Final group stage standings in the 2023 RHF Trophy.
Month: September 2023
Pakistan v South Africa – 3rd women’s ODI by the numbers
3rd ODI – Pakistan v South Africa
National Stadium, Karachi, 14 September
Pakistan 186/2 (38.0) beat South Africa 185 (48.1) by 8 wickets
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72 – This was Pakistan women’s seventh biggest ODI win in terms of balls remaining, and their second biggest against South Africa.
185 – South Africa’s total was their lowest in the 1st innings of an ODI since being bowled out for 160 against West Indies at Johannesburg in January 2022.
6 – This was the fifth time, and the first since 2018, that Pakistan women have had six different wicket takers in the same ODI.
1 – Nadine de Klerk’s innings (60) was her first half-century in all international formats, and the eighth highest score by a South African #6 in a women’s ODI.
68 – Sidra Amin’s innings was her ninth 50+ score in ODIs, and her first in the format against South Africa.
836 – Since the start of last year, Amin has scored the most runs (836) and had the highest average (49.17) for Pakistan women in the format.
60* – Bismah Maroof’s innings was her third ODI half-century against South Africa, and her first against the Proteas since 2015.
50.30 – Among those to have played in five or more such innings, Bismah Maroof has the second highest average in successful ODI run chases for Pakistan women. Maroof has scored a half-century in each of the last four successful chases she has been part of.
5 – Sidra Amin and Bismah Maroof have made the joint most 50+ scores in women’s ODIs played in Pakistan.
110 – Their partnership was Pakistan women’s fifth highest 2nd wicket stand in ODIs, and their third highest partnership for any wicket against South Africa. Amin and Maroof became the first Pakistan women’s pairing to share three century stands in the format.
Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.
England v Sri Lanka – 3rd women’s ODI by the numbers
3rd ODI – England v Sri Lanka
Grace Road, Leicester, 14 September
England 273/8 (31.0) beat Sri Lanka 112 (24.5) by 161 runs
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161 – England’s victory at Grace Road was their biggest win by runs in an ODI on home soil since thrashing West Indies by 208 runs at the same venue in June 2019. This was Sri Lanka’s heaviest defeat in the format since hosting England at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo in November 2016.
120 – Nat Sciver-Brunt brought up her third century in her last four ODI innings, and her first in the format against Sri Lanka.
66 – Reaching her milestone off 66 balls, this was the fastest ODI hundred ever made by an English woman, beating Charlotte Edwards’ 70 balls faced against New Zealand at Lincoln in 2012. Sciver-Brunt was just the seventh woman in ODI history to bring up a century off fewer than 70 balls:
- 45 Meg Lanning (AUS) v NZ at Sydney, 2012
- 57 Karen Rolton (AUS) v SA at Lincoln, 2000
- 59 Sophie Devine (NZ) v IRE at Dublin, 2018
- 60 Chamari Athapaththu (SL) v NZ at Galle, 2023
- 62 Maddy Green (NZ) v IRE at Dublin, 2018
- 64 Belinda Clark (AUS) v DEN at Mumbai, 1997
- 66 Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG) v SL at Leicester, 2023
The previous fastest women’s ODI hundred made in England, was Deandra Dottin’s 71 balls faced for West Indies against Pakistan at Grace Road during the 2017 World Cup. The fastest by an English woman on home soil had been Sciver-Brunt’s own 76 balls faced against Pakistan during the same tournament, which was once again made at the same ground in Leicester.
7 – This was the seventh time that Sciver-Brunt has brought up an ODI century off fewer than 100 balls. Only Meg Lanning has made more sub-100 ball hundreds in the format:
- 8 Meg Lanning (AUS)
- 7 Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG)
- 5 Karen Rolton (AUS)
- 4 Alyssa Healy (AUS)
8 – Sciver-Brunt now has the joint fifth most centuries by any woman in the format. Charlotte Edwards and Tammy Beaumont (both of whom have made nine) are the only English women to have scored more. This innings saw Sciver-Brunt extend her lead among all those to have made centuries batting at #4 or lower in the order:
- 8 Nat Sciver-Brutnt ENG (89 innings)
- 5 Harmanpreet Kaur IND (107)
- 2 Stafanie Taylor WI (33); Sophie Devine NZ (86); Marizanne Kapp SA (110)
Sciver-Brunt has made 21.6% (8 out of 37) of all the centuries scored by batters at #4 or lower in women’s ODI history, and 36.4% of those made in the format since her debut in 2013 (8 out of 22).
