On July 3, 2021, Indian women’s ODI skipper Mithali Raj scored an unbeaten 75 to guide her side to victory in the third ODI against England at Worcester. Along the way, the 38-year-old became the highest run-scorer in women’s international cricket, having gone past former England captain Charlotte Edwards tally of 10,273 runs.
In the 24th over of India’s innings during their successful chase in the third ODI against England in Worcester, Mithali Raj reached the milestone of becoming the highest international run-scorer in women’s cricket. She did it in style. going past Charlotte Edwards tally of 10,273 runs with a boundary down the ground off England fast bowler Nat Sciver. As she finished unbeaten on 75 and also helped India overhaul England’s total and reach the target of 220. Mithali Raj couldn’t have asked for a better way to celebrate the achievement.
Leading from the front
India’s victory in the third ODI against England was Mithali Raj’s 84th victory as a captain in the format. With that, she went past the record held by Belinda Clark (83) of Australia for having won most matches as captain in women’s ODIS.
In 179 matches as captain in women’s international cricket, Mithali Raj has scored 6015 runs so far. This puts her second only to former England captain Charlotte Edwards, who scored 6,728 runs in 220 games when leading her side.
Records galore
With 10,337 runs across the three formats of women’s international cricket, India’s Mithali Raj is the leading run-scorer in the game. Mithali Raj and England’s Charlotte Edwards, in fact, are the only women to have crossed the 10,000-run mark in women’s international cricket with New Zealand’s Suzie Bates currently a distant third with less than 8,000 runs.
While no other women cricketer has breached the 6,000-run mark in ODI cricket, Mithali Raj has amassed a staggering 7,304 runs so far.
With eight hundreds and 79 fifties in her international career, Mithali Raj has more scores of 50 or more than anyone else in women’s international cricket.
Fifty four of those 87 fifty-plus scores have come when Mithali Raj has captained the side, another record among captains in women’s international cricket. Mithali Raj has scored five hundreds and 49 fifties as India’s captain.
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