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Stats: Top 5 Captain With Most International Wins In Women's Cricket Cricket
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Stats: Top 5 Captain With Most International Wins In Women's Cricket

India's Test and ODI captain Mithali Raj has been on record-breaking mode since last week or so. Yesterday, she became only the second captain in women's international matches to complete 100th win after clinching a low scoring thriller over South Africa. The 3-match series was being played in Vadodara which India won with a scoreline of 3-0. ## To win her 100 matches, Mithali Raj has captained India in 167 matches across all three formats (Test, ODI, T20I). Her captaincy record only battered by former England's player Charlotte Edwards who has 142 wins in 220 matches. ## Apart from becoming the second woman captain to win 100 matches, Mithali Raj completed 20 years in women's cricket in the first ODI against South Africa. She is the only woman player and 4th (male or female) overall to have 20+ years of an international career. ## She didn't stop there. In the second ODI, the Indian Women recorded their biggest ODI chase of 248 to take a series-winning lead of 2-0. Raj led from the front and played a captain's knock of 66 runs of 82 balls. During her innings, she completed 3000 ODI runs while chasing and she is the only woman player to do so. ## Mithali Raj already holds the record for most runs, most fifties, most appearances, most wins as a player and most matches as captain in Women’s ODI cricket. She is the only player to date to score 6000+ runs in women's ODIs. ## Mithali Raj led India in 80 ODI wins, 17 T20Is wins, and 3 Test wins. Just like her overall captaincy record, her ODI record of most wins also battered by Charlotte Edwards who has 83 ODI wins. ## Most number of wins as captain in Women’s International cricket: SNCaptainMatchesWonLostTiedNR/Draw 1 Charlotte Edwards (ENG) 220 142 65 1 12 2 Mithali Raj (IND) 167 100 62 0 5 3 Mag Lanning (AUS) 119 96 21 1 1 4 Belinda Clark (AUS) 113 87 18 0 8 5 Suzie Bates (NZ) 140 79 59 1 1 ## Note - Stats as of 14 October 2019 ## Follow for more...

Top 5 Capped Woman Players In ODIs Cricket
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Top 5 Capped Woman Players In ODIs

India women's one-day cricket captain Mithali Raj becomes the first cricketer to be featured in 200 ODIs in women's cricket. She achieved this rare feat against New Zealand in the third ODI of the ongoing 3-match series in New Zealand.## This is quite a phenomenal achievement for any woman player. It takes 20-years for Mithali Raj to break the two hundred barrier mark after she debuted in 1999. India's batting giant and one of the greatest woman players of all time, Raj is also the highest run-getter in women's ODIs.## Here is the list of the TOP 5 capped woman players in ODIs :## 1. Mithali Raj (IND, 200) - Mithali Raj is recognized as one of the greatest players who has played cricket women's category. In 200 ODIs, she has scored 6,622 runs at an average of 51.33 with 7 centuries and 52 half-centuries where her highest score has been 125 not out. She is currently the captain in 50-over format and under her captaincy, India reached to the World Cup final twice (2005, 2017) but lost on both occasions.## 2. Charlotte Edwards (ENG, 191) - Another player with the tag of legendary player. Charlotte Edwards made her debut in 1997 and played almost 19-years. During this period, she played 191 ODIs and scored 5,992 runs at an average of 38.16 with 9 centuries and 46 half-centuries. She has been retired from professional cricket in 2016.## 3. Jhulan Goswami (IND, 174) - Jhulan Goswami along with Mithali Raj has been one of the pillars for the Indian women's cricket for a long time. If Mithali Raj is the leading run-getter, Jhulan Goswami is the highest wicket-taker with 210 wickets in 174 matches. She is the only bowler to cross 200 wickets mark in women's ODIs. She is more than handy with bat at lower down the order too as she has scored 1,030 runs at an average of 13.91 with one fifty.## 4. Alex Blackwell (AUS, 144) - Alex Blackwell is at number 3 in the list of most capped woman's cricketer in ODIs. She has been one of the biggest players for Australia over the years. In 144 ODIs she has scored 3,492 runs at an average of 36 with 3 hundreds and 25 fifties. She has been retired from international cricket in 2017 and played 14 years for Australia after the debut in 2003.## 5. Jenny Gunn (ENG, 143) - England's Jenny Gunn is another woman player who has been successful with the bat and ball. The 32-year old all-rounder has played 143 ODIs for England and scored 1,629 runs with 5 half-centuries and has taken 135 wickets with the best figures of 5 for 22 in ODIs.## *stats till 1 February, 2019.## Follow for more...