3 – Sciver-Brunt became the first English woman to score three ODI centuries in a calendar year, and the first woman from any nation to do so when batting at #4 or lower.
95 – Maia Bouchier’s innings was her first international half-century, and her highest career score in all formats at domestic or international level.
Sciver-Brunt and Bouchier’s innings were respectively the highest and fourth highest strike rate scores of 90+ runs made for England women in ODIs:
- 162.16 Nat Sciver-Brunt 120 (74) v SL at Leicester, 2023
- 155.68 Charlotte Edwards 137* (88) v NZ at Lincoln, 2012
- 148.91 Nat Sciver-Brunt 137 (92) v PAK at Leicester, 2017
- 146.15 Maia Bouchier 95 (65) v SL at Leicester, 2023
193 – Sciver-Brunt and Bouchier’s partnership was England women’s highest stand for any wicket in ODIs against Sri Lanka, beating Claire Taylor and Jane Smit’s 188* at Lincoln during the 2000 World Cup. Overall, this was England women’s fourth highest 3rd wicket partnership in the format:
- 213 Helen Plimmer & Carole Hodges v IRE, 1993
- 213 Heather Knight & Nat Sciver-Brunt v PAK, 2017
- 201 Sarah Taylor & Lydia Greenway v NZ, 2012
- 193 Nat Sciver-Brunt & Maia Bouchier v SL, 2023
9.65 – Sciver-Brunt an Bouchier’s run-rate for their partnership was the highest recorded for a 150+ run stand in women’s ODIs, beating Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney’s 156 at 9.55 rpo against England at Hagley Oval in the 2022 World Cup final.
8.80 – Reaching a total of 273/8 in 31 overs, England’s innings run-rate was the highest they have achieved in an ODI, and the sixth highest for any side in women’s ODI history.
4 – This was the first season in which England women have made four ODI totals of 260+ runs.
3 – Kavisha Dilhari’s figures (3-42) were her career best in the format.
5 – Charlie Dean took her first international 5-fer, and the best ODI bowling figures by an English woman against Sri Lanka:
- 5-31 Charlie Dean, 2023
- 4-14 Rosalie Fairbairn, 2005
- 4-21 Laura Marsh, 2016
- 4-22 Rosalie Fairbairn, 2005
- 4-30 Charlotte Edwards, 2010
- 4-45 Laura Marsh, 2017
12 – Dean has now taken at least one wicket in her last twelve ODI innings. This is the second longest such sequence in the format by an English woman, though still ten short of Laura Marsh’s extraordinary record:
- 22 Laura Marsh, 2008-09
- 12 Charlie Dean, 2022-23*
- 11 Lucy Pearson, 2003-04
- 11 Holly Colvin, 2007-08
- 11 Holly Colvin, 2009
- 11 Kate Cross, 2019-21
*in progress
8 – Player of the series, Lauren Filer’s eight wickets were the second most taken by an England women’s pace bowler in a three-match bilateral ODI series. The only player ahead of Filer on the list is Katherine Sciver-Brunt, who took nine against Pakistan in 2016.
4 – Filer (3-30) was the fourth England opening bowler this summer to take a haul of three-wickets or more in an ODI (the others being Lauren Bell, Kate Cross and Mahika Gaur). This was the first time that England women have had four different opening bowlers take three-wicket hauls in the format during the same season.
5 – This was the first time that England women have dismissed five players bowled in the same ODI since playing against Pakistan at Taunton in 2016.
10 – This was the first ODI in which England women have used just four bowlers and they have taken all ten wickets between them.
