A little bit greater than 12 months since making her worldwide T20 debut, Australian star Tahlia McGrath has eclipsed each different batter on the planet to imagine the No.1 rating within the shortest type of the sport.
In simply 16 T20s for Australia since making her debut in opposition to India final October, McGrath, 27, has surpassed celebrity teammate Beth Mooney and absent skipper Meg Lanning to assert prime spot.
McGrath’s rise within the rankings comes simply days after she smashed an unbeaten 70 in setting Australia’s highest T20 partnership of 158 with Mooney in opposition to India in Mumbai, the third 100-run partnership between the pair from simply eight innings collectively.
Her particular person document makes for beautiful studying, having smashed 485 runs in 10 innings since her debut, with 4 half-centuries and 7 scores greater than 40.
Amazingly, the South Australian has solely been dismissed 4 instances, giving her an unimaginable common of 121.
In two matches thus far in opposition to India, McGrath has unbeaten scores of 40 and 70 and, in keeping with stand-in captain Alyssa Healy, is using a wave of confidence that makes her onerous to cease.
“I think she’s just grown in confidence and confidence goes a long way in this format,” Healy stated of McGrath on Tuesday.
“I think it’s an incredibly fickle format, but if you’re walking out there just a little bit more confident than your opposition, it could generally fall your way and I think TMac (McGrath) has just grown as a cricketer, as a leader and as a batter as well.
“I think she’s really confident in her ability and what she can do for our side and I think that’s great.
“It’s a great reward for the last 12 months for her and hopefully she can keep flying for us.”
The affirmation of McGrath’s No.1 rating got here earlier than Australia’s third T20 in opposition to India on Thursday morning, with the collection stage 1-1 after India ended Australia’s unbeaten run in 2022 on Monday.
McGrath, who additionally captained the Adelaide Strikers to a maiden WBBL title in November, has taken over the No.3 spot within the batting order within the absence of Lanning, who’s but to verify if or when she is going to make her return to cricket.
The absent skipper is one in every of 5 Australian batters inside the highest 10 T20 rankings, becoming a member of McGrath and Mooney (2), Healy (8) and Ashleigh Gardner (10).
McGrath can also be ranked tenth on the all-rounder checklist for T20s, whereas Healy is the No.1 ODI batter.
Originally printed as Australia’s Tahlia McGrath is averaging 121 and formally the very best batter in T20 cricket
