Stat highlights: Athapaththu and Lanning's historic 150+ scores
A terrific, unbeaten 178 by Chamari Athapaththu was overshadowed by Meg Lanning's 152 not out as Australia registered an eight-wicket victory against Sri Lanka, overhauling a target of 258 with 7.1 overs to spare. Both entered the record books after their batting brilliance. Listed below are a few:
2 - Individual scores higher than Athapaththu's unbeaten 178 in all Women's ODIs. Only Belinda Clark (229* against Denmark in Mumbai in 1997) and Deepti Sharma (188 against Ireland in Potchefstroom earlier this year) has registered higher individual scores. The only higher score in a World Cup game was Clark's unbeaten 229.
Highest individual scores in Women's ODIs
| Player | Runs | Balls | Team | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belinda Clark | Mumbai | Aus | Den | 155 | 16-Dec-97 | 229* |
| Deepti Sharma | Potchefstroom | Ind | Ire | 160 | 15-May-17 | 188 |
| Chamari Athapaththu | Bristol | SL | Aus | 143 | 29-Jun-17 | 178* |
| Charlotte Edwards | Pune | Eng | Ire | 155 | 16-Dec-97 | 173* |
| Stephanie Taylor | Mumbai | WI | SL | 137 | 3-Feb-13 | 171 |
Highest individual scores in Women's World Cups
| Player | Runs | Balls | Team | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belinda Clark | Mumbai | Aus | Den | 181 | 16-Dec-97 | 229* |
| Chamari Athapaththu | Bristol | SL | Aus | 143 | 29-Jun-17 | 178* |
| Charlotte Edwards | Pune | Eng | Ire | 186 | 16-Dec-97 | 173* |
| Stephanie Taylor | Mumbai | WI | SL | 194 | 3-Feb-13 | 171 |
| Suzie Bates | Sydney | NZ | Pak | 130 | 19-Mar-09 | 168 |
| Karen Rolton | Christchurch | Aus | SL | 140 | 1-Dec-00 | 154* |
| Meg Lanning | Bristol | Aus | SL | 138 | 29-Jun-17 | 152* |
0 - Previous instances of Sri Lankan players scoring a hundred in World Cup. The previous highest score was 84 by Deepika Rasangika against India at the Brabourne Stadium in 2013.
3 - Hundreds scored by Athapaththu in ODIs - the only Sri Lankan player to do so. She went past 111 she made against Ireland in Colombo in 2011 as the highest individual score for Sri Lanka in ODI cricket.
122* by Suzie Bates was the previous highest score by any player against Australia in all Women's ODIs. Athapaththu's 178* is only the second fifty-plus score by a Sri Lanka player against Australia after Chamari Polgampola's unbeaten 68 in Dambulla last September.
28 - Boundaries hit by Athapaththu is the second most by any player in Women's ODIs after 29 by Deepti Sharma against Ireland in Potchefstroom this May. However, 124 runs by her in boundaries is the most by a player, bettering Deepti Sharma's 120 in the above mentioned ODI (27 fours & two sixes).
69.26 - Percentage of runs scored by Athapaththu out of Sri Lanka's total of 257 for nine - the most by any player in a completed innings in Women's ODIs. The previous most was 61.94% (70 out of 113) by Lynne Thomas against India in Napier way back in 1982.
Highest percentage of runs in a completed innings
| Player | Runs | Total | Per | Team | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamari Athapaththu | Bristol | SL | 257 | 69.26 | Aus | 29-Jun-17 | 178* |
| Lynne Thomas | Napier | Int XI | 113 | 61.94 | Ind | 17-Jan-82 | 70* |
| Annemarie Tanke | Stellenbosch | Neth | 68 | 60.29 | Pak | 22-Feb-08 | 41 |
| Debbie Hockley | Melbourne | NZ | 167 | 59.88 | Aus | 6-Feb-00 | 100 |
| Miriam Grealey | Pretoria | Ire | 65 | 58.46 | Ind | 24-Mar-05 | 38 |
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154 - Difference between Athapaththu and the next highest scorer in Sri Lanka's innings - Shashikala Siriwardene's 24. There is only one other ODI where the difference between the top two scorers was higher than 150 - Karen Rolton's 64 was the next highest when Clark scored 229* against Denmark in 1997.
256 is the highest target chased down in a World Cup game, going past Sri Lanka's one wicket win over England at the Brabourne Stadium in 2013 chasing 239. 257 for nine is the second highest total for Sri Lanka in all ODIs after 282 for five against India at Brabourne in 2013.
1 - This is the first instance of two players scoring 150-plus in the same Women's ODI. While Athapaththu's unbeaten 178 is the second highest in a World Cup game, Lanning's unbeaten 152 is the third best for Australia after Clark's 229* and Karen Rolton's 154* against Sri Lanka in Christchurch in 2000.
152* Lanning is her 11th century in ODI cricket and her highest score, going past 135 not out against West Indies in Bowral in 2014. Her average of 54.51 after 59 innings is the all time highest in ODI cricket going past Mithali Raj's 52.19 (Min 50 innings batted).
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