Australia & India smash records in run-filled decider

Delhi’s third ODI

Australia 412 (47.5 overs): Mooney 138 (75), Voll 81 (68), Perry 68 (72), Reddy 3-86

India 369 (47 overs): Mandhana 125 (63), Sharma 72 (58), Harmanpreet 52 (35), Garth 3-69

In a remarkable series decider, Australia defeated India in Delhi, breaking the record for the most runs scored in a women’s one-day international.

Beth Mooney recorded a career-best 138 runs on Saturday, making her ODI century record at the time with 57 balls.

Georgia Voll, who had 13 balls left to play, was bowled out with 81 off 68, and Ellyse Perry added 68 off 72 to help the visitors post 412, their joint-highest ODI total.

Smriti Mandhana, the opener for India, overcame Mooney by smashing a century with just 50 deliveries, but Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma’s 125 and half-centuries, which the hosts were dismissed for 369 runs lost by 43 runs, were insufficient.

In comparison to the 678 runs scored by England and South Africa in Bristol in 2017, the total of 781 runs scored in both innings sets a new record for women’s ODIs.

872 men’s ODIs and List A matches between South Africa and Australia in Johannesburg, 2006, were the highest overall totals.

Australia’s 412 is the team’s joint sixth-highest total in women’s ODIs, matching their national record of 412-3 against Denmark at the 1997 Women’s World Cup in Mumbai.

In the second ODI, Mandhana also scored a century with India’s 102-run winning run. After Tammy Beaumont, England’s Tammy Beaumont, she is the second batter to score consecutive innings in ODIs.

Only former Australia captain Meg Lanning has recorded a faster century in women’s internationals playing 45 balls for New Zealand in 2012.

The Arun Jaitley Stadium record for women’s ODIs with 111 boundaries, 99 fours, and 12 sixes, respectively.

Victory extends Australia’s 11-game winning streak to include victories in bilateral ODI matches against India.

Since losing to England in the 2023 Women’s Ashes, Australia has won nine straight ODI series.

The two teams are the two favorites for the 2025 Women’s World Cup, which began with Australia’s impressive win, before India responded with their own impressive victory, and ended with this thrilling series.