Amelia Kerr has joined Rohit Sharma, Babar Azam and Meg Lanning in the list of elite cricketers with multiple T20I centuries as captain. The 25-year-old New Zealand all-rounder achieved the feat in the fifth and final T20I against South Africa on Wednesday March 25 at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
Rohit and Babar are the only men’s cricketers from full member nations to score multiple T20I hundreds as captain. In women’s cricket, Chamari Athapaththu of Sri Lanka, Meg Lanning of Australia and Hayley Matthews of West Indies are other players to achieve this feat.
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On Wednesday, Kerr also registered the fastest hundred by a New Zealand batsman in Women’s T20Is as the White Ferns beat South Africa by 92 runs to wrap up the series 4-1. She surpassed Suzie Bates who scored a 55-ball hundred against the Proteas at Taunton in 2018.
Kerr recently became the only cricketer in men’s and women’s T20Is to score 11 consecutive scores of 30 or more.
HOW KERR BURNT IN SOUTH AFRICA
Kerr led from the front and smashed a sensational 105 off just 55 balls, with 19 fours and a six, to guide the White Ferns to an impressive 194 for six.
After New Zealand slipped to 54 for three, Kerr steadied the innings with a composed but aggressive knock, combining for a crucial stand with Brooke Halliday, who made 26. Kerr batted deep into the innings before being dismissed by Ayabonga Khaka in the penultimate over.
She then came into her own with the ball and returned figures of 3-0-6-2 to disrupt South Africa’s chase. Kerr removed Annerie Dercksen and Nadine de Klerk at key moments as the visitors never recovered. Lea Tahuhu played with three wickets while Sophie Devine picked up two as New Zealand reduced South Africa to 102 for nine.
Kerr made a sensational start to her new role, scoring 499 runs in 10 matches at an average of 62.37 as the T20I captain. She also took 15 wickets, underlining her all-round prowess.
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Published on:
25 March 2026 17:32 IST
