Happened for the first time in 17 years! ‘That’ lady cricketer who asked Virat Kohli for marriage made history at Lord’s

  • Danny White-Hodge’s historic feat
  • First player to score 300 runs in a single season
  • It happened for the first time in 17 years

Australia won the Women’s T20 World Cup once again. After defeating England in the final match, they won the world championship for the seventh time in a row. But, along with Australia’s title, it was England batsman Danny White-Hodge who got the most talk. England’s star batsman Danny White-Hodge, who made headlines around the world by writing ‘Kohli, marry me’ to Virat Kohli on social media almost 12 years ago, has created a new history in the Women’s T20 World Cup. She became the first Danish player to score 300 runs in a single T20 World Cup season. In the final against Australia at Lord’s, Danny achieved this historic record as he completed 8 runs in his innings.

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Danny White-Hodge’s historic feat

Danny White-Hodge has scored 302 runs in 7 matches at an average of 60.40 in the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup. During this time she hit 42 fours and two sixes. With her bat, she made a brilliant knock of 105 not out against Sri Lanka. After that she scored 16 runs against Ireland, 7 runs against Scotland, 65 runs against West Indies, 89 runs against New Zealand and 12 runs against South Africa in the semi-final. She reached the historic milestone of 300 runs by scoring 8 runs in the final against Australia.

Australia are champions once again

Batting first, England got off to a poor start in the final at Lord’s, losing the toss. Amy Jones’ first wicket falls on 7 runs. After this, captain Nat Siver-Brunt and Danny Wyatt-Hodge added 25 runs for the second wicket. Danny was dismissed for 8 runs. Alice Capsey contributed 23 runs, while skipper Nat Syver-Brunt made an unbeaten 58 off 53 balls. Along with her, Freya Camp scored an unbeaten 44 off 28 balls. The duo put on an unbreakable 80-run partnership for the fifth wicket, which saw England set a challenging target of 150 for the loss of four wickets. For Australia, Kim Garth, Lucy Hamilton, Sophie Molyneux and Annabelle Sutherland took one wicket each. Australia set this target to 17. Completed easily in 1 over and once again proved his dominance at the world level.

Kohli asked for marriage

In 2014, Danny White-Hodge came into the limelight when she posted a funny post on social media for Virat Kohli saying ‘Kohli Marry Me’. Later, when the two players met, Virat Kohli laughed and told her, ‘Don’t say such things on Twitter, people take it seriously.’ In the same meeting, Kohli also gifted one of his cricket bats to Danny. Now, years later, Dani has set a record with her bat, which is the first time in the history of Women’s T20 World Cup.

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