Perry also became the second woman cricketer from Australia to score 100-plus runs in Test cricket during her 76-run knock in the first innings of the match.
He overtook Pakistan's Sahibazada Farhan to achieve this feat in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Farhan is the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 383 runs. He has hit 18 sixes and 37 fours in the tournament, including two centuries.
Pakistan's opener batter Sahibzada Farhan is the leading run-scorer in this tournament with 220 runs in four matches. Spinner Usman Tariq has taken eight wickets for his side in just three innings and the onus will be on these two as Pakistan look to seal their first victory in Super Eights.
Veteran Australia Women's wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney surpassed former captain Meg Lanning to become the leading run-getter for her country on Thursday.
Smriti Mandhana is on the verge of rewriting the record books as she continues her remarkable run with the bat in 2025. The India opener has already amassed 1703 runs across formats this calendar year, the most by any woman in a single year. With just 62 more runs, Mandhana will also become
Amanjot Kaur ran out the South African opener Tazmin Brits to shift momentum towards India and took a stunning catch of Proteas skipper and the leading run scorer of the Women's CWC 2025, Laura Wolvaardt.
Since the start of 2020, Bavuma has made 1794 runs in 24 matches, at an average of 48.48 and strike rate of 50, including three centuries and 11 fifties, which makes him the leading run scorer for SA in the 2023-25 WTC cycle.
Joe Root etched his name further into England's cricketing history books as he became the country's leading run-scorer in One Day Internationals, surpassing former captain Eoin Morgan's tally. Root now holds the record for most runs in both Tests and ODIs for England.
Root will have his chance to go down in history to become England's leading run-scorer in ODIs when he takes to the field for the second ODI against the West Indies at Cardiff on Sunday.
There were also standout individual performances. Barbados captain Justin Parris was named Best All-Rounder after scoring 121 runs and claiming 13 wickets with his leg-spin. His teammate, top-order batter Kelani Clarke, finished as the tournament's leading run-scorer with 216 runs
Having spent his first five Indian Premier League (IPL) seasons primarily as a finisher, Riyan Parag experienced a breakthrough campaign in 2024. Elevated to No. 4 in the batting order, he emerged as Rajasthan Royals' leading run-scorer, playing a pivotal role in their journey to the playoff
Kane Williamson etched his name in the history books by scripting a sublime record against South Africa en route to becoming New Zealand's leading run-scorer in the Champions Trophy and the first player from his nation to cross the threshold of 19,000 international runs landmark.