New Delhi, ANI. Till now, 500 runs have not been scored in One Day International cricket. Neither the women’s team nor the men’s team has ever been able to do so, but just two years before today, on 8 June 2018, there was an opportunity when 500 runs could be scored in an ODI international match, because the New Zealand women’s team has played ODI cricket Had scored the highest score of. The Kiwi women’s team scored a mammoth 491 against Ireland.
The New Zealand women’s team, known as the White Ferns, scored 491 at the loss of 4 wickets against Ireland in the Dublin ODI match, which is the highest one-day international cricket (both men and women) to date. The highest score in a men’s ODI is 481/6, the same year the England team scored against Australia.
Talking about this match, the New Zealand women’s team won the toss and chose to bat first. Kiwi team openers Jas Watkin and Suzy Bates gave a strong start to the team by adding 172 runs in 19 overs for the first wicket. Watkin was dismissed for 62, while Suzy Bates was dismissed for 151 runs. Bates later added 116 runs for the second wicket with Maddy Green.
Maddy Greenney had scored 122 runs in this match and later Amelia Kerr had played a stormy 81 runs in 45 balls to lead the team to a score of 491. At the same time, Ireland’s team was piled on 144 in front of this huge target and lost the match by 347 runs. Lee Kasparek took 4 wickets for the Kiwi team. The team from New Zealand had recorded the fourth biggest win in the history of women’s ODI.
