Mithali Raj : The highest run-scorer in Women's ODIs

India's Mithali Raj became the leading run-scorer in Women’s One-day Internationals during his innings of 69 against Australia in ICC Women’s ODI World Cup, surpassing England’s Charlotte Edwards.

Rajneesh Gupta presents a detailed statistical analysis of Mithali’s ODI career.

Career highlights

• Made her ODI debut at the age of 16 years 205 days vs Ireland in 1999.
• Scored 114* on ODI debut – the highest score by an Indian on debut and second highest by any player in this format at that time.
• Mithali at 16 years 205 days is still the youngest to score a hundred in Women’s ODIs.
• Played 74 consecutive innings between 2000 and 2007 without scoring a duck – the longest streak for any player at that time (since broken by Australia’s Karen Rolton).
• Played 109 consecutive matches between 2004 and 2013 – the longest streak for any player in Women’s ODIs.
• Has a career span of over 18 years – the longest for an Indian player in this format.
• Scored seven fifties on the trot this year – the most any player has ever scored in consecutive innings in this format.
• Has batted at every position from number 1 to 9 in Women’s ODIs.
• Led India for the first time in 2004 vs West Indies at the age of 21 years 94 days to become the youngest captain for India in this format.
• Led India in 106 ODIs winning 65 and losing 38 with three no result game (a win-percentage of 61.32)
• Has won 18 Man of the Match awards – the second most in Women’s ODIs after West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor’s 20. Among the Indians no one else has won more than six!
• Performance against each opponent

  	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s
  England	48	1605	98	48.63	0	16
  Sri Lanka	25	926	108*	154.33	2	7
  Australia	30	896	89	34.46	0	7
  New Zealand	26	817	91*	38.90	0	5
  West Indies	18	616	109*	51.33	1	3
  South Africa	14	447	69*	44.70	0	6
  Ireland	10	335	114*	111.66	1	2
  Pakistan	10	262	103*	52.40	1	1
  Bangladesh	1	73	73*	-	0	1
  Netherlands	1	51	51	51.00	0	1

  Performance in each country

  	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s
  in India	71	2323	109*	55.30	3	15
  in England	35	1187	114*	43.96	1	10
  in Australia	18	580	89	38.66	0	5
  in New Zealand	15	541	98	41.61	0	4
  in Sri Lanka	15	521	73*	104.20	0	6
  in South Africa	17	469	91*	58.62	0	6
  in Pakistan	5	165	108*	165.00	1	0
  in Ireland	4	157	66	52.33	0	2
  in West Indies	3	85	57	28.33	0	1

  Performance at home and away

  	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s
  Home	71	2323	109*	55.30	3	15
  Away	69	2248	94*	44.07	0	22
  at Neutral venues	43	1457	114*	60.70	2	12

  Performance in each calendar year

  Year	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s
  1999	3	118	114*	59.00	1	0
  2000	3	152	69*	76.00	0	2
  2002	15	323	61	29.36	0	1
  2003	12	497	98	45.18	0	3
  2004	15	539	88	77.00	0	5
  2005	15	300	91*	42.85	0	3
  2006	23	684	108*	45.60	1	5
  2007	7	163	55	27.16	0	1
  2008	15	526	74	52.60	0	6
  2009	7	247	75*	61.75	0	2
  2010	5	287	91*	143.50	0	4
  2011	9	240	109*	30.00	1	0
  2012	12	414	94*	51.75	0	4
  2013	4	132	103*	66.00	1	0
  2014	8	266	104*	53.20	1	0
  2015	5	141	81*	47.00	0	1
  2016	9	378	89	63.00	0	3
  2017	16	621	73*	77.62	0	9

  Performance as a player and a captain

  	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s
  as a player	77	2486	114*	45.20	2	17
  as a captain	106	3542	108*	57.12	3	32

  
  
  Batting first and second

  	Inns	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s
  1st match innings	90	3295	114*	43.93	4	28
  2nd match innings	74	2733	103*	65.07	1	21

  
  
  Performance in won and lost matches

  	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s
  Won match	105	3786	114*	75.72	5	30
  Lost match	74	2242	98	33.46	0	19
  No result	4	-	-	-	-	-

  Performance at each batting position

  	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s
  Opener	6	305	114*	101.66	2	0
  3rd position	81	3311	109*	54.27	3	30
  4th position	67	2207	91*	45.97	0	18
  5th position	6	181	53*	45.25	0	1
  6th position	1	3	3*	-	0	0
  8th position	2	9	8	9.00	0	0
  9th position	1	12	12*	-	0	0

  Leading run-scorers in Women’s ODIs

  	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s
  Mithali Raj (Ind)	183	6028	114*	51.52	5	49
  Charlotte Edwards (Eng)	191	5992	173*	38.16	9	46
  Belinda Clark (Aus)	118	4844	229*	47.49	5	30
  Karen Rolton (Aus)	141	4814	154*	48.14	8	33
  Claire Taylor (Eng)	126	4101	156*	40.20	8	23
  Debbie Hockley (NZ)	118	4064	117	41.89	4	34
  Stafanie Taylor (WI)	104	3911	171	43.45	5	27
  Suzie Bates (NZ)	103	3733	168	42.90	8	23
  Sarah Taylor (Eng)	107	3558	147	40.89	6	17
  Alex Blackwell (Aus)	139	3257	114	35.02	3	23
  Amy Satterthwaite (NZ)	100	3142	137*	38.79	6	16

  
  
  Leading run-scorers for India in Women’s ODIs

  	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s
  Mithali Raj	183	6028	114*	51.52	5	49
  Anjum Chopra	127	2856	100	31.38	1	18
  Jaya Sharma	77	2091	138*	30.75	2	14
  Harmanpreet Kaur	75	1743	107*	32.88	2	8
  Anju Jain	65	1729	90	29.81	0	12
  Punam Raut	50	1463	109*	32.51	2	9
  Hemlata Kala	78	1023	65	20.87	0	3

  
  
  -RAJNEESH GUPTA