 64 runs . She received the Player of the Match award in the final and also became Player of the tournament . Danni Wyatt – Hodge of England scored highest runs ( 302 runs ) and Shree Charani of India took most wickets in the tournament ( 14 wickets ).It is Australia’s 7th title.

A . Read the passage and answer the questions below – 1×4=4

1 . Who scored the highest runs in the tournament?

2. Who took the most number of wickets in the tournament?

3. Who became the Player of the final ?

4. How many teams participated in the tournament?

B. Fill in the blanks with suitable information from the passage – 1×3=3

1.The tournament was hosted by ———————————–.

2. ———————— became the Player of the tournament.

3. The final was held in ———————

C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false sentences and provide supporting statement – 2×3=6

1 . The tournament was hosted more than ten times.

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2. Australia won the title more than six times.

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3. England scored more than 150 runs .

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D. Give a suitable title to the passage and provide reason to choose the title.       2




Writing Skills –

1 . Write a newspaper report based on the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026.       10





2. Write a short paragraph on the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026.       10