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India Women defeated England Women's team in 2nd ODI match by 98 runs and also sealed the 3-match ODI series by 2-0 margin with a game to be played later. England Women's invited Indian women's team to bat first and they posted a big total of 333/5 with the help of stunning century from Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. Harleen Deol and Smriti Mandhana also played a major role in having partnership with Harmanpreet Kaur to help India score a big total of 300-plus runs on board.
Among English bowlers, only Charlotte Dean looked impressive with an economy of 3.90 and notably all England bowlers got 1 wicket to their name.
England team were bundled out for just 245 runs despite a fighting fifty-plus score from Danielle Wyatt and good knocks from Alice Capsey, Amy Jones in the middle order. Renuka Singh stunned everyone by picking 4 wickets against England, which helped India to take control over the English batters completely in 2nd innings.
Here in this article, we will have a look at some of the stats and numbers from 2nd ODI match.
1 - For first time Indian women's team have won 3 consecutive ODI matches against England on England soil.
Instances of Indian women's team defeating England Women's team on ENG soil:
- Won 2 consecutive ODI matches in 1999 bilateral series
- Won 2 consecutive ODI matches in 2012 bilateral series
- Defeated England by 35 runs in 2017 Women's WC
- Won 3rd ODI match in 2021 bilateral series and now won first two ODI matches of the ongoing 2022 series.
2 - Indian women's team have won a bilateral ODI series against England women's team on England soil only for 2nd time after 1999.
5 - Harmanpreet Kaur smashed her 5th ODI century.
Most centuries for India in Women's ODI:
Mithali Raj - 7
Smriti Mandhana - 5
Harmanpreet Kaur - 5
Most centuries in Women's ODI while batting at number 4 (or) lower order:
Nat Sciver - 5 (ENG)
Harmanpreet Kaur - 5 (IND)
Stafanie Taylor - 2 (WI)
Harmanpreet Kaur is the only Indian to smash centuries in women's ODI while batting at number 4 (or) below.
76 - Smriti Mandhana became fastest Indian women to complete 3000 runs in ODIs. Smriti Mandhana became only 3rd Indian women to complete 3000 runs in ODIs after Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur.
Fastest to complete 3000 runs in Women's ODI for India (by inns batted):
Smriti Mandhana - 76 innings
Mithali Raj - 88 innings
Harmanpreet Kaur - 101 innings
143 - Harmanpreet Kaur smashed 143 runs in the 2nd ODI match against England.
Highest score by a captain in Women's ODI:
Belinda Clark : 229* vs Denmark in Mumbai, 1997
Meg Lanning : 152* vs Sri Lanka in Bristol, 2017
Suzie Bates : 151 vs Ireland in Dublin, 2018
Belinda Clark : 146* vs England in Newcastle, 2000
Harmanpreet Kaur : 143* vs England in Canterbury, 2022
300 - Indian women's team played their 300th ODI match yesterday
333 - India posted a total 333/5 vs England in 2nd ODI match.
Highest total by IND Women's team in ODIs:
358/2 vs Ireland in Potchefstroom, 2017
333/5 vs England in Canterbury, 2022
317/8 vs West Indies in Hamilton, 2022
Highest total vs ENG Women's team in ODIs:
AUS - 356/5 in Christchurch, 2022
IND - 333/5 in Canterbury, 2022
AUS - 310/3 in Hamilton, 2022