9 – Amy Jones’ nine catches were a new record for a wicket-keeper in a three match women’s ODI series.
Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.
England v Sri Lanka – 2nd women’s ODI by the numbers
2nd ODI – England v Sri Lanka
County Ground, Northampton, 12 September
Sri Lanka 106/9 (30.5) – no result due to rain
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8 – Just two matches into the series, Amy Jones has already taken the joint most catches by a wicket-keeper in a three-match women’s ODI series, drawing level with South Africa’s Faye Tunnicliffe, who took eight catches against Sri Lanka in 2019.
11 – Charlie Dean (7-3-12-2) has taken at least one wicket in her last eleven consecutive ODIs, a run which began against South Africa at Northampton last summer.
26.3 – Dean’s ODI bowling strike rate is the lowest for any woman with 25 or more career wickets in the format:
- 26.3 Charlie Dean ENG (43 wickets)
- 28.5 Charmaine Mason AUS (83 wickets)
- 28.6 Sune Luus SA (115 wickets)
- 29.1 Rosalie Fairbairn ENG (46 wickets)
- 29.2 Leigh Kasperek NZ (65 wickets)
3 – Dean became the first spinner to deliver three maidens in a women’s ODI in England since New Zealand’s Leigh Kasperek took figures of 10-3-45-3 against India at Derby during the 2017 World Cup. The last English spinner to do so was Dani Hazell (8-3-18-0), against Pakistan at Loughborough in 2013.
0 – This was the first time that Sri Lanka women have had four players out for a duck in the same ODI since playing against Australia at Dambulla in September 2016.
15 – Udeshika Prabodhani’s innings was the longest duck played in a women’s ODI in England since West Indies’ Shanel Daley was dismissed for 0 (18) against New Zealand at Taunton during the 2017 World Cup.
34 – Chamari Athapaththu’s innings was her highest ODI score against England since making 62 at Brabourne Stadium during the 2013 World Cup (Sri Lanka’s only victory in the format against England).
1 – The no result in this match gave Sri Lanka their first point against England across the three editions of the ICC Women’s Championship.
Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.
Pakistan v South Africa – 2nd women’s ODI by the numbers
2nd ODI – Pakistan v South Africa
National Stadium, Karacahi, 11 September
South Africa 169/4 (34.0) beat Pakistan 168 (44.2) by 6 wickets
scorecard | video highlights
1 – This victory meant that South Africa became the first women’s team to complete ODI series wins in all four of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
South Africa women have now won 21 of the 26 completed ODIs they have played against Pakistan, and four of the five bilateral series between the sides in the format:
- SA 4-0 PAK in South Africa, 2007 (1 no result)
- SA 2-1 PAK in UAE, 2015
- SA 1-1 PAK in South Africa, 2019 (1 tie)
- SA 3-0 PAK in South Africa, 2021
- SA 2-0 in Pakistan, 2023*
*in progress
96 – This was The Proteas’ third biggest ODI win against Pakistan in terms of balls remaining.
4 – Player of the match, Nadine de Klerk took her first four-wicket haul in international cricket. De Klerk’s figures were the fifth best by a South African woman in ODIs against Pakistan:
- 5-7 Alicia Smith, 2008
- 5-17 Dane van Niekerk, 2014
- 5-20 Sune Luus, 2015
- 4-23 Ashlyn Kilowan, 2007
- 4-32 Nadine de Klerk, 2023
20 – In her last nine one day matches, across the RHF Trophy and this ODI series, De Klerk has taken 20 wickets at an average fo 13.35 and an economy of 3.95 rpo.
3 – Masabata Klaas (6.2-1-14-3) also took career best ODI figures..
13 – In the series so far, South Africa’s pace bowlers have collectively taken 13 wickets at an average of 13.76, while Pakistan’s quicks have taken just one wicket between them at an average of 132.00.
49 – Pakistan 49/6 was their lowest total at the fall of the 6th wicket in an ODI since being reduced to 29/6 by India at the 2017 World Cup.
