Suzie Bates and Maddy Green celebrated centuries as the WHITE FERNS piled on the runs in Dublin. SPORTSFILE/SEBDALY

WHITE FERNS smash world record total in Dublin

Posted Friday, 8 June, 2018 in International Match Reports

Records tumbled at the YMCA Cricket Club in Dublin on Friday as the WHITE FERNS plundered an ODI world-record total of 490-4 during a 346-run victory over Ireland.

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A polished 151 by captain Suzie Bates and career-high scores by Maddy Green (121), Amelia Kerr (81*) and debutant Jess Watkin (62) helped boost the visitors past their own previous best team total of 455-5, set against Pakistan in 1997 in Christchurch.

“It’s unbelievable really,” Bates said following the innings.

“To set a world-record for men’s and women’s cricket is pretty special and it’s going to take a bit to chase it down.” 

Bates’ 10th ODI century saw her surpass the great Debbie Hockley (4,066) as the WHITE FERNS all-time ODI leading runs scorer with 4,192 runs.

“When it happened and came over the loud speaker I did actually have a bit of a moment because you think about the hard work you have done and the people who have helped you get here.

“Debbie was a player that the team looked up to and that 2000 World Cup team was a real inspiration to us.”

Bates’ 94-ball innings featured a strike rate of 160.63, the second-highest in an innings of 100 or more in women’s ODI cricket.

The WHITE FERNS belted a whopping 64 fours and seven sixes, and produced century stands for the first two wickets - the first time a team has done this since 2000.

Bates and Watkin’s 172-run opening stand was the sixth highest in the WHITE FERNS history, and incredibly added to Bates’ record of being involved in twenty-seven 100-run ODI partnerships for her country.

The teams will have a day off in Dublin tomorrow, before meeting again on Sunday for the second game in the three-match ODI series.

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