WWC 2017, Match 8: Sri Lanka v Australia – Statistical Highlights

Chamari Atapattu’s individual brilliance against Australia couldn’t save her side as Sri Lanka went down to lose the league game in Women’s World Cup 2017 by 8 wickets. It was all about Atapattu after Sri Lankans were invited to bat first. She scored a brilliant 178* out of her team’s 258/9, a total which was never chased down before in the Women’s World Cup. However, the Australian captain Meg Lanning made history with an unbeaten 152, the highest ever in a run-chase in Women’s ODIs to guide her team to a comprehensive win.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the game.

1 – Chamari Atapattu’s century in this game is the first ever century in Women’s World Cup for a Sri Lankan player. This only the 3rd century in Women’s ODIs for Sri Lanka while it is Atapattu who has scored all the three.

5 – Number of instances of two players scoring 150+ in the same ODI match; this game was the first such instance in Women’s cricket. The 4 others have been recorded in Men’s ODIs.

8 – Number of centuries Meg Lanning has scored while chasing in ODIs. Only 35 centuries have been recorded in Women’s ODIs while chasing with her contribution in those being 22.86 percent.

68.58 – Meg Lanning’s batting average of 68.58 in run-chases in Women’s ODIs is the highest for any player. (Min: 500 runs) Mithali Raj is at 2nd with an average of 66.65 while chasing in ODIs.

69.26 – Percentage of the team’s runs Chamari Atapattu scored in this game; the highest percentage for any player in a completed innings in Women’s ODIs. Previous highest is 61.94 by Lynne Thomas for International XI vs India in 1982.

124 – Runs Chamari Atapattu has scored in boundaries in this game; the most by any player in an inning in Women’s ODI. The previous highest was 120 runs by Deepti Sharma vs Ireland a month ago.

152 – Meg Lanning’s 152* in this game is the highest individual score in run-chases in Women’s ODIs. The previous highest is 135* by Lanning only scored vs West Indies in 2014.

178* – Chamari Atapattu’s 178* is the highest individual score in a losing cause in Women’s ODIs. The previous lowest was 114 by RJ Rolls of New Zealand.

178* – Runs Chamari Atapattu has scored in this game; the 2nd highest individual score in Women’s World Cup and the 3rd highest score ever in Women’s ODIs.

258 – Target chased down by Australia in this game; the highest successful run-chase in Women’s World Cup. The previous highest was 239 by Sri Lanka vs England in 2013.