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All you want to know about Mithali Raj's Records

July 17, 2017
By Rajneesh Gupta

Mithali Raj made cricketing history last week.
Rajneesh Gupta tells us why.

IMAGE: Mithali Raj, cricket legend.

Mithali Raj, the Indian women team's cricket captain, became the leading run-scorer in women's One-day Internationals during her innings of 69 against Australia in the ICC Women's ODI World Cup, surpassing England's Charlotte Edwards.

A glimpse of Mithali's awe-inspiring ODI career:

Career highlights

Performance against each opponent

  Matches Runs Highest Score Average 100s 50s
England 48 1,605 98 48.63 0 16
Sri Lanka 25 926 108* 154.33 2 7
Australia 30 896 89 34.46 0 7
New Zealand 26 817 91* 38.90 0 5
West Indies 18 616 109* 51.33 1 3
South Africa 14 447 69* 44.70 0 6
Ireland 10 335 114* 111.66 1 2
Pakistan 10 262 103* 52.40 1 1
Bangladesh 1 73 73* - 0 1
The Netherlands 1 51 51 51.00 0 1

Performance in each country

  Matches Runs Highest Score Average 100s 50s
in India 71 2,323 109* 55.30 3 15
in England 35 1,187 114* 43.96 1 10
in Australia 18 580 89 38.66 0 5
in New Zealand 15 541 98 41.61 0 4
in Sri Lanka 15 521 73* 104.20 0 6
in South Africa 17 469 91* 58.62 0 6
in Pakistan 5 165 108* 165.00 1 0
in Ireland 4 157 66 52.33 0 2
in West Indies 3 85 57 28.33 0 1

Performance at home and away

  Matches Runs Highest Score Average 100s 50s
Home 71 2,323 109* 55.30 3 15
Away 69 2,248 94* 44.07 0 22
at Neutral venues 43 1,457 114* 60.70 2 12

Performance in each calendar year

Year Matches Runs Highest Score Average 100s 50s
1999 3 118 114* 59.00 1 0
2000 3 152 69* 76.00 0 2
2002 15 323 61 29.36 0 1
2003 12 497 98 45.18 0 3
2004 15 539 88 77.00 0 5
2005 15 300 91* 42.85 0 3
2006 23 684 108* 45.60 1 5
2007 7 163 55 27.16 0 1
2008 15 526 74 52.60 0 6
2009 7 247 75* 61.75 0 2
2010 5 287 91* 143.50 0 4
2011 9 240 109* 30.00 1 0
2012 12 414 94* 51.75 0 4
2013 4 132 103* 66.00 1 0
2014 8 266 104* 53.20 1 0
2015 5 141 81* 47.00 0 1
2016 9 378 89 63.00 0 3
2017 16 621 73* 77.62 0 9

Performance as a player and a captain

  Matches Runs Highest Score Average 100s 50s
as a player 77 2,486 114* 45.20 2 17
as Captain 106 3,542 108* 57.12 3 32

 

Batting first and second

  Innings Runs Highest Score Average 100s 50s
1st match innings 90 3,295 114* 43.93 4 28
2nd match innings 74 2,733 103* 65.07 1 21

 

Performance in won and lost matches

  Matches Runs Highest Score Average 100s 50s
Won match 105 3,786 114* 75.72 5 30
Lost match 74 2,242 98 33.46 0 19
No result 4 - - - - -

Performance at each batting position

  Matches Runs Highest Score Average 100s 50s
Opener 6 305 114* 101.66 2 0
3rd position 81 3,311 109* 54.27 3 30
4th position 67 2,207 91* 45.97 0 18
5th position 6 181 53* 45.25 0 1
6th position 1 3 3* - 0 0
8th position 2 9 8 9.00 0 0
9th position 1 12 12* - 0 0

Leading run-scorers in Women's ODIs

  Matches Runs Highest Score Average 100s 50s
Mithali Raj 183 6,028 114* 51.52 5 49
Charlotte Edwards (England) 191 5,992 173* 38.16 9 46
Belinda Clark (Australia) 118 4,844 229* 47.49 5 30
Karen Rolton (Australia) 141 4,814 154* 48.14 8 33
Claire Taylor (England) 126 4,101 156* 40.20 8 23
Debbie Hockley (New Zealand) 118 4,064 117 41.89 4 34
Stafanie Taylor (West Indies) 104 3,911 171 43.45 5 27
Suzie Bates (New Zealand) 103 3,733 168 42.90 8 23
Sarah Taylor (England) 107 3,558 147 40.89 6 17
Alex Blackwell (Austalia) 139 3,257 114 35.02 3 23
Amy Satterthwaite (New Zealand) 100 3,142 137* 38.79 6 16

Leading run-scorers for India in women's ODIs

  Matches Runs Highest Score Average 100s 50s
Mithali Raj 183 6,028 114* 51.52 5 49
Anjum Chopra 127 2,856 100 31.38 1 18
Jaya Sharma 77 2,091 138* 30.75 2 14
Harmanpreet Kaur 75 1,743 107* 32.88 2 8
Anju Jain 65 1,729 90 29.81 0 12
Punam Raut 50 1,463 109* 32.51 2 9
Hemlata Kala 78 1,023 65 20.87 0 3

Rajneesh Gupta

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