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ICC Women's Teams of The Decade Cricket
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ICC Women's Teams of The Decade

The International Cricket Council (ICC), on Sunday, announced the men's and women's team of the decade across all three formats. While the Men's teams dominated by the Indian and England players, Women's team in both ODI and T20I show the most presence of the Australian players. ## Among the Indian woman players, Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami featured in the ODI team. The ODI skipper of team India, Mithali Raj is the leading run-getter in the format with 6888 runs in 209 matches she played at an average of 50.64 with 7 hundred and 53 half-centuries. On the other hand, Jhulan Goswami holds the record of the most wickets in women's ODIs with 225 wickets in 182 matches. ## Australian skipper Meg Lenning has been named the captain of both the ICC Women's ODI and T20I Team of Decade as well. ## ICC Women's ODI Team of The Decade - Alyssa Healy, Suzie Bates, Mithali Raj, Meg Lanning (C), Stafanie Taylor, Sarah Taylor (WK), Ellyse Perry, Dane Van Niekerk, Marizanne Kapp, Jhulan Goswami, and Anisa Mohammed. ## The ICC Women's ODI Team of the Decade 👊 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇿🇦 🇿🇦 🌴 🌴 🇳🇿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/NxiF9dbnt9— ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020 ## The Women's T20I Team of The Decade features Harmanpreet Kaur and Poonam Yadav as the two Indian players. Harmanpreet is the current skipper of the Indian T20I team. ## ICC T20I Team of The Decade - Alyssa Healy (WK), Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates, Meg Lanning (C), Harmanpreet Kaur, Stafanie Taylor, Deandra Dottin, Ellyse Perry, Anya Shrubsole, Megan Schutt, and Poonam Yadav. ## The ICC Women's T20I Team of the Decade 🔥 Plenty of runs and wickets in that side! 👏 #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/mRkVN1SHSf— ICC (@ICC) December 27, 2020 ## Meanwhile, ICC will also announce other award winners in different categories such as Women's Player of the Decade, and Women's ODI Player of the Decade along with Men's players of the decade.## Know More - The Nominees of ICC Awards of The Decade## Stay tuned...

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...

Sensational Mandhana Blows Lancashire Thunder With A Record Hundred Cricket
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Sensational Mandhana Blows Lancashire Thunder With A Record Hundred

Looks like there is no stopping India's swashbuckling left-hander Smriti Mandhana in women's Kia Super League in England. After hammering the fastest fifty of the tournament a few days ago, she followed up with a sizzling 102 off 61 balls against Lancashire Thunder at Old Trafford, Manchester on Friday, August 3.## With the help of Mandhana's first T20 hundred, Western Storm beat Lancashire Thunder by 7-wickets. Mandhana single-handedly took his side home with a comfortable win in the end. ## She has been in great touch since the start of the tournament. In five matches so far, she has scored 48, 37, 52*, 43*, and 102 with the strike rate of more than 200.## Coming to this match, Western Storm's skipper Heather Knight had won the toss and opted to field first. New Zealand's Amy Satterthwaite played a brilliant inning of unbeaten 85 off 57 balls. India's Harmanpreet Kaur run herself out without scoring a single run off the first ball after playing a heroic knock in the last match.## Despite Amy Satterthwaite, no other player could score big. Nicole Bolton (13), Eleanor Threlkeld (15), and Emma Lamb (13) could not capitalize on their start and therefore, Thunder made 153 for 7 after 20 overs. Anya Shrubsole took 2 for 36 while Freya Davies and Naomi Dattani grabbed one wicket each.## In reply of 154, Storm lost Rachel Priest (5) and skipper Heather Knight (8) on 47 but Mandhana and Stafanie Taylor (33*) put on a match-winning partnership of 102 off 77 balls. Mandhana dismissed just before reaching the target but she made sure that her team won the match. The Storm chased down the target with 10 balls to spare.## Kate Cross, Emma Lamb, and Amy Satterthwaite took a wicket each but they never looked troubling Mandhana at any stage of the game. Mandhana awarded Player Of The Match for her match-winning hundred.## For more and latest news about Cricket, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.