Cliff Notes – A day of batting highs for Mandhana and India
- India Women posted 210 runs, marking their second-highest total in Women T20Is and their highest away from home.
- Smriti Mandhana scored 112 runs, setting a new record for the highest individual score by an Indian in Women T20Is.
- India achieved their second consecutive 200-plus total in Women T20Is, joining Indonesia and Argentina as the only teams to do so.
Stats – A day of batting highs for Mandhana and India
210 for 5 – India’s total in the first T20I against England is their second-highest total in Women T20Is, bettered only by their 217 for 4 against West Indies in the last T20I they played. This is also India’s highest T20I total away from home.
1 – India Women beat England by 97 runs at Trent Bridge, England’s biggest margin of defeat by runs in Women T20Is, leaving behind the 93 runs loss to Australia at Chelmsford in 2019.
India’s highest totals in Women T20Is. ESPNcricinfo
112 – Smriti Mandhana’s score on Saturday is the highest by an Indian in Women T20Is leaving behind Harmanpreet Kaur’s effort of 103 against New Zealand in 2018. Both were captaining India in their respective innings.
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78 Runs off boundaries scored by Mandhana (15×4, 3×6), the most by an Indian in a Women’s T20I innings.
3 – India scored their second consecutive 200-plus total in Women T20Is, becoming only the third team after Indonesia and Argentina to achieve this feat.
5 – Mandhana became the fifth woman and the first Indian to score centuries in all three formats. Heather Knight, Tammy Beaumont, Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney are the other four.
21 – 50-plus partnerships in Women T20Is between Mandhana and Shafali Verma, the most by a pair surpassing the 20 between the Australian pair of Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney.
Most 50+ partnerships in Women T20Is. ESPNcricinfo
8 – 50-plus scores by Mandhana against England in T20Is; only Mooney has more such scores (9) against a single opponent (India). Mooney also has eight 50-plus scores against England, while New Zealand’s Sophie Devine has eight against South Africa.
124 Runs scored by India in the middle overs (7-16), the most they have ever scored in that phase. Among Full Member teams, India’s effort stands behind only West Indies’ 125 against Australia in 2023.
13.12 – Economy rate of English spinners on Saturday conceding 105 runs in eight overs, the worst for a spin unit in a women T20I innings where spinners have bowled a minimum of eight overs. Indian spinners on the other hand bowled 10.5 overs giving away only 72 runs and dismissing eight English batters. Shree Charani’s spell of 4 for 12 is the second-best for an Indian Woman on T20I debut.