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Cara Murray's 2 for 119: the most expensive figures in all ODIs

Stats highlights from New Zealand women's record-breaking day in Dublin

Bharath Seervi
08-Jun-2018
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491 for 4- New Zealand women's total, the highest in women's ODIs. They broke their own previous record of 455 for 5, which was set in 1997 against Pakistan in Christchurch. New Zealand's total, in fact, is the highest in all ODIs. The highest total in men's ODI cricket is 444 for 3 posted by England against Pakistan in Nottingham in 2016.
160.63 - Suzie Bates' strike rate in her 151-run knock - the second highest in an innings of 100 or more in women's ODIs. Meg Lanning had hit 103 off 50 balls at a strike rate of 206 against New Zealand at SCG in 2012. Bates' team-mate Maddy Green, meanwhile, scored 121 at a strike rate of 157.14, taking fifth place on this list. Bates also went past Debbie Hockley to become New Zealand women's highest scorer in ODI cricket.
26- Number of overs which yielded 10 or more runs in New Zealand's innings. There were three overs which went for 19 runs: 30th, 48th, 50th.
119 - Runs conceded by Ireland's Cara Murray in her 10 overs, the most by a bowler in women's ODIs. Incidentally, it was Murray's first ODI. The only other bowler to have conceded more than 100 runs in women's ODIs is Pakistan's Shaiza Khan, who had given away 111 runs against Australia in 1997. Murray's spell is also the most expensive in all ODIs. Mick Lewis went for 113 against South Africa at Wanderers in 2006.
4 - Bowlers who conceded over 90 runs in New Zealand's innings. Murray conceded 119 runs while three others - Louise Little, Lara Maritz and Gaby Lewis - gave away 92 runs each. In 1114 Women ODIs before Friday's match only once was a bowler hit for more than 90 runs: Shaiza Khan (111).
2000 The last time a team had century stands for the first two wickets. Bates and debutant Jess Watkin added 172 runs for first wicket and then Bates and Green shared 116 for the second. Overall this was the fifth such instance in women's ODIs.

Bharath Seervi is stats sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @SeerviBharath