List of women players who have scored 1,000+ runs in Twenty20 International cricket

Scoring more than 1,000 runs in T20I format of cricket is considered a significant achievement. on 23 June 2011, England batter Charlotte Edwards became the first woman to score 1,000 runs in WT20I. Later in 2014, she also became the first female player to cross the 2,000 run milestone as well and first player (either male or female) to cross 2500 runs [1]. She retired as the most prolific run scorer in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20Is), with a total of 2605 runs in March 2016. She remained as leading run-scoorer (either male or female) for another more than 2 years until it was broken by Suzie Bates of New Zealand in June 2018. Suzie became the first player (either male or female) and till date only player to score 3000 runs in T20 Internationals as well.

In terms of innings, Charlotte Edwards is the fastest (35) to reach the 1,000 run mark, whereas Pakistan's Nida Dar is the slowest (83) to reach the mark. Ellyse Perry is the only player (either male or female) who has scored 1,000+ runs and taken 100+ wickets in Twenty20 Internationals. As of November 2019, 30 players from 9 teams that are Full Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) have scored 1,000 runs in T20Is. Out of these 56 players, 6 players are from England followed by Australia (5 players).

This list contains all the players who have scored 1,000 runs in T20I. By default the list is sorted in order of the day the feat is achieved. Overall career scores of these players will be updated on regular interval and not on daily basis.

Key

Mat. – denotes the number of matches played Inn. – denotes the number of innings batted HS – Highest score

Avg – Runs scored per dismissal S/R – Strike Rate runs scored per 100 balls 100 – Centuries scored 50 – Half-centuries scored

1KI – denotes the number of innings the player took to reach 1,000 runs Date – denotes the date on which the player reached the 1,000 run mark  – denotes that the player is still active

Players with 1,000 or more T20I runs

Player list and statistics are updated as of 30 December 2019.

1,000 or more runs in T20Is[2]

No.	Player	Country	Mat.	Inn.	Runs	HS	Avg.	S/R	100	50	1KI	Date	Ref
1	Charlotte Edwards	England	95	93	2605	92*	32.97	106.93	0	12	35	23 June 2011	[3]
2	Sarah Taylor	England	90	87	2177	77	29.02	110.67	0	16	37	13 September 2012	[4]
3	Stafanie Taylor	West Indies	100	98	2900	90	35.80	102.33	0	21	38	30 September 2012	[5]
4	Suzie Bates	New Zealand	111	108	3100	124*	30.69	112.23	1	21	49	22 January 2013	[6]
5	Deandra Dottin	West Indies	110	108	2368	112*	26.60	125.37	2	10	56	14 October 2013	[7]
6	Lydia Greenway	England	85	73	1192	80*	24.32	96.12	0	2	57	31 January 2014	[8]
7	Mithali Raj	India	89	84	2364	97*	37.52	96.33	0	17	40	9 March 2014	[9]
8	Meg Lanning	Australia	94	89	2580	133*	36.85	117.96	2	13	38	27 March 2014	[10]
9	Alex Blackwell	Australia	95	81	1314	61	21.19	92.92	0	1	61	2 November 2014	[11]
10	Sara McGlashan	New Zealand	76	73	1164	84	18.18	99.48	0	2	63	24 February 2015	[12]
11	Bismah Maroof	Pakistan	106	100	2183	70*	27.28	92.85	0	11	52	22 March 2015	[13]
12	Sophie Devine	New Zealand	83	80	1955	73	27.92	125.16	0	10	48	15 November 2015	[14]
13	Mignon du Preez	South Africa	95	88	1569	69	21.49	99.61	0	7	55	21 February 2016	[15]
14	Dane van Niekerk	South Africa	76	67	1699	90*	29.80	95.12	0	10	45	18 March 2016	[16]
15	Trisha Chetty	South Africa	68	66	1081	55	18.01	88.60	0	3	62	23 March 2016	[17]
16	Harmanpreet Kaur	India	104	92	2038	103	27.91	103.15	1	6	54	18 November 2016	[18]
17	Chamari Atapattu	Sri Lanka	81	79	1492	113	19.12	94.97	1	1	56	3 December 2016	[19]
18	Amy Satterthwaite	New Zealand	99	89	1526	71*	21.19	95.43	0	1	65	17 February 2017	[20]
19	Elyse Villani	Australia	62	58	1369	90*	28.52	118.22	0	12	40	17 February 2017	[21]
20	Javeria Khan	Pakistan	97	92	1744	74*	21.80	92.91	0	8	62	14 November 2017	[22]
21	Lizelle Lee	South Africa	66	66	1483	84	25.56	107.93	0	11	49	28 June 2018	[23]
22	Alyssa Healy	Australia	101	86	1809	148*	25.84	130.23	1	9	68	1 October 2018	[24]
23	Clare Shillington	Ireland	56	56	1019	58*	18.52	98.45	0	1	55	15 November 2018	[25]
24	Danni Wyatt	England	101	80	1495	124	21.05	125.41	2	7	64	16 November 2018	[26]
25	Smriti Mandhana	India	66	64	1451	86	24.59	117.01	0	10	49	17 November 2018	[27]
26	Shashikala Siriwardene	Sri Lanka	77	70	1079	52	17.40	88.44	0	2	63	3 February 2019	[28]
27	Tammy Beaumont	England	75	61	1201	116	23.54	107.23	1	6	52	24 March 2019	[29]
28	Natalie Sciver	England	67	64	1133	68*	23.60	111.07	0	4	58	28 March 2019	[30]
29	Nida Dar	Pakistan	98	87	1086	75	14.87	95.93	0	4	83	22 May 2019	[31]
30	Ellyse Perry	Australia	111	64	1101	60*	30.58	105.76	0	4	60	28 July 2019	[32]

See also

• Women's Twenty20 International

References

1. "Charlotte Edwards becoming first cricketer to score 2,000 T20I runs goes unnoticed – Latest Cricket News, Articles & Videos at". Cricketcountry.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
2. "T20I Batting records / Most runs in career". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
3. "Charlotte Edwards". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
4. "Sarah Taylor". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
5. "Stafanie Taylor". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
6. "Suzie Bates". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
7. "Deandra Dottin". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
8. "Lydia Greenway". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
9. "Mithali Raj". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
10. "Meg Lanning". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
11. "Alex Blackwell". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
12. "Sara McGlashan". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
13. "Bismah Maroof". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
14. "Sophie Devine". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
15. "Mignon du Preez". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
16. "Dane van Niekerk". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
17. "Trisha Chetty". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
18. "Harmanpreet Kaur". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
19. "Chamari Atapattu". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
20. "Amy Satterthwaite". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
21. "Elyse Villani". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
22. "Javeria Khan". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
23. "Lizelle Lee". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
24. "Alyssa Healy". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
25. "Clare Shillington". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
26. "Danielle Wyatt". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
27. "Smriti Mandhana". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
28. "Shashikala Siriwardene". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
29. "Tammy Beaumont". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
30. "Natalie Sciver". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
31. "Nida Dar". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
32. "Ellyse Perry". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.