Annabel Sutherland created history by scoring a century against NZ-W, big giants could not do this feat
Actually, in this match, 23-year-old Annabel Sutherland played an unbeaten inning of 105 runs with the help of 11 fours and 2 sixes on 81 balls. She completed her century by running a double run on the last ball of the 50th over, with which she became the first woman cricketer to score a century in two consecutive ODI matches while batting at number 5 or below in ODI cricket.
It is noteworthy that before scoring a century against New Zealand, Annabel Sutherland had scored a century against Team India on December 11 at the WACA ground, scoring 110 runs in 95 balls. Not only this, Sutherland has also made the record of becoming the youngest Australian after former Australian captain Meg Lanning to score three ODI centuries.
Let us tell you that Sutherland has so far scored 692 runs for his country in 21 innings of 36 ODIs at an average of 46.13. During this period he has scored 3 centuries and 2 half-centuries. Apart from this, he has also achieved the feat of scoring a double century in Test cricket.
If we talk about Australia and New Zealand in the second ODI, then on the basis of Sutherland's century innings, the visiting team has put a target of 292 runs on the scoreboard at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. In response, New Zealand team has scored 122 runs after losing 5 wickets in 30.1 overs. The host team needs 170 runs to win this match, however this match is currently stopped due to rain.
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