Australia opener Beth Mooney grew to become the quickest girl to succeed in 2000 T20I runs throughout the second T20I towards India on the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Mooney reached the feat with a single in her 67th T20I innings. Mooney, the world no. 1 T20I batter, eclipsed former West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor who had crossed the mark in her 68th innings. Mooney completed unbeaten on 82 off 54 balls as Australia posted a mammoth 187 for one.
Mooney made her T20I debut towards India in 2016 and has racked up runs at a median near 40 and a 120-plus strike fee. The 28-year-old has 16 fifty-plus scores in T20Is – the second-most amongst Australians, solely behind Meg Lanning.
Mooney had crossed 1000 T20I runs in 2020 in 39 innings – the second-fastest Australian behind Lanning. She can also be certainly one of six ladies to have two T20I centuries.
Mooney has been a part of two title-winning T20 World Cups with Australia in 2018 and 2020. She was additionally the main run-scorer of the 2020 version (259 runs) and was named the Player of the Tournament following her match-winning 78 not out within the last towards India.
The left-handed batter helped Australia take a 1-0 lead within the collection with an unbeaten 89 on Friday.
Fastest ladies to 2000 T20I runs
- ⦿Beth Mooney (Australia) – 67 innings
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Stafanie Taylor (West Indies) – 68 innings - ⦿
Mithali Raj (India) – 70 innings - ⦿
Meg Lanning (Australia) – 72 innings - ⦿
Charlotte Edwards (England) – 73 innings