South Africa Women beat India Women by 6 runs by the DLS Method in the third ODI of the five-match series at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. South Africa needed 26 in 21 balls when rain prevented further play. They are now 2-1 ahead in the series. Here are some statistical highlights from the match.
0 bigger scores than Lizelle Lee’s 132 against India on Indian soil. The only other hundred was scored by Nicole Bolton in 2017/18. Lee’s 83* earlier this series is the second-highest by a South African.
1 woman has scored 10,000 runs in international cricket before Mithali Raj. Her tally now stands at 10,001 runs (663 in Tests, 6,974 in ODIs, 2,363 in T20Is). Charlotte Edwards (10,273) is the only one to have scored more.
2 bigger scores than Lee’s 132* for South Africa, by Johmari Logtenberg (153* against Netherlands at Deventer, 2007) and Laura Wolvaardt (149 against Ireland at Potchefstroom, 2017).
3 bigger scores than Lee’s 132* while chasing so far, by Meg Lanning (152* against Sri Lanka at Bristol, 2017 and 135* against West Indies at Bowral, 2014/15) and Javeria Khan (133* against Sri Lanka at Sharjah, 2014/15).
1.667 win/loss ratio of India Women against South Africa Women (15 wins, 9 defeats).
6 wickets by Shabnim Ismail in the ongoing series, the joint most for South Africa in a bilateral ODI series against India. Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk had also taken 6.
8 wickets by Jhulan Goswami in the ongoing series, the most for India in a bilateral ODI series against South Africa. Goswami went past Ekta Bisht and Poonam Yadav, both of whom had taken 7 wickets apiece.
219 runs by Lee in the ongoing series, the most for South Africa in a bilateral series against India. She is some distance ahead of Kerri Lang’s 133.
2,153 ODI runs for Punam Raut, the fourth-highest among Indians. She went past Smriti Mandhana (2,144), who also played today. Only Raj (6,974), Anjum Chopra (2,856), and Harmanpreet Kaur (2,448) have more runs.