Surprisingly, our Batting Rankings are led not by Tammy Beaumont – the leading run-scorer in the T20 Tri-Series – but by Suzie Bates, whose superior Strike Rate gives her the edge. Bates plundered the South African bowling for 124* in their opening match, and a further 62 against them in their second game at Bristol; though she was notably less successful against England, scoring 23, 0 and 31.
Bates and Sophie Devine, at No. 3, between them scored a whopping two-thirds (66.8%) of New Zealand’s runs off the bat in the series, which really ought to be worrying them quite a lot – the next-ranked New Zealand batsman was Amy Satterthwaite, who came in 14th with just 58 runs.
For England obviously Tammy Beaumont was the stand-out star, but Nat Sciver also had a good series, despite playing a slightly more reserved game than we’ve maybe come to expect of her – she hit just two 6s in the series, and had the lowest boundary percentage of the Top 10 by quite a long way – 52%, compared with (for example) 77% for Lizelle Lee, the most in the Top 10.
Batting | Played | Runs | SR |
1. Suzie Bates (NZ) | 5 | 240 | 151.89 |
2. Tammy Beaumont (ENG) | 5 | 256 | 142.22 |
3. Sophie Devine (NZ) | 5 | 237 | 150 |
4. Nat Sciver (ENG) | 5 | 168 | 148.67 |
5. Dane van Niekerk (SA) | 4 | 180 | 125.87 |
6. Lizelle Lee (SA) | 4 | 122 | 154.43 |
7. Dani Wyatt (ENG) | 5 | 124 | 137.77 |
8. Heather Knight (ENG) | 5 | 96 | 160 |
9. Sarah Taylor (ENG) | 5 | 84 | 140 |
10. Katherine Brunt (ENG) | 5 | 62 | 187.87 |
Batting Ranking = Runs * Strike Rate