BELFAST: England opener Tammy Beaumont on Monday, bagged multiple records with her marathon 150-run knock against Ireland in the second ODI of the three-match series here at Civil Service Cricket Club.
Beaumont was too good for the Irish bowlers as she carried her bat all the through and returned unbeaten with a 150-run knock which came off 139 deliveries and featured 17 boundaries including a six.
Her 150 was the fourth-highest individual score by an England player in Women’s ODIs. She, however, had scored 168 not out against Pakistan in 2016.
Furthermore, Tammy Beaumont went past England legend Charlotte Edwards as the leading century-scorer with her 10th century. Overall, she climbed to the third in the list of most centuries in Women’s ODIs, only behind Australia’s Meg Lanning and New Zealand’s Suzie Bates.
Most hundreds in Women’s ODIs
Meg Lanning: 15
Suzie Bates: 13
Tammy Beaumont: 10
Chamari Athapaththu: 9
Charlotte Edwards: 9
Nat Sciver-Brunt: 9
Beaumont’s superb knock was supported by Freya Kemp, who scored 65 off 47 balls as England piled up a massive total on the board.
Chasing a daunting total, Ireland’s batting unit faltered big time and was unfolded on a paltry 45 to hand England a massive 275-run victory.
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Opening batter Una Raymond-Hoey waged a lone battle for Ireland with a gutsy 22 up the order.
The rest of the batters, however, failed to put up a fight against a disciplined England bowling attack and the touring party, as a result, bundled out in just 16.5 overs.
Kate Cross and Lauren Filer bagged three wickets each while Georgia Davis and Freya Kemp took two wickets each.
The two sides meet again at the same venue on Wednesday (11 September).
