Currently, the White Ferns are touring England for a limited-overs series. While the ODIs concluded with the hosts whitewashing New Zealand 3-0, they have also sealed the T20I series, taking a 3-0 lead in the five-match series. The English wicketkeeper-batter Amy Jones has completed 1,500 runs, achieving this milestone in the third T20I between England and New Zealand.
The right-handed batter required 15 runs before the start of the third T20I and scored 19 runs before being dismissed through a run-out. After reaching this milestone, she became the seventh English batter to surpass 1,500 T20I runs.
Amy Jones recently completed 100 T20I matches in the series against Pakistan. She is second on the list of most runs as a wicketkeeper-batter for England. Known for her finishing abilities lower down the order, she has been the backbone of the English batting lineup since making her T20I debut against Pakistan in 2013. Surprisingly, she was part of England’s squad for the 2012 Women’s T20 World Cup but didn’t get a game.
There is no better occasion for a batter to score a maiden fifty in World Cups, and such was the story with Jones, who scored her maiden t20I fifty in a T20 World Cup semi-final in the 2018 edition against India. She scored 53 off 47 balls while England was chasing 113, guiding her side to victory and securing a spot in the finals. She was awarded the Player of the Match award for this knock. That same year, she became a regular member of the T20 side, having had a rollercoaster ride of being in and out of the team before 2018. Her highest score in the format came against Pakistan in 2019 when she scored 89 off 52 balls. Amy Jones is the sixth leading run-scorer for England in Women’s T20 World Cups, with 268 runs in 17 matches. In the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she completed the landmark of 1,000 T20I runs in the semi-finals against South Africa.
Amy Jones has played over 100 matches in the T20I format, scoring 1,500 runs, including five fifties. She has carried forward the legacy of England’s rich tradition of wicketkeeper-batters following Sarah Taylor’s retirement.
