The new honors boards at Lord’s-3

Finally, we come to women’s matches at Lord’s.

Regarding women’s Tests at Lord’s, there is nothing to be said because there aren’t any. It is strange to see that 52 such Tests were played in England with none at Lord’s.

They have been played in some of the Test centres such as Birmingham, Nottingham and the Oval besides some other venues such as Wormsley (Bucks.) and Shenley (Herts.) which most English cricket fans would not have heard of.

So we move to ODIs:

A total of 15 women’s ODIs have been played at Lord’s, all of them involving England. Thus there are no neutral matches here.

Centuries in Women’s ODIs at Lord’s:

The “home” board would include nos 2,3 and 4 on this list.

The “visitors” board would include no 1.

And the “neutral” board would not be needed yet.

The best by an Indian player here is 94* by M Raj in the match on 1 Jul 2012. India won that match by 5 wickets.

The best against India is 156* by SC Taylor listed above. England won that match by 100 runs.

5-fors in Women’s ODIs at Lord’s:

This is an even shorter list.

The “home” board would include nos 2 and 3.

The “visitors” board would include no 1.

The best by an Indian player here is 4-61 by A Das in the match on I Jul 2012, in which M Raj scored the 94* mentioned above. That is the only one of  the 3 ODIs at Lord’s which was won by India. (Another one was washed out in 2014).

The best against India is 6-46 by A Shrubsole listed above. That was the final of the World Cup which England won by 9 runs.

 

 

 

Summary of the Women’s World Cup-2

Statistical highlights of the Women’s World Cup in 2017.

Batting:

Most runs (200 and above):

Highest innings (90 and above):

NR Sciver (Eng) is the only one with two centuries. But EA Perry (Aus) made 5 scores of 50+, though her top score was only 71. M Raj (Ind) and L Wolvaardt (SA) made 4 scores of 50+, while the latter also failed to score a century.

It is ironic that the highest score was made by a batter from a team which finished second from the bottom.

Highest averages (Minimum 6 innings, average 30 or more):

Highest strike rates (Minimum 6 innings, SR 80 or above):

The first name may be a surprise, as she was among the lesser-known players from her side until the later stages of this championship.

Bowling:

Most wickets (8 and above):

D van Niekerk (SA) is the only one to take more than one 4wi, including 4 for 0 which has never been achieved in men’s or women’s ODIs before.

The top two wicket-takers are engaged to be married. Once this takes place, they will be the first married couple to play in the same national cricket team. Not sure if this has happened in other sports.

Best innings bowling (including all 4wi):

Best bowling averages (Minimum 6 innings, average below 30):

van Niekerk has the best bowling average (as well as the best economy and strike rate).

To be continued