2nd ODI – India v South Africa
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, 19 June
India 325/3 (50.0) beat South Africa 321/6 (50.0) by 4 runs
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646 – An extraordinary game at M Chinnaswamy Stadium saw India and South Africa combine for the second highest runs aggregate in a women’s ODI:
- 678 – England 373/5 v South Africa 305/9 at Bristol, 2017
- 646 – India 325/3 South Africa 321/6 at Bengaluru, 2024
- 641 – Australia 356/5 v England 285 at Christchurch, 2022
There have now been seven women’s ODIs that have featured an aggregate of 600+ runs, five of which have been played since the start of the 2022 World Cup.
The previous highest scoring women’s ODI to be decided by a single figure runs margin was the 561 run Ashes match at Southampton last year, which Australia (282/7) won by 3 runs against England (279/7).
325 – India’s total was their third highest in the format, and was the first time that they broken the 300 barrier on home soil. Their previous best in India had been 298/2 against West Indies at Dhanbad in 2004:
- 358/2 v Ireland at Potchefstroom, 2017
- 333/5 v England at Canterbury, 2022
- 325/3 v South Africa at Bengaluru, 2024
- 317/8 v West Indies at Hamilton, 2022
- 302/3 v South Africa at Kimberley, 2018
321 – Faced with a world record chase, South Africa responded with the highest 2nd innings total in the history of women’s ODIs:
- 321/6 (50.0) South Africa v India at Bengaluru, 2024 (lost by 4 runs)
- 305/9 (50.0) South Africa v England at Bristol, 2017 (lost by 68 runs)
- 305/4 (44.3) Sri Lanka v South Africa at Potchefstroom, 2024 (won by 6 wickets)
- 298/8 (50.0) England v Australia at Hamilton, 2022 (lost by 12 runs)
4 – The match also made history as the first women’s ODI to feature four centuries. Just one previous match in the format had featured more than two hundreds – England against South Africa at Hove in 2018.
Progressive record for most centuries scored in a women’s ODI
- 2 – England (Thomas & Bakewell) v International XI at Hove, 1973*
- 3 – England (Beaumont &Taylor) v South Africa (Lee) at Hove, 2018
- 4 – India (Mandhana & Kaur) v South Africa (Wolvaardt & Kapp) at Bengaluru, 2024
*there was never a day when the record was 1 century, as this was the first women’s ODI ever played.
136 – Smriti Mandhana made her highest ODI score, and the highest score by any Indian woman in the format against South Africa. The previous best in both cases had been Mandhana’s 135 at Kimberley in 2018.
Having also made a century in the first game of the series, Mandhana became the tenth woman, and the first from India, to score hundreds in consecutive ODI innings.
Mandhana’s innings was also the highest score made by an Indian woman in an ODI on home soil. Until this series, Mandhana had never made a century at home. Two games later, she now has the two highest scores by any Indian woman at home:
- 136 Smriti Mandhana v SA at Bengaluru, 2024 (2nd ODI)
- 117 Smriti Mandhana v SA at Bengaluru, 2024 (1st ODI)
- 109* Mithali Raj v WI at Rajkot, 2011
7 – Mandhana now has the joint most ODI career centuries by an Indian woman, and her rate of twelve innings batted per hundred far outstrips those of her compatriots:
- 7 Smriti Mandhana (84 innings)
- 7 Mithali Raj (211 innings)
- 6 Harmanpreet Kaur (113 innings)
- 3 Punam Raut (73 innings)
Mandhana’s 84 innings, made her the fifth fastest woman to bring up their seventh ODI hundred.
27 – At 27 years of age, Mandhana also became the third youngest woman to score seven centuries in the format:
- 23y 334d Meg Lanning (AUS)
- 24y 357d Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
- 27y 337d Smriti Mandhana (IND)
25 – Later in the day, Laura Wolvaardt became the second youngest women to score eight:
- 23y 336d Meg Lanning (AUS)
- 25y 54d Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
- 29y 281d Suzie Bates (NZ)
135* – Wolvaardt’s innings was the fourth highest score by a South African woman in the format, and the second highest score by any woman in an unsuccessful ODI chase.
8 – Wolvaardt’s eight ODI career centuries are the seventh most by any woman, and further extended her record in the format for the Proteas Women:
- 8 Laura Wolvaardt (96 innings)
- 3 Lizelle Lee (99 innings)
- 3 Marizanne Kapp (124 innings)
4,000 – During her innings, Wolvaardt also became the youngest woman to score 4,000 career runs in ODIs:
- 25y 54d Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
- 26y 126d Stafanie Taylor (WI)
- 28y 47d Mithali Raj (IND)
96 – Only the legendary Belinda Clark and Meg Lanning have been faster to 4,000 in terms of innings batted:
- 86 Belinda Clark (AUS)
- 89 Meg Lannning (AUS)
- 96 Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
- 103 Karen Rolton (AUS)
103* – Harmanpreet Kaur brought up her sixth ODI hundred. This was Harmanpreet’s first ODI century on home soil since making 103 against Bangladesh at Ahmedabad in April 2013.
