New Delhi, March 20: The T20 match between the Australian women’s team and the West Indies took place on Friday in Kingstown. This match marked the 100th career game for the experienced Ashleigh Gardner.
Gardner has become the 11th player from Australia (both male and female) to play 100 or more T20 matches. However, her 100th T20 was not memorable from a batting perspective, as she scored just 1 run off 2 balls before getting out.
In terms of T20 appearances for Australia, women dominate the statistics. Six female players are included in the top 10.
The top three players with the most T20 matches for Australia are all women. Ellyse Perry leads with 172 matches, followed by the recently retired Alyssa Healy with 162 matches, and Meg Lanning with 132 matches.
Glenn Maxwell ranks fourth with 130 matches. Megan Schutt is fifth with 124 matches, followed by Beth Mooney with 116 matches, Adam Zampa with 115 matches, David Warner with 110 matches, Jess Jonassen with 105 matches, Aaron Finch with 103 matches, and Ashleigh Gardner at 11th with 100 matches.
In her 100 matches, Gardner has scored 1,483 runs and taken 81 wickets.
Beth Mooney holds the record for the most T20 runs scored by an Australian woman. She has accumulated 3,517 runs in 110 matches, including 2 centuries and 28 half-centuries.
On the men’s side, David Warner holds the record for the most runs in T20 format for Australia. Between 2009 and 2024, Warner scored 3,277 runs in 110 matches, with 1 century and 28 half-centuries.
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