ICC Women's World Cup 2017, India vs England: 5 Talking Points

#2 Mithali Raj’s rich vein of form

Captain, Leader, Legend!

The Indian captain has been in scintillating form of late. She came into the match with scores of 70, 64, 73, 51, 54 and 62 in her last six matches. Sustaining her run, one of the greats of the women’s cricket, Mithali re-wrote history books and became the first player to score seven consecutive 50s in ODI history.

Notably, she is only behind Javed Miandad (nine) in terms of consecutive half-centuries if we combine numbers of both men’s and women’s cricket.

The 34-year-old took her guard after a 144-run partnership between Mandhana and Punam Raut had come to a halt and amassed 71 runs with the help of eight boundaries and pushed India’s total to 281. The right-hander breached another world record during her innings, that of most 50s (47*) in women’s cricket circuit.