Scottish wicket-keeper batter etched her name in the history books as she became the first ever Scottish Women’s player to complete 1000 international runs in the shortest format of the game.
Sarah Bryce scored a brilliant 67 runs against Italy in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier. Sarah now has 1041 runs in the shortest of the game. Sarah made her debut for the Scottish team against Uganda in 2018 at the age of 18. It was quite evident that she possessed a truckload of talent, as she scored 36 runs when her team needed just 44 runs to win the match.
In her next match, Sarah once again top-scored for her team, scoring a total of 49 runs. In her first 8 matches, Sarah scored a total of 216 runs at an immaculate average of 54. In the inaugural season of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Sarah featured for the Lightning, where she was the 2nd highest run scorer of the tournament. In the six innings she played in the tournament, Sarah failed to cross the 50 runs landmark just once.
In the Hundred 2022, Sarah was a part of the Welsh Fire team. She batted in just 4 innings but still managed to score 120 runs at a brilliant average of 30 and a strike rate of 117.64.
In this year’s edition of the Hundred, Sarah scored a total of 117 runs from 7 innings at an average of 58.50.
Sarah has scored a total of 3 fifties on the international stage. Her earlier best was 65 against the Netherlands in 2019, but now that has been replaced by her stellar knock against Italy this week. In the ongoing T20 World Cup qualifiers, she has scored a total of 116 runs from 3 innings at an excellent average of 58.
Since the start of the year, Sarah has played a total of 13 matches, scoring 269 runs from 12 innings at an incredible average of 44.84 and a decent strike rate of 121.71.
Scotland will be hoping Sarah can emulate her successes with the bat even more so that they can qualify for the mega event next year.
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