England’s opening batter Danni Wyatt-Hodge entered her name in the history books on Sunday (July 5) by becoming the first player in the world to score 300 runs in one edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. The right-handed batter, who is the most capped player for England in women’s T20Is, needed six runs in the final of the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup against Australia at Lord’s to take her tally to 300 runs in the ongoing tournament, and she scored her sixth run on the first ball of the fourth over of England’s innings.
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Danni Wyatt-Hodge has been in red-hot form in this year’s T20 World Cup. She scored an unbeaten century for England in the first match against Sri Lanka and then
also played knocks of 65 against the West Indies and an unbeaten 89 against the 2024 winners, New Zealand.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge in Women’s T20 World Cup 2026
| AGAINST | RUNS | BALLS | 4/6s | VENUE | DATE |
| Sri Lanka | 105* | 62 | 13/1 | Birmingham | June 12 |
| Ireland | 16 | 16 | 3/0 | Southampton | June 16 |
| Scotland | 7 | 11 | 0/0 | Leeds | June 20 |
| West Indies | 65 | 42 | 8/0 | Lord’s | June 24 |
| New Zealand | 89* | 53 | 15/1 | The Oval | June 27 |
| South Africa | 12 | 9 | 2/0 | The Oval | July 2 |
| Australia | 6* | 4 | 1/0 | Lord’s | July 5 |
In the list of players with the most runs in one edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup, Wyatt-Hodge is followed by Beth Mooney of Australia. Mooney played six matches for the Southern Stars in the 2020 edition and scored a total of 259 runs.
Most runs in one edition of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | RUNS | EDITION |
| Danni Wyatt-Hodge | England | 7* | 300* | 2026 |
| Beth Mooney | Australia | 6 | 259 | 2020 |
| Meg Lanning | Australia | 6 | 257 | 2014 |
| Stafanie Taylor | West Indies | 6 | 246 | 2016 |
| Alyssa Healy | Australia | 6 | 236 | 2020 |
| Laura Wolvaardt | South Africa | 6 | 230 | 2023 |
| Suzie Bates | New Zealand | 5 | 228 | 2014 |
| Alyssa Healy | Australia | 6 | 225 | 2018 |
| Tazmin Brits | South Africa | 4 | 225 | 2026 |
| Laura Wolvaardt | South Africa | 6 | 223 | 2024 |
On the other hand, the ongoing final between England and Australia at Lord’s is Wyatt-Hodge’s seventh match of the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge is playing her 187th T20I match for the England women’s cricket team on Sunday, and if she manages to hit at least three sixes in the summit clash against the Southern Stars, then she will become the first English player to hit 50 sixes in women’s T20Is. As of now, Danni has 47 sixes to her name in 166 innings.
The world record for hitting the most sixes in women’s T20Is is in the name of former New Zealand captain Sophie Devine and West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin. Both Devine and Dottin have smashed 134 sixes each so far.