69 – The reason Pakistan had any kind of total to bowl at, was due to a remarkable fightback. Fatima Sana’s innings was her first international half-century, and the highest ever score by a woman batting at #8 or lower in an ODI:
- 69 Fatima Sana (PAK) v SA, 2023
- 68 Lynsey Askew (ENG) v NZ, 2007
- 67 Pooja Vastrakar (IND) v PAK, 2022
- 57* Ally Kuylaars (SA) v ENG, 2000
53 – Aliya Riaz then brought up her seventh ODI half-century, three of which have been made against South Africa.
114 – Aliya Riaz and Fatima Sana’s partnership was the second highest 7th wicket stand in women’s ODI history:
- 122 Sneh Rana & Pooja Vastrakar (IND) v PAK, 2022
- 114 Aliya Riaz & Fatima Sana (PAK) v SA, 2023
- 104* Sarah Tsukigawa & Nicola Browne (NZ) v ENG, 2007
- 104 Nat Sciver-Brunt & Dani Hazell (ENG) v SL, 2016
Until this match, Pakistan women had never added more than 79 runs combined after the fall of the 6th wicket in an ODI innings.
45 – Tazmin Brits’ innings was her highest ODI score since September 2021.
Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.
England v Sri Lanka – 1st women’s ODI by the numbers
1st ODI – England v Sri Lanka
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, 9 September
England 107/3 (18.0) beat Sri Lanka 106 (30.2) by 7 wickets
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9 – England women have now won their last nine consecutive ODIs against Sri Lanka, and sixteen of the seventeen completed meetings between the sides in the format overall.
192 – This was England’s widest margin of ODI victory against Sri Lanka in terms of balls remaining, and their biggest against any side since 2013. This stands as England’s seventh biggest win in the format overall, and the third most balls they have had to spare in the 50-over era.
107 – Sri Lanka’s total was their lowest in an ODI since September 2018, and their 30.2 overs are the fewest they have managed to bat since September 2016.
48.2 – Lasting less than half the regulation overs, this was the third shortest non-rain-affected women’s ODI ever played in England, and the shortest that England women have taken part in on home soil:
- 31.4 – SA 51/0 (6.2) bt WI 48 (25.2) at Leicester, 2017
- 41.0 – SA 64/0 (15.1) bt IRE 63 (25.5) at Crowthorne, 2008
- 48.2 – ENG 107/3 (18.0) bt SL 106 (30.2) at Chester-le-Street, 2023
2002 – This was England women’s first ODI at the Riverside Ground since 2002, and their first victory at the ground in the format.
2001 – With Maia Bouchier, Mahika Gaur and Lauren Filer all earning their maiden caps in the format, this was the first time that England women had fielded three debutants in the same ODI since playing against Scotland at Reading in 2001.
At the time, England didn’t consider that 2001 game, which was part of the now defunct European Championship, to be a full international (though it is now officially classified as one) and sent an age-group squad. The last time England played three debutants in a non-European Championship ODI, was against New Zealand at Perth during the 1988 World Cup.
17 – Mahika Gaur became the second youngest bowler to take three wickets on ODI debut for England women, and the youngest to do so when opening the bowling:
- 15y 178d Laura Harper 5-12 v NED, Nykobing Mors, 1999
- 17y 184d Mahika Gaur 3-26 v SL at Chester-le-Street, 2023
- 19y 250d Rosalie Fairbairn 3-21 v SA at Chelmsford, 2003
The last left-arm seamer to take at least two wickets on ODI debut for England was Sue Redfern, against the Netherlands in 1995. By coincidence, Redfern was one of the standing umpires at Chester-le-Street for Gaur’s debut game.
8.66 – Gaur has now bowled to Chamari Atahapathtu four times in international cricket (once for the UAE and three times for England), dismissing her three times in 19 balls at an average of 8.66.
2 – Lauren Filer’s figures of 3-27 made this the first time in their ODI history that England women have had two debutants take three wickets in the same match.
