DELIVERING WORLD-CLASS EVENTS // ICC WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2017-21
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LANNING LEADS FROM THE FRONT
Australia’s captain kept her side on top while India’s Mithali Raj reached a unique landmark
Australia continued to excel in the ICC Women’s Championship during the 12 months to May 31, 2019, collecting a maximum 12 points from their six matches, which comprised 3-0 series victories against Pakistan in Malaysia and New Zealand at home.
England amassed 16 points from 12 matches, winning home series against South Africa and New Zealand, losing in India but winning 3-0 in Sri Lanka to complete their 2018-19 tour programme.
India took 12 points from nine matches by winning three series by a 2-1 margin, in Sri Lanka and New Zealand, and against England at home.
By doing so, the trio virtually guaranteed their qualification (26 points is the required threshold) for the 2021 ICC Women’s World Cup along with hosts New Zealand, with one qualifying place still to be determined.
In the series against Pakistan in Kuala Lumpur in October 2018, Meg Lanning’s Australia team won all three matches comfortably. The highlights included Lanning’s 124 – her 12th ODI century – in the second match, in which 20-year-old left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux took four for 14 in only her second ODI.
Alyssa Healy made a robust 75-ball 97 in the third match, helping Australia compile an impressive 324 for seven in 50 overs. Pakistan’s 235 for seven in reply was their highest ODI total against Australia, but still left them well short.
In the home series against New Zealand in February and March 2019, Australian scraped home by only five runs in the opening match in Perth, New Zealand falling short despite Amy Satterthwaite’s 92.
The other two matches were comfortable for Lanning’s side. Left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen took four for 43 in Perth and five for 27 in Adelaide, where all-rounder Ellyse Perry, with 107 not out, completed her maiden ODI hundred.
England’s Tammy Beaumont hit centuries in matches two and three of their series against South Africa in June 2018. England had lost the opening ODI, thanks to Lizelle Lee’s unbeaten 92 in Worcester as South Africa notched their first win in England for 15 years.
Lee smashed 117 off 107 balls in match two in Hove, but Sarah Taylor’s 118 helped England reach 331 for six, the joint-highest team total of the year, which England themselves would match against Sri Lanka a few months later.
Dane van Niekerk’s 95 in match three in Canterbury was another highlight for South Africa. Van Niekerk went on to make her maiden ODI hundred against Sri Lanka in Potchefstroom in February 2019.
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