Lauren Down

Abhishek Singh ∙ 4 Apr 2021

Australia Women’s team surpasses Men’s, win 22 games on trot to create world record

The Australian Women’s team created a world record today morning, April 4, as they defeated New Zealand women by six wickets in Mount Munganai to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. This was the 22nd win on the trot for Meg Lanning’s side, one more than what Ricky Ponting’s Kangaroos had achieved in 2003. This incredible run of 22 wins started for the Women in Gold in 2018 when they defeated the Indian eves 3-0 in a three-match series. That wave continued as they went on to win six more three-match ODI series consecutively. They defeated Pakistan Women, New Zealand Women, England Women, West Indies Women, Sri Lanka Women, before defeating New Zealand women once again. The previous record for most consecutive wins by the Women’s cricket team was also held by the Southern Stars only when they had a winning run of 17 matches starting 1997 till 1999. As far as the match is concerned, the White Ferns were dismissed for 212 in 49th over thanks to some disciplined bowling by Megan Schutt and Nicola Carey who took four and three wickets respectively to nullify Lauren Down’s 90 run effort. While batting, Alyssa Healy (65) and Ellyse Perry (56*) made sure that the chase was done and dusted in the 39th over itself.