6 – Filer and Gaur’s combined wickets were the third most taken by debutants in an ODI for England women, beaten only by eight in a European Championship match against the Netherlands in 1999, and the seven taken in England’s first match in the format, against the International XI at Hove during the 1973 World Cup.
3 – Sarah Glenn’s figures (3-20) were her best in a home ODI, and the second best by any England women’s legspinner on home soil, beaten only by Kathryn Leng’s 4-47 against South Africa at Canterbury in 2000.
2 – This was the second time that three bowlers have taken three wickets in the same innings for England women in an ODI:
- v SA at Grace Road, 2022 (Dean, Davidson-Richards, Lamb)
- v SL at Chester-le-Street, 2023 (Filer, Gaur, Glenn)
5 – Amy Jones became the first English woman, and third wicket-keeper in women’s cricket overall, to take five catches with the gloves in an ODI:
- Shafeeqa Pillay (SA) v ENG at, 2004
- Kim Garth (IRE) v SL at, 2011
- Amy Jones (ENG) v SL at Chester-le-Street, 2023
50.60 – Tammy Beaumont and Emma Lamb (51) became the eighth opening partnership to amass 500 runs for England women in ODIs. Their average partnership of 50.60 is currently the second best among those to have shared ten or more opening stands for England in the format:
- 68.83 Caroline Foster & Sarah Taylor (19 innings)
- 50.60 Tammy Beaumont & Emma Lamb (10 innings)
- 50.00 Tammy Beaumont & Amy Jones (19 innings)
- 43.33 Jan Brittin & Helen Plimmer (12 innings)
10 – Oshadi Ranasinghe’s ten wickets and bowling average of 18.60 in 2023 are new ODI career bests in a calendar year, for a bowler who first started playing for Sri Lanka in 2011.
Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.
Pakistan v South Africa – 1st women’s ODI by the numbers
1st ODI – Pakistan v South Africa
National Stadium, Karachi, 8 September
South Africa 292/4 (50.0) beat Pakistan by runs
scorecard | video highlights
1 – This match marked the start of South Africa women’s first ODI series in Pakistan. The Proteas are the first side from outside Asia to play bilateral women’s ODIs series in all four of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
292 – South Africa’s total was their highest in the format against Pakistan, and the highest Pakistan have conceded against any side in an ODI on home soil.
Overall, this was South Africa women’s fifth highest ODI total, and their highest in Asia:
- 337/5 v IRE, Potchefstroom, 2017
- 323/8 v IRE, Potchefstroom Uni, 2017
- 305/9 v ENG, Bristol, 2017
- 299/8 v WI, Johannesburg, 2022
- 292/4 v PAK, Karachi, 2023
127 – South Africa’s victory was their second biggest in terms of runs against Pakistan in the format.
68 – South Africa’s powerplay total of 68/3 were the most runs that Pakistan women have conceded in the first 10 overs of an ODI since facing New Zealand at the 2017 World Cup.
100 – Mariznne Kapp’s innings was her second ODI century. Her first was also against Pakistan, at Cuttack during the 2013 World Cup.
Kapp was the first South African woman to score an ODI hundred when batting at #5. The previous record for that position was Kapp’s own 89* against Sri Lanka in 2014.
104 – At 104 balls faced, Kapp’s hundred was the fifth fastest by a South Africa woman in the format:
- 86 Lizelle Leev AUS, 2016
- 89 Mignon du Preez v IRE, 2016
- 91 Lizelle Lee v v ENG, 2018
- 97 Lizelle Lee v IND, 2021
- 104 Marizanne Kapp v PAK, 2023
- 105 Mignon du Preez v BAN, 2013
3 – Having made back to back half-centuries in South Africa’s previous ODI series, Kapp became the fifth South African woman to make three consecutive 50+ run scores in ODIs:
- 4 Laura Wolvaardt, 2022
- 3 Dane van Niekerk, 2018-19
- 3 Lizelle Lee, 2021
- 3 Mignon du Preez, 2021
- 3 Marizanne Kapp, 2022-23*
*in progress
107* – Suné Luus brought up her first international hundred, becoming the eleventh South African woman to score an ODI century. Kapp and Luus were respectively the fifth and sixth visiting players to make women’s ODI hundreds in Pakistan.
