Danni Wyatt-Hodge rewrote England’s T20I history books on Wednesday (November 27) as she became the first-ever England women’s player to scale the 3000-run mark in the shortest format of the game. Wyatt-Hodge achieved the milestone during the second T20I played between South Africa and England at Willowmoore Park in Benoni.
The right-handed batter scored 78 runs off 45 balls to set the tone for England and laid the foundation for their series win. She batted at a strike rate of 173.33 and smashed 15 fours and a maximum during her whirlwind knock. Her knock allowed Nat Sciver-Brunt to take her time initially and then consolidate towards the latter half of her innings.
Notably, Wyatt-Hodge has racked up 3068 runs for England in 166 T20Is at a strike rate of 128.58. She has two centuries and 17 fifties to her credit in T20Is. Sciver-Brunt is the second-leading run-getter for England with 2746 runs in 128 T20Is.
Most WT20I runs for England
| Player | Match | Average | Strike rate | Hundreds | Fifties |
| Danni Wyatt-Hodge | 166 | 23.24 | 128.58 | 2 | 17 |
| Nat Sciver-Brunt | 128 | 28.90 | 118.05 | – | 16 |
| Charlotte Edwards | 95 | 32.97 | 106.93 | – | 12 |
| Sarah Taylor | 90 | 29.02 | 110.67 | – | 16 |
| Heather Knight | 125 | 25.25 | 119.96 | 1 | 7 |
Coming back to the game, South Africa were rattled by Wyatt-Hodge’s aggressive approach and had no answers to the carnage. Sciver-Brunt also fired on all cylinders and played an unbeaten knock of 67 off 43 deliveries with the help of nine fours and a maximum. England posted 204 for the loss of four wickets.
In reply, South Africa never really got going in pursuit of such a humongous total and fell in the spinning web laid down by Sarah Glenn. Leg-spinner Glenn bowled her heart out and finished with 4/20 in her four overs. She killed the run chase and therefore was awarded the Player of the Match (POTM).
England won the game by 36 runs and have taken a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
