Bet You Didt Know These Cricket Records Were Achieved By Women Before Men
Which cricketer comes to your mind when talking about setting legendary records? You’re probably thinking of names like Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara or Kapil Dev, right? Well, it is true that these cricketers have accomplished many feats that have put them forever in the cricketing hall of fame, but they aren’t the only ones.
There are a bunch of women cricketers that have earned their spot there too. In fact, some of them have beat the men to it, setting records much before the men caught up to them.
Mithali Raj Is The Only Indian Cricketer To Score 7 Consecutive 50s In An ODI
Mithali Raj did what no Indian cricketer has ever done before on field. She set a new record by smashing seven consecutive ODI half-centuries during the Women’s Cricket World Cup matches in 2017. No other Indian cricketer, male or female has achieved this before!
Belinda Clark Was The First Cricketer To Score A Double Century
Do you remember when Sachin Tendulkar made headlines for smashing a double century in an ODI against South Africa, in Gwalior? Turns out he wasn’t the first though. A good 12 years before, Belinda Clark, the Australian captain back then became the first ever cricketer to score a double century in the women's Cricket World Cup. On 16th December 1997, she scored 229 from 155 balls against Denmark. #Whataplaya
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New Zealand’s Women’s Team Was The First To Cross 400 Runs In An ODI
Scoring a 400 in an ODI seems like a great feat even today! Over the years there have been only a few teams that have achieved this but the first one to do so was the New Zealand’s women’s team. They scored 455 for 5 against Pakistan in 1997. And that’s not it, in 2018, they broke their own record and scored 490 against Ireland! Currently, this is the highest ever cricket score in an ODI including both, in men’s and women’s match. 
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Australian Women’s Team Has Won The Most Number Of World Cups
Now, we all know that the Australian men’s cricket team is popular for their maximum wins at the Cricket World Cup. They have won it 5 times in total. What you probably don’t know is that the Australian women’s team has outdone them by winning 6 Cricket World Cups. Go girls!
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Betty Wilson Was The First Cricketer Ever To Score A Century
Scoring a century is the mark of a good batsman now but almost 60 years ago it was non-existent. The first cricketer to make this impossible feat possible was Australia’s Betty Wilson. She not only scored a hundred runs in a test match against England in 1958 but also took 10 wickets in the same match. Talk about all-rounder performance, right!
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Now imagine the talent of an ace batswoman like Mithali Raj playing in partnership with a fiery player like Virat Kohli on the same team. What a match that would be!
Luckily, this power-packed game doesn’t have to be restricted to your imagination; it might actually happen very soon. Royal Challenge Sports Drink brings to you the #ChallengeAccepted campaign that will host India’s first mixed-gender T20 live cricket match where both men and women cricketers will play a match together.
This campaign challenges the belief that women and men’s cricket is not on par for several reasons. Royal Challenge Sports Drink takes the challenge to break this stereotype.
And, you are the key element that could make this happen! If you want to see a legendary match that could set some ground-breaking records, get on this page and vote for it.
The players on both the men’s and women’s cricket team are ready for this challenge, are you?
