The England cricket team is one of the most well-known teams in the world. They play international matches at home and abroad and are strongly supported by the English public. However, the England cricket team is not a single entity. Rather, it is composed of individual players. There have been many great England players who have displayed fearless batting in the T20 format. This becomes a main reason for them to be in icc world twenty20 news. This article will discuss the most runs scored by England players in T20 matches.
Jos Butler
Butler is the highest run scorer for England and is the Captain of the England T20 side which won the recently held World Cup in Australia in 2022. He played his first T20 against India in 2011 and since then has gone on to play for England till now. Butler has played in 103 T20 matches for England and has scored 2602 runs. He is the leading run-scorer for England in T20 and scored his highest score of an unbeaten 101 against Sri Lanka in 2021. While chasing a target of 157 runs against India in 2021, Butler scored an unbeaten inning of 83 runs from 52 balls and helped him win the match by 8 wickets.
Eion Morgan
Morgan is the World Cup-winning Captain who led the England one-day Cricket team to victory in the final against New Zealand in 2019. Morgan is the most experienced England T20 player who played a total of 115 matches and scored 2458 runs. Morgan and Malan were involved in a partnership of 182 runs against New Zealand in 2019. In a rain-affected T20 match against South Africa in 2009, Morgan played an unbeaten inning of 85 runs from 45 balls and helped his side reach a score of 202 runs.
Alex Hales
Hales made his T20 debut against India in 2011 and has played many magnificent T20 knocks for the English side including his innings against India in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022. Hales is a rising T20 star who has played a total of 75 matches and scored 2074 runs. During the 2014 T20, World Cup Hales scored an unbeaten 116 runs and helped England chase a target of 190 runs against Sri Lanka.
Dawid Malan
Malan made a scintillating start to his T20 International career against South Africa scoring 78 runs from 44 balls. Malan has played a total of 55 T20 International matches for England in which he has scored 1748 runs. Malan made his career-best T20 score of 103 runs against New Zealand in 2019. During his 50th T20 International for England, Malan played a knock of 82 runs from 49 balls against Australia.
Jason Roy
Roy was part of the England T20 World Cup team of 2016 and played a match-winning knock of 78 runs in the semifinal against New Zealand. Playing as an opener he played a dominant inning of 70 runs of 38 balls against South Africa in 2020. Jason Roy has played a total of 64 T20 International matches for England and has scored a total of 1522 runs.
Jonny Bairstow
Bairstow provided strength and stability to the England T20 middle order. He scored 90 runs from 53 balls and helped England score 234 after the fall of early wickets against South Arica in 2022. In another innings played against South Africa in 2020, he scored an unbeaten 86 runs from 48 balls and helped his side chase a target of 180 runs. Bairstow has played in a total of 66 T20 International for England and has scored 1337 runs.
Kevin Pietersen
The stylish Pietersen has been a dominating T20 player for England who played a total of 37 T20 matches and scored 1176 runs. Pietersen was famous for his innovative cricket shots. He scored his career-best score of 79 runs from 37 balls against Zimbabwe and helped his side win the match by 50 runs. While chasing a target of 148 runs against Pakistan in 2010, he played an unbeaten knock of 73 runs from 52 balls.
Moeen Ali
Ali has been a wonderful all-rounder for the England T20 side and has played in a total of 71 T20 matches scoring 1044 runs. Ali played his career-best knock of 72 runs from 46 balls against Australia in 2015 helping his team score a total of 182 runs. He played another knock of 63 runs from 28 balls which included 7 sixes against West Indies in 2022 helping his team post a total of 193 runs.
Joe Root
Root has been an important part of England’s middle order in T20 Internationals playing a total of 32 matches and scoring 893 runs. Root scored his career-best innings of unbeaten 90 runs against Australia and helped his team recover from an early loss of wickets. During the 2016 T20 World Cup 2016, Root played a match-winning inning of 83 runs from 44 balls against South Africa.
Luke Wright
Wright was an explosive England T20 batsman who played a total of 51 matches and scored 759 runs. Wright played his career-best innings of 99 runs from 55 balls against Afghanistan and helped his team post a total of 196 runs. In a match against New Zealand in T20 World Cup in 2012, Wright played an important inning of 76 runs from 43 balls and helped his side win the match by 6 wickets.
Conclusion
England’s T20 team has performed exceptionally well in recent years. They have shown more aggression and composure in the shortest format of the game. After their T20 loss in the World Cup final against West Indies, England has regrouped and performed better with new changes in the team. The team has a mix of both young and experienced players who perform whenever the team is in need. England’s team has also got many all-rounders in their team which allows them to be flexible with their batting and bowling options. The team management has focused on players’ fitness and fielding standards. This has resulted in many big wins for the England side in International tournaments.
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