Australia Women Cricket Team Script History As They Break ODI Record For Most Consecutive Wins

Move over Ricky Ponting and his juggernaut masquerading as an ODI team, for their women counterparts, the Meg Lanning-led Australia women’s cricket team has leapfrogged the former World champions to notch up the longest winning streak in 50-over cricket.

The six-time Women’s 50-over champions notched up their 22nd win on the bounce against their Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand during the first ODI of the three-match series at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

The six-wicket win was set up by fast bowler Meghan Schutt, who notched up figures of 4/32 in 9 overs, as New Zealand lost their last eight wickets for 53 runs to get bowled out for a paltry 212 in 48.5 overs.

The target of 213 was never going to be enough against a power-packed Australian batting unit and it didn’t as opener Alyssa Healy (65) and Elysse Perry (56*) notcher up half-centuries to help the visitors claim a record-breaking win.

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It all started in March 2018 for the Meg Lanning leg-Australia Women’s team

The Australian women’s cricket team has been on a roll ever since they succumbed to a semi-final defeat against India in the 2017 50-over World Cup.

Since the semi-final defeat, Meg Lanning’s team has won 24 of their 25 completed ODIs. Their sole defeat came against England in a dead-rubber game in October 2017.

Since then, they have won 22 in a row, a streak that started in March 2018 courtesy of a win against India.

The 22-match winning run is the longest streak in ODI cricket (men/women), surpassing Ricky Ponting’s teams’ record of 21 which the latter achieved way back in 2003.

Australia's world record ODI winning streak from March 12, 2018 to today:

vs India 3-0
vs Pakistan 3-0
vs New Zealand 3-0
vs England 3-0
vs West Indies 3-0
vs Sri Lanka 3-0
vs New Zealand 3-0
vs New Zealand 1-0@AusWomenCricket | #NZvAUS pic.twitter.com/rcF3ta7Eyl

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) April 4, 2021

Following the record-breaking win, skipper Meg Lanning alluded to her teams’ astounding consistency over such a long period of time.

“It’s a great achievement from this group over a long period of time,” Meg Lanning said after the match. ”Those wins have come over three years, which I think just shows how consistent we’ve been at this format.” she added.

The second ODI of the three-match series will take place on April 07 at the same venue and the former world champions will look to continue with their imperious run and take an unassailable 2-0 lead.

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