New Zealand women’s cricket legend Suzie Bates has achieved milestone against Ireland in the group stage clash of ICC Women’s World T20 2018. Suzie Bates now has thehighest T-20 international runs in both male and female cricket. Bates completed 3,000 runs in his 108th T20 International match. she has taken 105 innings of 108 matches to an average of 30.68 to 3,007 runs. She has scored a century and 20 half-centuries during this period.
31-year-old Suji scored just 11 runs against Ireland. His team won this match by 8 wickets. Ireland won the toss and bat first and scored 79 runs. The White Ferns achieved the target by losing two wickets. However, the New Zealand Women team was not able to reach the women’s World Twenty20 semi-finals. Australia and Team India had already reached the semi-finals from Group-B.
West Indies’ Stephanie Taylor is on second spot with most runs in Twenty20 international after Suzie Bates. Taylor scored 2,732 runs. Former England captain Charlotte Edwards is third in this list. Charlotte has scored 2,605 runs in 95 matches. Team India’s Mithali Raj is at number four in this list, scoring 2,283 runs in 85 matches.
List of Top 11 Players with most runs in T20Is
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS |
| S Bates (NZ-W) | 2007-2018 | 108 | 105 | 3007 | 124* |
| S Taylor (WI-W) | 2008-2018 | 91 | 90 | 2732 | 90 |
| C Edwards (ENG-W) | 2004-2016 | 95 | 93 | 2605 | 92* |
| M Raj (IND-W) | 2006-2018 | 85 | 80 | 2283 | 97* |
| M Lanning (AUS-W) | 2010-2018 | 83 | 80 | 2256 | 126 |
| S Taylor (ENG-W) | 2006-2018 | 89 | 86 | 2175 | 77 |
| D Dottin (WI-W) | 2008-2018 | 105 | 103 | 2158 | 112* |
| H Kaur (IND-W) | 2009-2018 | 92 | 81 | 1870 | 103 |
| S Devine (NZ-W) | 2006-2018 | 80 | 77 | 1802 | 73 |
| Bismah Maroof (PAK-W) | 2009-2018 | 92 | 86 | 1724 | 65* |
| D van Niekerk (SA-W) | 2009-2018 | 72 | 63 | 1540 | 90* |
Suzie Bates is far ahead of male cricketers. New Zealand’s Martin Guptill is at No. 1 in men’s batsman list scored 2,271 runs in 75 matches. Team India’s Rohit Sharma is second in this list. The Mumbai batsman has scored 2207 runs in 87 matches. Captain Kohli scored 2102 runs in 62 T20 Internationals. From this point of view, Rohit or Virat Kiwi are far away from the women players.
List Top Run Scorer in Men’s and Women’s in T20Is
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS |
| S Bates (NZ-W) | 2007-2018 | 108 | 105 | 3007 | 124* |
| S Taylor (WI-W) | 2008-2018 | 91 | 90 | 2732 | 90 |
| C Edwards (ENG-W) | 2004-2016 | 95 | 93 | 2605 | 92* |
| M Raj (IND-W) | 2006-2018 | 85 | 80 | 2283 | 97* |
| M Guptill (NZ) | 2009-2018 | 75 | 73 | 2271 | 105 |
| M Lanning (AUS-W) | 2010-2018 | 83 | 80 | 2256 | 126 |
| R Sharma (IND) | 2007-2018 | 87 | 80 | 2207 | 118 |
| Shoaib Malik (PAK) | 2006-2018 | 108 | 101 | 2190 | 75 |
| S Taylor (ENG-W) | 2006-2018 | 89 | 86 | 2175 | 77 |
| D Dottin (WI-W) | 2008-2018 | 105 | 103 | 2158 | 112* |
| B McCullum (NZ) | 2005-2015 | 71 | 70 | 2140 | 123 |
| V Kohli (IND) | 2010-2018 | 62 | 58 | 2102 | 90* |
Four women teams have confirmed the spot of Semi Finals of ICC Women’s World T20 International. From Group A West Indies and England, confirmed the place. On the other hand, Team India and Australia qualified for the semifinals from Group-B. The Indian team won all their four league matches and they were number one in their group.