40.31 – This innings was emblematic of Luus’ improvement with the bat in recent times. Since the start of 2022, Luus has scored 645 runs n 17 innings at ana average of 40.31 and a strike rate of 71.50 (1×100, 5×50), compared with an average of 21.74 and a strike rate of 60.19 in her 71 career innings until that point (8×50).
2 – Kapp and Luus’ efforts made this the first time that two South African women have scored centuries in the same ODI. This was just the second time for any team in women’s ODI history that two players batting at #4 or lower had made hundreds in the same innings:
- Lydia Greenway #4 & Arran Brindle #5 (ENG) v SA, 2011
- Suné Luus #4 & Marizanne Kapp #5 (SA) v PAK, 2023
183 – Luus and Kapp’s partnership was South Africa women’s second highest 4th wicket stand, and their fourth highest partnership for any wicket in ODIs:
- 224* Johmari Logtenberg & Mignon du Preez v NED, 2007
- 209 Andrie Steyn & Suné Luus v IRE, 2017
- 192 Laura Wolvaardt & Trisha Chetty v IRE, 2016
- 183 Marizanne Kapp & Suné Luus v PAK, 2023
- 179 Laura Wolvaardt & Trisha Chetty v IRE, 2017
South Africa women’s previous highest ODI partnership in Asia was Lee and Wolvaardt’s 169 opening stand against India at Lucknow in 2021.
100 – Nida Dar became the fourth Pakistani woman to earn 100 ODI caps:
- 125 Bimsah Maroof, 2006-23
- 120 Sana Mir, 2005-19
- 116 Javeria Khan, 2008-22
- 100 Nida Dar, 2010-23
1000 – Aliya Riaz (49*) became the eighth Pakistan woman to bring up 1,000 career runs in the format. Aliya was the fourth fastest Pakistan player to that mark in terms of innings batted (48), and the fastest in terms of balls faced (1,563).
Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.
England v Sri Lanka – 3rd women’s T20I by the numbers
3rd T20I – England v Sri Lanka
County Ground, Derby, 6 September
Sri Lanka 117/3 (17.0) beat England 116 (19.0) by 7 wickets
video scorecard | video highlights
1 – On a historic night in Derby, Sri Lanka women sealed their first series win in any format against England, and their first T20I series victory against any opposition outside Asia.
2003 – The only previous time in any format that Sri Lanka women have won a series outside Asia, was an ODI series against West Indies in 2003.
2010 – Underlining the scale of Sri Lanka’s triumph, the last time England women lost a bilateral T20I series to any side other than Australia, was against New Zealand in 2010.
116 – This was the second time in their T20I history that England women have been bowled out for totals under 120 in consecutive games. They had never suffered two successive innings of this kind before on home soil, or against the same opposition team. The only previous instance was with totals of 96 and 107 in a T20I tri-series against Australia and India in Mumbai in 2018.
13.5 – England’s average of 13.5 balls per wicket lost was their worst for a T20I series on home soil.
44 & 3 – Player of the match for the second game in a row was Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu. This was the second time that a Sri Lankan woman has both scored 40+ runs and taken three or more wickets in the same T20I (Athapaththu had previously scored 48 and taken 3-17 against Bangladesh in Kuala Lumpur last year). Athapaththu became just the third woman from any nation to achieve the all-round feat against England:
- Stafanie Taylor (WI) 40 & 3-15 at Bridgetown, 2013
- Tahlia McGrath (AUS) 91* & 3-26 at Adelaide, 2022
- Chamari Athapaththu (SL) 44 & 3-21 at Derby, 2023
114 – Athapaththu’s runs in the series were the fifth most scored by a Sri Lankan woman in a three-match T20I series. Four of the six times a Sri Lankan woman has scored 100 or more runs in such a series have occurred since the start of last year, indicating their upturn in fortunes in recent times:
- 159 Chamari Athapaththu v AUS, 2019
- 139 Chamari Athapaththu v IND, 2022
- 125 Harshitha Samarawickrama v BAN, 2023
- 119 Shashikala Siriwardene v IND, 2014
- 114 Chamari Athapaththu v ENG, 2023
- 103 Chamari Athapaththu v BAN, 2023
Athapathtu was just the sixth woman in T20I history to both score 100+ runs and take five or more wickets in a three-match series, and the first to do so either in or against England.
