Virat Kohli’s record destroyed… World record registered in the name of Beth Mooney, becomes ‘Queen’ of T20 World Cup Finals

New Delhi. Australia’s star wicketkeeper-batsman Beth Mooney created history on the historic ground of Lord’s. In the title match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 played against England, Mooney not only made her team the world champion, but also destroyed many big records in the cricket world. On the basis of her incredible innings, Mooney has become the most successful batsman in T20 World Cup finals in both men’s and women’s cricket history.

Thanks to this historic performance of Beth Mooney, Australia achieved the challenging target of 151 runs given by England by losing 3 wickets in just 17.1 overs and won the title match by 7 wickets. In this spectacular victory, Mooney, starting the innings, scored 64 runs in just 49 balls at a strike rate of 130.61, which included 10 brilliant fours. During this innings, she made a century partnership of 100 runs with Phoebe Litchfield for the second wicket, which completely shattered England’s hopes.

Created a great record by leaving Virat Kohli behind
Before entering the final match against England, Beth Mooney was on par with India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli, West Indies’ Marlon Samuels and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara. All of them had the record of scoring fifty or more twice in the history of T20 World Cup. Where Virat Kohli and Marlon Samuels achieved this feat in 2 matches each and Kumar Sangakkara achieved this feat in 3 matches.

But after playing an inning of 64 runs at Lord’s, Mooney scored his third fifty plus score in his 5th match. She became the first player in the world, including men’s and women’s cricket, to score 50 or more three times in the T20 World Cup finals. In the history of women’s cricket, no other player has been able to achieve this feat even twice.

Mountain of runs in the finals
Beth Mooney is now not only the player with the highest score of fifty plus, but she has also become the highest run scorer in the history of T20 World Cup Finals. With the addition of 64 runs against England, their total in the 4 innings (5 matches) of the finals has become 230 runs. In this matter, he has left behind his own former captain Mag Lanning, who had scored 175 runs in 6 matches. Mooney is now 55 runs ahead of Lanning. Not only this, he also defeated men’s cricket legend Marlon Samuels, who had scored 163 runs in 2 matches. In this list, Australia’s Alyssa Healy is fourth with 155 runs in 7 matches, India’s Virat Kohli is fifth with 153 runs in 2 matches and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara is sixth with 138 runs in 3 matches.

Beth Mooney is the ‘boss’ of big matches
If we look at Beth Mooney’s journey in the T20 World Cup finals, she has always emerged as a trouble-shooter for Australia on big occasions. In 2016, she did not get a chance to bat against West Indies at Kolkata, and in 2018 against England at North Sound, she was able to score 15 runs in just 14 balls. But after this he did not look back.

In the year 2020, against India at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), he played a historic inning of unbeaten 78 runs with the help of 10 fours in 54 balls, where his strike rate was 144.44. After this, in 2023, against South Africa at Newlands ground in Cape Town, he scored unbeaten 74 runs in 53 balls with the help of 9 fours and 1 six. And now in 2026, he has touched a new peak of success by playing an unmatched inning of 64 runs at Lord’s. For his brilliant performance in this final match, he was not only selected as ‘Player of the Match’, but for his consistently better performance throughout the tournament, he was also awarded the prestigious award of ‘Player of the Tournament’. With this innings played at Lord’s, Beth Mooney has proved that when the pressure is the highest, then her bat speaks best.