Stats – Mithali Raj, the most prolific batter in women's cricket
She is the most capped player in women’s cricket. She has the most runs. And the most 50-plus scores too
Sampath Bandarupalli08-Jun-202210,868 Runs scored by Mithali Raj across all three formats in international cricket, the most by any woman. She also holds the record for the most 50-plus scores (93) in women’s internationals.
1 Raj signed off her career as the most capped woman in international cricket, featuring in 333 matches. She is also the most capped player in women’s ODIs (232) and was the first to appear in 200 ODIs, in 2019.7805 Raj’s runs in ODIs. No other woman has even scored 6000. She has 71 50-plus scores in ODIs, including eight hundreds, 16 more than the second-best, Charlotte Edwards (55).
6 Raj has played in six editions of the Women’s ODI World Cup. The only players to match her incredible longevity are Javed Miandad and Sachin Tendulkar.22 years, 274 days The total length of Raj’s ODI career, from her debut in 1999 until her final appearance in the recent World Cup. It is the longest career span for a player in ODIs, among both men and women.ESPNcricinfo Ltd2 Women with a longer international career than Raj’s. Caroline de Fouw’s career for Netherlands stretched out over 26 years and 361 days between 1991 and 2018. de Fouw, however, did not play any matches between 2008 and 2018. Chamani Seneviratna, who debuted for Sri Lanka in 1997 and has been representing UAE since 2018, has a career spanning 24 years and 155 days.
9 Raj once struck nine consecutive 50-plus scores in international cricket – two in the Asia Cup T20s in 2016 and seven in ODIs in 2017. It is the longest streak of 50-plus scores for any batter across men’s or women’s internationals.7 Raj holds the record for most consecutive 50-plus scores in women’s ODIs, having scored seven on the trot in 2017. Only Miandad (nine in 1987) had a streak longer than that.155 Matches as India captain for Raj, making her the most-capped leader in women’s ODIs. She holds the record for most wins (89), most runs (5319) and most 50-plus scores (52) as captain in this format.
109 Wins as captain for Raj, the third-most in women’s internationals, behind Edwards (142) and Meg Lanning (128).6546 Runs as captain for Raj across all international formats, the second-most behind the 6728 runs by Edwards. However, the 60 50-plus scores by Raj as a captain is a women’s world record.109.05 Raj’s batting average in successful ODI chases, the highest among men or women to have scored 1000-plus runs in successful ODI chases. Raj remained unbeaten in 35 such chases, the most by a woman and the second-most behind MS Dhoni (47 not outs).!function(){“use strict”;window.addEventListener(“message”,(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[“datawrapper-height”]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(“iframe”);for(var a in e.data[“datawrapper-height”])for(var r=0;r<t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data["datawrapper-height"][a]+"px"}}}))}();
214 Raj scored the only double-century for India in women’s international cricket, against England in 2002 in Taunton. It is also the second-highest individual score in women’s Tests. She was only 19 years and 254 days old at the start of the Test, which made her the youngest double-centurion in women’s Tests.16 years 205 days Raj’s age when she scored 114* on ODI debut against Ireland in 1999. She is one of the six players to score a century on debut in women’s ODIs and was also the then youngest centurion in international cricket, among men or women. Ireland’s Amy Hunter broke the record in October 2021, scoring an ODI hundred on her 16th birthday.109 Raj made 109 consecutive ODI appearances for India between April 2004 and February 2013, another women’s world record. Raj missed only 15 ODIs played by India since her debut in 1999.