65 – Athapththu’s partnership with Anushka Sanjeewani was Sri Lanka women’s highest opening stand in a T20I run chase outside Asia, and their second highest T20I partnership for any wicket against England.
Until Athapaththu’s 69 run 2nd wicket stand with Harshitha Samarawickrama in the previous game, Sri Lanka had never made a fifty partnership in the format against England.
11 – A significant factor in Sri Lanka’s series victory was the continued success of their veteran bowling attack. Sri Lanka are the only side to have had bowlers aged over 35 take 10 or more wickets in a three-match T20I series.
The 11 wickets combined taken by Udeshika Prabodhani (4), Inoka Ranaweera (4) and Inoshi Fernando (3) against England equalled a record mark Sri Lanka had set in their recent series against India and Bangladesh;
- 11 Sri Lanka v India, 2022
- 11 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2023
- 11 Sri Lanka v England, 2023
- 9 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2023
5 – It wasn’t just the veterans who made the difference however. Kavisha Dilhari’s efforts (5 wickets at an economy of 5.66 rpo) alongside those of her captain Athapaththu (5 wickets at an ER of 5.18 rpo) made this the first T20I series in which a visiting team has had two bowlers take 5 wickets while going at an economy of better than a run a ball against England.
18 – England’s loss of eighteen wickets to spin bowling across the three matches were the most they have suffered in a T20I series or tournament of any length on home soil.
Their tally for the 2023 summer across formats now stands at 57 wickets lot to spin at an average of 20.77, compared with just 27 lost to pace at an average of 40.59.
10 – With 16* and 2-23, Derbyshire’s Sarah Glenn became the third English woman to take two or more wickets and score 15+ runs while batting at #9 or lower in a T20I. Glenn is the highest wicket taker (10) in women’s T20Is at the County Ground (a venue at which she has never represented her home county, but has played for England eight times).
Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.
England v Sri Lanka – 2nd women’s T20I by the numbers
2nd T20I – England v Sri Lanka
County Ground, Chelmsford, 2 September
Sri Lanka 110/2 (13.2) beat England 104 (18.0) by 8 wickets
video scorecard | video highlights
1 – This was Sri Lanka women’s first victory in T20Is against England, and their first win in any format against the English on home soil.
2013 – Sri Lanka’s only previous win against England was a last ball, 1 wicket thriller at Brabourne Stadium during the 2013 ODI World Cup, and their last bilateral match victory in any format outside Asia was a 20 run T20I win against South Africa at Potchefstroom in November 2013.
6 – Both of Sri Lanka’s victories against England have been sealed with a six – by Dilani Manodara in 2013, and Harshitha Samarawikrama in 2023.
Chamari Athapaththu was the only Sri Lankan to feature in both games, while Heather Knight, Amy Jones and Danni Wyatt played in both for England.
2 – This was just the second time that England women have lost a match at Chelmsford, a ground that has staged nineteen women’s internationals (6xODI, 13xT20I). England’s only previous defeat at the County Ground was against Australia during the 2019 Ashes.
55 – Chamari Athapaththu’s innings was her highest T20I score against England. Until this match, Athapaththu had an average of 9.00, a strike rate of 75.00, and a high score 24 across her nine previous T20I innings against England.
Both of the times that Sri Lanka women have recorded victories against England, are also the only two occasions in all formats when Athapaththu has made a half-century against them (she top-scored with 62 in the landmark 2013 World Cup win).
