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New Zealand women’s team piles up highest ever ODI score in Cricket

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09 Jun 2018 16:51 IST

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New Zealand women’s team piles up highest ever ODI score in Cricket — LINCOLN, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 09: Katey Martin, Amy Satterthwaite and Suzie Bates of New Zealand (L-R) walk from the ground at the lunch break during the Women's One Day International match between the New Zealand White Ferns and Pakistan on November 9, 2016 in Lincoln, New Zealand. (Photo by Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images)

New Zealand women's cricket team posted the highest ever total in One-day cricket by scoring an incredible 490 for four against Ireland in the first match in Dublin.

New Zealand skipper Suzie Bates leading from the front with a blistering 151 off 94 balls. The total posted by the 'White Ferns' is the highest ever in ODIs including men's matches.

In men's cricket, the highest total in ODI is 444 for three, made by England against Pakistan in August 2016 at Nottingham.

With their incredible batting, New Zealand women team bettered their own 21-year old world record of 455 for five against Pakistan at Christchurch in January 1997.

It's only third time that a 400-plus score has been made in women's ODIs. In men's ODIs, a 400-plus score has been achieved 18 times by different teams.

Source: AIR News

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