New Delhi. India’s Sachin Tendulkar has the achievement of scoring the first double century in men’s ODI. The Master Blaster played an unbeaten 200-run inning against South Africa in Gwalior on 24 February 2010, but you will be surprised to know that Sachin is not the first batsman to score a double century in One Day International. About 12 years before she achieved this feat, a female batsman had achieved the feat of scoring a double century in ODI. Australian female cricketer Belinda Jane Clark played an unbeaten inning of 229 runs in the Women’s World Cup match against Denmark on 16 December 1997. This was the first double century scored by a batsman in ODI.
In this match against Denmark women’s team in Mumbai, Clarke had scored unbeaten 229 runs with the help of 22 fours in 155 balls. She remained unbeaten (Carried Her Bat) from the beginning of the Australian innings till the end. Thanks to this inning of Belinda, the Australian women’s team was successful in scoring 412 runs for 3 wickets in 50 overs and then winning the match by a huge margin of 363 runs.
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More than a decade after his record, Sachin scored his first double century in One Day International in 2010, which was the first double century by a batsman in men’s ODI. Sachin had scored unbeaten 200 runs with the help of 25 fours and three sixes while facing 147 balls in Gwalior ODI. The Indian team won this match by 153 runs.
The first double century in ODI was scored by Australian female cricketer Belinda Clark in the 1997 Women’s World Cup. AusWomenCricket/X
The interesting thing is that Belinda’s unbeaten 229 runs remained the top score of any batsman in ODI till the year 2013. On 13 November 2014, Rohit Sharma had left this score behind by scoring 264 runs against Sri Lanka in Kolkata. Belinda was counted among the great female cricketers of Australia. This right-handed batsman, who was also the captain of the Australian team, scored runs at an average of 45+ in Tests and ODIs. In 15 Tests, 919 runs (two centuries) at an average of 45.95 and in 118 ODIs, 4844 runs (5 centuries) at an average of 47.49 are recorded in his name. Belinda also played one T20I like Sachin.
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Women’s World Cup was held two years before the Men’s World Cup: Even today, women’s cricket does not get the same coverage and discussion as men’s cricket, but in some cases it is superior to men’s cricket. Many cricket lovers may be unaware that the Women’s World Cup was organized even before the Men’s World Cup in the year 1975. The first Women’s World Cup was held in England in 1973 in which the host England team achieved the honor of becoming champion. Two years later, in 1975, the Men’s World Cup was organized for the first time in England in which the West Indies team became the winner.
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400+ scores in three consecutive ODIs: New Zealand women’s cricket team has the record of scoring more than 400 runs in three consecutive ODIs. Till now no team in men’s cricket has been able to achieve this feat in international cricket. In the year 2018, the Kiwi women’s team had scored 491 runs for four wickets in the first match of the three-match ODI series against Ireland, 418 runs in the second match and 440 runs for the loss of three wickets in the third match. Not only this, the top 4 scores in women’s ODI are in the name of New Zealand team only. The Kiwi team has also scored 455 runs in 50 overs against Pakistan on 29 January 1997 in Christchurch.
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Mithali has the longest international career in women’s cricket: India’s Mithali Raj’s international career lasted 22 years, 274 days. This is the longest international career of any female cricketer. Mithali, who played her first international match against Ireland on 26 June 1999, played her last match against South Africa on 27 March 2022. Mithali Raj represented the Indian women’s cricket team in 6 ODI World Cups. This is a world record in women’s cricket. By the way, in men’s cricket, India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Pakistan’s Javed Miandad have also played six World Cups.
If in men’s cricket the highest number of international runs is in the name of India’s Sachin Tendulkar, then in women’s cricket this achievement is recorded in the name of Mithali Raj. Sachin has scored 34 thousand 357 runs in international cricket, while Mithali has a total of 10868 runs in all three formats of cricket.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 3, 2024, 16:59 IST