The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 is one of the biggest tournaments in the cricketing world, and its 10th edition will take place in England, with 12 teams and 33 matches, from 12th June to 5th July 2026. This year, many records will be set and many surpassed. One of the most important records is the most runs in a single edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. The top three batters for this record are Beth Mooney and Meg Lanning, both from Australia, and Stafanie Taylor of the West Indies.
1. Beth Mooney – 259
Beth Mooney, of the Australian Women’s cricket team, with 259 runs, finds herself as the number one contender for this record of Most Runs in a Single ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Edition, and she set this milestone in the 7th edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2019/2020.
With a fantastic strike rate of 125.12, at an average of 64.75, the highest total of the series came on 27th February 2020 against Bangladesh, with an unbeaten 81-run innings off 58 balls, including 8 fours, and her masterclass innings took AUS-W to 189/1 in 20 overs, and she was the highest run-getter of the season.
2. Meg Lanning – 257
Meghann Moira Lanning, a right-handed Australian batter, is a top-order batter, and due to her fierce batting style, she stands at number 2 on this record. With 257 runs in 6 innings at an average of 42.83 and a strike rate of 158.64, along with 33 fours and 8 sixes throughout the series.
Lanning’s highest score of the season came when she smashed a blistering 126 runs in 65 deliveries against IRE-W at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Bangladesh, in the 4th edition of the ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup, and her innings became the reason for a huge 78-run victory for AUS-W.
3. Stafanie Taylor – 246
Jamaican-born Stafanie Taylor, who is a right-handed top-order batter, and she is one of the most important players for West Indies women’s cricket. Stafanie scored 246 runs in the 5th edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, at a blistering average of 41 and a strike rate of 93. She also scored an important innings of 59 runs in 57 balls in the final match against Australia.
The AUS-W team was in great form in that edition, and batting first, AUS-W set a total of 148 runs for WI-W. Taylor, coming in at No. 3 to bat, made the chase easy for her team, and West Indies won their first title of the tournament. History was written at Eden Gardens in that match.
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