England opener Danni Wyatt-Hodge has been named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for June 2026 after starring in the team’s run to the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, where she finished as the tournament’s leading run-scorer with 302 runs.
This marks Wyatt-Hodge’s second Player of the Month title. She previously won the award in November 2024. For June, she beat out Scotland captain Kathryn Bryce and India spinner Sree Charani to claim the honour.
Wyatt-Hodge said winning the award for performances at a home World Cup carried extra weight. She called the tournament a fantastic occasion for the sport and said reaching the final at Lord’s is a memory she and her teammates will hold onto.
June Numbers Tell the Story
Across six matches in June, Wyatt-Hodge scored 287 runs. Five of those innings came at the T20 World Cup itself. Her average for the month sat at 71.75, paired with a strike rate of 151.85 — numbers that put her clear of the competition for the monthly prize.
The innings that set the tone was an unbeaten 105 against Sri Lanka in England’s tournament opener. That knock helped push England to 219, a total that matched the joint-highest score of the entire competition. She followed it with a 65 against the West Indies, then produced an unbeaten 89 against New Zealand, the defending champions, in a match that knocked them out of the tournament.
Record-Breaking Run at the World Cup
Wyatt-Hodge didn’t just help England reach the final, she rewrote the record books along the way. Her tally moved her past Beth Mooney’s previous best of 259 runs, set across six matches back in 2020, making Wyatt-Hodge the new leading run-scorer in a single edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup.
She also became the first player in the tournament’s history to pass 300 runs in one edition, closing out the World Cup with 302 runs to her name. That combination, a new record and a first-of-its-kind milestone, underlined how central she was to England’s campaign.
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What Comes Next for Wyatt-Hodge
The award adds to what’s already been a defining year for the England opener. Having already claimed the tournament’s top run-scorer honour and now the Player of the Month title, Wyatt-Hodge’s June form has cemented her as one of the standout performers of the entire ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 cycle.
Her win also continues a pattern for England players receiving individual recognition following the team’s run at a home tournament. With the World Cup now behind her, attention turns to how Wyatt-Hodge carries this form into England’s upcoming fixtures, as she looks to build on a month that included a century, two match-defining half-centuries, and a tournament record that had stood since 2020.
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