WWC 2017, Match 14: India v Sri Lanka – Statistical Highlights

India cruised to their 4th consecutive win in the Women’s World Cup defeating Sri Lanka by 16 runs, who have now lost four in a trot in this tournament. After electing to bat, Deepti Sharma and Mithali Raj’s century stand for the 3rd wicket rescued India as they lost a couple of early wickets. Deepti top scored with 78 while Mithali continued her blistering form against the Lankans by scoring 54 as India crawled to 232/8 despite wickets tumbling towards the end. Sri Lanka never looked threatening despite the 16-run margin which suggests it as a close game as the Lankan side didn’t come close to the required rate at any point in their chase.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the game.

3 – Deepti Sharma is the 3rd teenager after Stafanie Taylor and Charlotte Edwards to score a fifty and a pick wicket in a Women’s World Cup game. Taylor achieved the feat in 2009 WWC while Edwards recorded this twice in the 1997 WWC.

8 – Number of fifties Mithali Raj has scored in ODIs in 2017; the joint 2nd most by any player in Women’s ODIs in a calendar year. The record is in the name of Ellyse Perry, who scored 9 ODI fifties in 2016.

9 – Number of fifty-plus scores for Mithali Raj in Women’s World Cup; the joint 3rd most for any player. Debbie Hockley has 12 fifty-plus scores while Charlotte Edwards has 11 in the WWC.

14 – Number of wins for India Women in ODIs in 2017; the most for them in a calendar year. India Women won 13 ODIs in 2004.

20 – Number of century stands in ODIs Mithali Raj has been a part of so far; the joint 3rd most by any player in Women’s ODI cricket. Belinda Clark was a part of 25 hundred stands while Suzie Bates has been part of 22 100+ stands.

24 – Number of times India have defeated Sri Lanka in Women’s ODI cricket. Both the teams have faced each other in 26 ODIs in Women’s cricket with Sri Lanka winning one in the 2013 WWC while another game ended without a result.

34 – Number of fifty-plus scores in ODIs for Mithali Raj as captain; the most for any player in Women’s ODI cricket. Mithali went past Charlotte Edwards, who scored 33 fifty-plus scores in ODIs as captain.

154.33 – Mithali Raj’s batting average against Sri Lanka Women in ODI cricket; the highest for any player against a single opposition in Women’s ODIs. (Min: 500 runs) The next best is 69.38 for Meg Lanning against New Zealand, less than half of Mithali’s average vs SL.