Women cricketers who scored double century in Test cricket: England’s Tammy Beaumont BREAKS 88-year-old record, joins Mithali Raj and Ellyse Perry in elite list
Tammy Beaumont broke an 88-year-old record to become the first English woman to score a double century in Tests.
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Tammy Beaumont celebrates her maiden double century. (Source: Female Cricket)
England’s Tammy Beaumont scored her maiden double century during the 1st Women’s Ashes Test. Beaumont bettered her previous score of 70 by scoring a scintillating and masterful double hundred in Nottingham. She joined former India captain Mithali Raj in an elite list and became the 8th woman cricketer to score a double hundred in Tests.
It is interesting to note that Tammy Beaumont’s double hundred was indeed ‘record-breaking.’ With the most fours in an English inning (26), she holds the fifth-highest Test score in the history of women’s Tests.
Beaumont surpassed Rachael Heyhoe Flint’s 179 in 1976 and now has the highest-ever score against Australia. She also became the fourth English player to register a hundred in all three formats after Jos Buttler, Heather Knight, and Dawid Malan.
Tammy Beaumont has 497 runs in 12 innings at an average of 41.41 and strike rate of 51.55. She has two fifties and now a double hundred to her name, with her highest score being 208 runs.
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Tammy Beaumont breaks 88-year-old record
Along with various other records, Tammy Beaumont broke an 88-year-old record, surpassing Betty Snowball’s 189 against New Zealand in 1935, a record that stood for a massive 88 years and 128 days. Beaumont now has the highest score in Women’s Ashes history.
After her skilful double hundred, Beaumont said, “To do it in England, it is pretty special, the highest score I have in an England shirt against the best team in the world and I hope it goes down in the books.”
Who are the Women cricketers to score double hundred in Test cricket?
As Tammy Beaumont became the eighth women’s cricketer to score a double ton in Test cricket, here is a look at the remaining seven names.
Ellyse Perry
Ellyse Perry‘s innings of 213 not out in 2017 at North Sydney Oval made her the fourth Australian female batter to score a double century in Tests. She registered the highest-ever score in a Test inning in Australian women’s cricket.
Kiran Baluch
Pakistan’s Kiran Baluch‘s 242 runs against West Indies in 2004 made her the top scorer in an innings in the openers category. She became the highest scorer in Women’s Test cricket succeeding Mithali Raj.
Mithali Raj
Mithali Raj became the first Indian woman to score a double hundred in Test cricket. She scored 214 runs in just her third Test at the age of 19 to break the then-highest individual score in Tests.
Karen Rolton
Karen Rolton from Australia became the third double centurion for her country in women’s Tests and registered the highest score in Tests by an Australian with her 209 not out until it was beaten by Ellyse Perry in 2017.
Michelle Goszko
Hitting 24 fours in an inning, Michelle Goszko was only the second batter to score a double century for Australia in women’s Tests. She achieved this feat in 2001 against England.
Joanne Broadbent
Joanne Broadbent was the first female batter from Australia to score a double century in Test cricket. She did so against England in 1998. She became the second cricketer to score a double century in women’s Tests.
Kirsty Flavell
Kirsty Flavell from New Zealand was the first ever woman cricketer to score a double hundred in Tests. Flavell’s 204 made her the only woman cricketer from New Zealand to score a double hundred in any format of the game until 2018 when Amelia Kerr joined in with an ODI double hundred.
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