Tammy Beaumont makes her way into top three of elusive list with phenomenal century vs IRE-W

The opener of England Women, Tammy Beaumont, piled up an impressive 150-run knock against Ireland Women in the ongoing second ODI of the three-match series at Belfast. Her 193-minute knock which consisted of 16 fours and a maximum, propelled England Women to an exceptional score of 320/8 in the 50 overs. 

In the process, Tammy Beaumont also brought up her 10th ton in the format and with that, secured inclusion in a prestigious list. She overtook teammate Nat Sciver-Brunt, former teammate Charlotte Edwards, and Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu, and made her way into the top 3 of the chart including players with the most hundreds in the history of women's cricket's history as far as ODIs are concerned. She now positions herself in third position behind Meg Lanning and Suzie Bates. 

During the marvellous knock, she also became the fastest English women's cricketer to get past 4,000 runs in the 50-over format, taking just 110 innings to achieve the same. Previously, the quickest were Clare Taylor and Sarah Taylor, both of whom took seven innings more than Beaumont. 

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Beaumont and Kemp put on 101 in no time to take game away from Ireland Women  

Despite getting off to decent starts, none of Emma Lamb, Hollie Armitage, and Paige Scholfield could leverage them into sizeable scores as England Women found themselves on 113 when they lost their third wicket during the 24th over. In came 19-year-old all-rounder, Freya Kemp, who, in just her fourth ODI, did not look one bit jittery as she looked comfortable in the middle with her senior, as both of them motored along.

They put on 101 in just 79 deliveries for the fourth wicket as England Women found themselves in a comfortable position yet again.

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At the time of writing, Ireland Women are in all sorts of trouble with them already having lost four batters for 24 runs in the 10th over of the run-chase.