26 – At 26 balls faced, Athapaththu’s fifty was the joint second fastest by a Sri Lankan woman in T20Is. Indicating her much improved form since Sri Lanka’s return to competitive action post-COVID, Athapththu (and Sri Lanka’s) five fastest fifties in the format have all been made since last year:
balls faced
- 25 Chamari Athapaththu v NZ at P Sara Oval, 2023
- 26 Chamari Athapaththu v SCO at Kinrara Oval, 2022
- 26 Chamari Athapaththu v ENG at Chelmsford, 2023
- 27 Chamari Athapaththu v KEN at Kinrara Oval, 2022
- 29 Chamari Athapaththu v IND at Dambulla, 2022
Only India’s Smriti Mandhana and Australia’s Meg Lanning have made faster T20I fifties against England.
67 – Sri Lanka’s powerplay total of 67/1 was the highest they have recorded in the format, and the most runs any side has scored against England women in the first six overs of a T20I.
6 – This was the second time that Sri Lanka women have had six different wicket-takers in the same T20I, and the second time in the format that England women have lost wickets to six different bowlers in the same match.
Two wickets apiece for Udeshika Prabodhani (37), Inoka Ranaweera (37) and Inoshi Fernando (36) made this the first time that bowlers aged over 35 have taken six wickets in a T20I innings between two Full Member nations.
48 – Sri Lanka’s course to victory was set when England were reduced to their second lowest total at the fall of the 6th wicket in a T20I. The only time they have scored less by this point, was 38/6 against West Indies at Derby in 2020 (a match which had been reduced before play to 5 overs a side).
34 – Following this collapse, Charlie Dean made the second highest score by a #8 batter for England women in T20Is.
33 – Dean’s partnership with Issy Wong was England women’s joint highest 9th wicket stand in the format:
- 33* Colvin & Hazell v WI at Bridgetown, 2013
- 33 Dean & Wong v SL at Chelmsford, 2023
- 28 K Sciver-Brunt & Marsh v AUS at Chelmsford, 2019
Unsurprisingly, in matches where the 9th wicket had so much opportunity to bat, England lost all three games above.
104 – Even with this late resistance, England’s total was still their tenth lowest in the format, and their third lowest at home.
8 – Athapaththu (1), Fernando (2), Kumari (1), Ranaweera (2) and Dilhari’s combined efforts made this the first time that spinners have taken eight wickets in a women’s T20I innings in England.
21.68 – This reflected a trend seen across the summer, in which England have lost 25 wickets in all formats to pace bowling, at an average of 43.20, compared with 50 wickets lost to spin at an average of just 21.68.
Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.
Pakistan v South Africa – 1st women’s T20I by the numbers
1st T20I – Pakistan v South Africa
National Stadium, Karachi, 1 September
Pakistan 151/5 (20.0) beat South Africa 150/3 (20.0) by 5 wickets
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1 – This match marked the start of South Africa women’s first tour of Pakistan.
11 – Pakistan women have now won eleven of the fifteen T20Is they have played on home soil.
151 – Pakistan’s victory saw them complete their highest successful T20I run chase:
- 151 v South Africa at Karachi, 2023
- 139 v South Africa at Pietermaritzburg, 2019
- 130 v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 2018
37 – A top score of 37 from Bismah Maroof made this the highest successful women’s T20I chase in which no player reached 40.
4 – Pakistan’s innings was also unusual in being just the second time in women’s T20I history that a team has won a chase in which they suffered four run outs. The only other instance was by Myanmar against Singapore last month.
78 – Tazmin Brits made the highest score of her international career. Brits has now made three 50+ scores in her last four T20I innings. In 2023 alone, Brits has scored four half-centuries in her nine T20I innings, compared with four in her previous 27 career innings between 2018-2022.
85 – Brits and Laura Wolvaardt have now made four 50+ stands in their last five T20I innings together. However, their partnership, which progressed at 6.71 rpo for 12.4 overs, was the third highest opening stand in a T20I that South Africa women have gone on to lose.
Both Brits (105.75) and Wolvaardt (102.35) strike at below the average rate for openers from Full Member nations (107.24) since international cricket resumed after COVID-19.
Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.
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