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Most Runs Makers in Women’s T20 Cricket
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Most Runs Makers in Women’s T20 Cricket

The T20 format is always fun to watch regardless of gender since it offers an energetic, fast-paced experience. It is obvious that cricket lovers are looking for quick and exciting matches, and T20 matches provide them with what they want. There is no doubt that players often make T20 cricket entertaining by putting their best foot forward and playing fearlessly.

 

Moreover, it is very popular to go to stadiums to watch the aggressive batting, bowling, and fielding of cricketers. In women's cricket, T20 matches are the most common. With their exceptional batting, many women cricketers are dominating this format. Here is a list of the players with the most runs in Women's T20 cricket.

 

List of Top Run Makers in Women’s T20 Cricket

  • Suzie Bates 

 

Kiwi cricketer Suzie Bates has scored the most runs in Women's T20, 3683 runs in 136 innings with a respectable average of 29.23. She has also hit the most fifties (23) in the format as well. Her batting stats demonstrate how consistent she has been in this format. Additionally, Bates has taken 55 T20 wickets. Having a top score as an all-rounder is a rare achievement. 

 

  • Meg Lanning

 

The Australian top-order batter Meg Lanning leads the Women's T20 run chart with 3211 runs from 114 innings. Having an average of 36.48 is quite captivating, and very few players have been able to maintain it. Lanning has scored 2 centuries in T20s. 

 

  • Stafanie Taylor

 

Caribbean captain Stefanie Taylor ranks 3

rd

 

 in terms of runs scored in Women’s T20 cricket. In 109 innings, she has scored 3121 runs with an average of 35.87. Her 35.87 average is the highest in the Women's Twenty20 Internationals. Furthermore, Stefanie has scored the 2nd highest number of 50 points in T20s. She is the backbone of the West Indies women's team.

 

 

 

  • Sophie Devine

 

Cricketer Sophie Devine from New Zealand ranks 4

th

 

 in T20 cricket run scoring. The number of runs she has scored till now is 2950 in just 112 innings. As a destructive batter, she is well-known for destroying the line and length of the pacers.

 

 

 

  • Harmanpreet Kaur

 

In the T20 most runs by a batter’s rankings, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur is ranked 5

th

 

. As one of the most destructive batters in the Indian women's cricket team, she plays a crucial role many times in winning. She scored 2736 runs in just 125 innings. Also, she has taken many important run-outs for India on numerous occasions, being an excellent fielder.

 

 

 

  • Deandra Dottin

 

Deandra Dottin is the 6

th

 

 best scorer in Women's T20 with 2697 runs in 127 matches (125 innings) at a respectable average of 25.68. She is famous for her best strike rate in Women's T20, which is 122.81. She has smashed more than 105 sixes, which is the highest number by a women's T20 batter. She also took 62 wickets in the game.  

 

 

 

  • Charlotte Edwards

 

Former English skipper Charlotte Edwards ranks 7th on the list of women's T20 players who have scored the most runs. In 93 innings, she has accumulated 2605 runs at an average of 32.97. She has smashed 12 half-centuries in the shorter format of the game. In 2009, Edwards helped England win the inaugural T20 World Cup.

 

  • Samrithi Mandhana 

 

No. 8th batter on the list is Samrithi Mandhana. She opens for the Indian Women's cricket team, and she provides risk-free batting for the team. She scored 2544 runs in T20 International cricket in 100 innings. She is also renowned for her impeccable fielding and fitness on the ground.

 

Top 10 Most Run Scorer in Women’s T20 Cricket

PlayerMatches Innings Runs Average Strike-rate Best 50s100s

Suzie Bates 

 

139

 

136

 

3683

 

29.23

 

109.32

 

124*

 

23

 

1

 

Stafanie Taylor

 

111

 

109

 

3121

 

35.87

 

101.00

 

90

 

21

 

–

 

Meg Lanning

 

124

 

114

 

3211

 

36.48

 

116.55

 

133*

 

15

 

2

 

Sophie Devine

 

115

 

112

 

2950

 

29.79

 

122.00

 

105

 

17

 

1

 

Harmanpreet Kaur

 

139

 

125

 

2736

 

27.36

 

104.65

 

103

 

08

 

1

 

Charlotte Edwards

 

95

 

93

 

2605

 

32.97

 

106.93

 

92*

 

12

 

–

 

Deandra Dottin

 

127

 

125

 

2697

 

25.68

 

122.81

 

112*

 

12

 

2

 

Smriti Mandhana

 

104

 

100

 

2544

 

27.95

 

123.97

 

86

 

19

 

–

 

Bismah Maroof

 

127

 

121

 

2530

 

26.63

 

90.77

 

70*

 

11

 

–

 

Mithali Raj

 

89

 

84

 

2364

 

37.52

 

96.33

 

97*

 

17

 

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