WWC 2017, Match 4: Australia v West Indies – Statistical Highlights

The defending champions Australia began their World Cup campaign in style with a grand 8-wicket win over the West Indies, the runners-up of the previous edition. West Indies batted first after winning the toss, which turned out to be a controversial one with their captain Stafanie Taylor originally saying that they would bat first but soon said that they want to field. However, the match referee who was present there asked her to stick with the call she made first.

The West Indies Women were bowled out for 204 in the 48th over as none of their batters went on to score big despite getting starts. Australia Women chased down the target quite easily as the opening pair Nicole Bolton and Beth Mooney put on a 171-run stand.

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

2 – Wickets Australia lost in their 205-run chase; the fewest wickets lost by any team while chasing over 200 in Women’s World Cup. Only 4 teams including Australia have managed to chase down 200+ in Women’s ODIs losing less than 2 wickets.

5 – Number of players including Nicole Bolton who have scored a century in their maiden Women’s World Cup game. She is the 3rd player from Australia and her innings of 107* is the 3rd best score for any player on their WWC debut.

6 – Consecutive wins in Women’s ODIs for Australia over West Indies since losing in the 2013 WWC league game. In overall, Australia have won 9 out of 10 ODIs they have played against West Indies in Women’s Cricket.

7 – Nicole Bolton became only the 7th Australian and the 30th player overall to score a century in Women’s World Cup.

26 – Bolton’s century in this game is the 26th ODI century by an Australian opener in Women’s cricket; the joint-most number of centuries for any team by their openers. England also has 26 hundreds scored by their openers in Women’s ODIs.

38.1 – Overs taken by Australia to chase down the 205-run target; the 3rd fewest overs used by any team while chasing 200+ target in Women’s ODIs. This is quickest 200+ chase in Women’s World Cup as Australia broke their own record of chasing in 38.2 overs vs New Zealand in the previous edition.

82.50 – Ellyse Perry’s batting average in successful Women’s ODI run chases; the 5th highest for any player and the 2nd best by an Australia behind Karen Rolton’s 87.93. (Min: 450 runs scored)

171 – Partnership stand between Nicole Bolton and Beth Mooney for the opening wicket; the 3rd highest for Australia and the 11th highest overall for any wicket in the Women’s World Cup.

205 – Target successfully chased down by Australian Women in this game; only the 7th successful run-chase of a 200+ target in Women’s World Cup. South Africa chased down 207 in the previous game over Pakistan, the 6th highest successful chase in WWC.