87 – Harmanpreet broke her own record for fastest ODI hundred by an Indian woman, improving on the mark of 90 balls she set against Australia at Derby during the 2017 World Cup semi-final.
4 – This was fourth time that India women have had two centurions in the same ODI, and the first time at home.
Harmanpreet’s six career centuries are the second most scored by any woman batting at #4 or lower in ODIs:
- 9 Nat Sciver-Brunt ENG (94 innings)
- 6 Harmanpreet Kaur IND (112 innings)
- 3 Sophie Devine NZ (89 innings)
- 3 Marizanne Kapp (SA (122 innings)
171 – Mandhana and Kaur’s 3rd wicket partnership was India women’s highest stand for any wicket in an ODI against South Africa, beating Mandhana’s 138* partnership for the 2nd wicket with Punam Raut at Lucknow in 2021.
8 – India’s eight sixes in the innings (Harmanpreet Kaur 3, Smriti Mandhana 2, Dayalan Hemalatha 2, Richa Ghosh 1) were the most they have hit in an ODI.
114 – Harmanpreet wasn’t the only middle-order batter to reach three figures in the game. Marizanne Kapp’s career best 114 made her the first woman in ODI history to score a century at #5 or lower in a run chase. Having made an even 100 when batting 1st against Pakistan at Karachi last year, Kapp is also the only woman to have scored two career centuries when batting at #5 or lower.
The previous record from #5 or lower in a women’s ODI run chase had been Amy Jones’ 92* for England against new Zealand at Basin Reserve in April this year. The best by a South African woman from that low in the order was the 81 made by Kapp’s wife, Dane van Niekerk, against Australia at Coffs Harbour in 2016.
85 – At 85 balls faced, Kapp’s hundred was the fastest ever made by a South African woman in the format:
- 85 Marizanne Kapp v IND at Bengaluru, 2024
- 86 Lizelle Lee v AUS at North Sydney, 2016
- 89 Mignon du Preez v IRE at Dublin, 2016
The only faster hundred recorded in a women’s ODI in India, was Belinda Clark’s 64 ball effort on the way to a world record 229* against Denmark at Mumbai during the 1997 World Cup.
184 – Wolvaardt and Kapp’s partnership was South Africa women’s highest stand for any wicket in an ODI run chase:
- 184 Laura Wolvaardt & Marizanne Kapp 4th wicket v IND, 2024
- 169 Laura Wolvaardt & Lizelle Lee 1st wicket v IND, 2021
- 165* Laura Wolvaardt & Andrie Steyn 1st wicket v IRE, 2022
The partnership was the highest 4th wicket stand by any side in a women’s ODI chase, beating Amy Satterthwaite and Melie Kerr’s 172* against England at Dunedin in 2021.
2 – Kapp and Wolvaardt’s efforts made this the second time that two women have scored centuries in the same ODI run chase. The only previous instance was when Australia’s Phoebe Litchfield and Annabel Sutherland both brought up three figures against Ireland at Dublin last year.
1 – The respective innings of Kaur and Kapp also meant that this was the first women’s ODI to feature centuries scored from #4 or lower in both innings.
12 – This reflects broader trends in middle-order century-making in recent times. It took twenty years for the first hundred to be scored from #4 or lower in a women’s ODI (118 by England’s Helen Plimmer against Ireland at Reading during the 1993 World Cup).
By contrast, the twelve centuries made from #4 or lower since the 2022 World Cup are already a record for a Women’s World Cup cycle, and the average rate of 9.7 matches per middle-order hundred since 2022 makes them more than twice as common than in the 2017-22 cycle (when the rate was 21.0 matches per hundred).
5 – Remarkably, there had never been a century made in a women’s international match at M Chinnsaway Stadium until this series. There have now been five in the last two games.
136 & 1 – One of many memorable moments on a landmark day saw Smriti Mandhana bowl for the first time in her international career. It took just two deliveries for Mandhana to pick up the wicket of Sune Luus, and in doing so, become the third Indian woman to both score a century and take at least one wicket in the same ODI. The others were Harmanpreet Kaur against Bangladesh at Ahmedabad in 2013, and Deepti Sharma against Ireland at Potchefstroom in 2017.
Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.
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