Annabel Sutherland
A test match is being played between the Australian women’s team and the South African women’s team. In this match, Australian team captain Alyssa Healy won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be correct. After being invited to bat first, the South African team could not perform well. In the first innings, the entire South African team was all out for just 76 runs. After this, the batsmen from the Australian women’s team performed strongly and declared the innings after scoring 575 runs. A star female player batted brilliantly for Australia. This player has created history by scoring a double century. Let us know about it.
This player scored a double century
Australian team’s star batsman Annabel Sutherland batted brilliantly against South Africa. He hit strokes all over the field. She scored the fastest double century in the history of women’s test. When he achieved this feat in 248 balls on the second day of the only Test match against South Africa. Earlier, the record for scoring the fastest double century in women’s Test cricket was in the name of Australia’s Karen Rolton, who completed her double century in 306 balls against England in Leeds in 2001. Now after 23 years, Annabel has destroyed his record.
Australia has a lead of so many runs
22 year old Annabel was out after scoring 210 runs in 256 balls. Thanks to her double century, Australia declared the first innings by scoring 575 runs for nine wickets, which is the highest score of any team in women’s Test cricket. In the first innings, the South African team was bundled out for just 76 runs and in the second innings too, it lost three wickets for 67 runs by the end of the day’s play. South Africa women’s team is still trailing by 432 runs on the basis of first innings.
Made these big records
Annabel Sutherland, who came to bat at number six, scored only seven runs in the first 35 balls but after getting into the rhythm, targeting the South African bowlers, she hit 27 fours and two sixes. In women’s Test cricket, only Pakistan’s Kiran Baloch (242), India’s Mithali Raj (214) and Ellyse Perry have played bigger individual innings than Annabel. Annabelle also became the youngest Australian player and the second youngest batsman in the world to score a double century. She is the ninth batsman in the world to score a double century. Annabel had scored a century in 149 balls and missed by one ball of equaling her own record of the fastest century by a female batsman.
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