Facts about so-called ‘cricket with fireworks’ (as Monty Panesar once put it)
What can you expect to happen during this year’s Women’s Hundredtournament: will A) Southern Brave win a second back-to-back title ? B) Oval Invincibles win their Third title? or C) will the title bagged by one of the other six teams?
- Batter scoring the most runs? Last year Danni Wyatt scored 295 runs (2023); with Tammy Beaumont 5 runs behind on 290; with Phoebe Litchfield (Australia) third on 279; according to Statisca
- A second Centurion batter? Tammy Beaumont scored 118 runs (from 61 balls) to chalk-up the first women’s ‘ton,’ on August 15, 2023; breaking Beth Mooney’s (Australia) record 97*not out. Previously, that beat Jemimah Rodrigues’s (India) inaugural year’s record (for 2021) that stood at 92*not out (43.)
- A second ‘5-fer?’ Last year, Fi Morris bagged the first five-wicket haul (5/7) for Manchester Originals on August 7, 2023; with at least dozen bowlers bagging ‘4-fers’ since the competition began;
- Bowler taking the most wickets? Last year, Georgia Adams took 16 wickets for Southern Brave; with 5 runs bowlers taking 11 wickets including Sarah Glenn; according to Statisca;
- At least one match beating the record innings total? ‘Fire’ set a new innings score for the Women’s Hundred 188/3 (versus ‘Rockets’) thanks mainly to Tammy Beaumont’s ton.
- At least one match breaking the 300-run barrier? Last year, the first of three matches with combined innings totals above 300 runs ‘set a new record:’ Firstly, 326 from for ‘Brave’ on August 5th, 2021 underpinned by star batter Smriti Mandhana (India) who contributed 70 runs (from 42 balls); Confusion struck commentators when another two matches played afterwards (during the same month) also topped 300 runs, but with slightly fewer runs scored.
Latest information @url https://www.thehundred.com/info/what-is-the-hundred
List of Women’s fixtures arranged by venue @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/03/05/50601/
Statisca data source where referenced, downloaded from the internet on 18 July 2024 @url https://www.statista.com/statistics/1332743/the-hundred-cricket-womens-wickets/
