Stats - Australia set record for highest women's Test total
Sutherland's double-century also breaks a number of records
Sampath Bandarupalli
16-Feb-2024
The WACA scoreboard shows the famous moment - Annabel Sutherland's double century • Getty Images
210 Annabel Sutherland has the second-highest individual score for Australia in women's Tests, behind Ellyse Perry's unbeaten 213 against England in 2017. It is also the fourth-highest individual score in all women's Tests.
1 Sutherland became the first to score a double-century while batting at No.5 or lower in women's Tests. The previous highest while batting at No.5 or lower was 161* by Emily Drumm against Australia in 1995, while the highest at No.6 was 150 by Marizanne Kapp against England in 2022.
248 Balls Sutherland needed to complete her double-century, the fastest in women's Tests. The previous quickest was off 305 balls by Karen Rolton against England in 2001, where she scored an unbeaten 209.
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22y 126d Sutherland's age coming into the Test match. She is now the second youngest among the nine players to score a double-century in women's Tests, behind Mithali Raj, who was 19 years and 254 days old at the start of the 2002 Test in Taunton.
1 Number of players younger than Sutherland with home and away tons in women's Tests. Drumm had centuries at home and away in the format before she turned 22. Sutherland's maiden hundred came away from home at Trent Bridge last year.
575 for 9 Australia's total in Perth is now the highest by any team in women's Tests. The record for the highest women's Test total was with Australia for their 525 all out against India in 1984 till they themselves bettered in 1998 with 569 for 6 against England, and now they've topped that again.
499 Australia's first-innings lead in Perth is the highest for any team in a women's Test match. The previous highest was 459 for England, who made 503 for 5 in response to New Zealand's 44 all out in the 1935 Christchurch Test.
81 Boundaries hit by Australian batters against South Africa are the most in a women's Test innings. Their 78 fours are the most in an innings, surpassing England's 72 against South Africa in 2003, while their three sixes are the joint-most.
99 Alyssa Healy's score - she is only the fifth player dismissed on 99 in women's Tests. Four of those five instances are by Australians.
Sampath Bandarupalli is a statistician at ESPNcricinfo