Women's T20I records

[Wallaby]

So - Have you been keeping up with the T20 World Cup qualifiers in the Americas? There's been some interesting results.

Argentina have been playing Peru. Argentina have won all 3 games so far.
In the first game - Argentina scored 1/427 (20 overs) and bowled Chile out for 63. In that 63, top scores was extras with 29 - only one batsman reached double figures (27).
In the second game, Chile bowled much better, restricting Argentina to 6/300. In reply, Chile were bowled out for 19 - Extras top scoring with 15.
Third game - Argentina 1/333. Chile - all out 22 (top score was extras with - 21. Yes, you read that right).
Interestingly, there was a grand total of 2 sixes hit by Argentina across all 3 games - so it wasn't a tiny ground. They hit zero sixes while scoring 1/427. I shall spare you the Chilean bowling figures.

Now, everybody is allowed to play cricket, and teams need to learn, and they will get better, and the only way to get better is to play better teams.

But - cricket is a game where records are important - it's part of the history and the culture. Good luck to any other team trying to break those records (unless they offer the Chilean team free airfares and accommodation to come and play 1 2-week series). There needs to be 'divisional' records representing a team's status in the game - and a way of improving that status via results.

For comparison, the highest innings score in a game involving the Test-playing nations was 3/250 by England vs South Africa.

 

[big_e]

So - Have you been keeping up with the T20 World Cup qualifiers in the Americas? There's been some interesting results.

Argentina have been playing Peru. Argentina have won all 3 games so far.
In the first game - Argentina scored 1/427 (20 overs) and bowled Chile out for 63. In that 63, top scores was extras with 29 - only one batsman reached double figures (27).
In the second game, Chile bowled much better, restricting Argentina to 6/300. In reply, Chile were bowled out for 19 - Extras top scoring with 15.
Third game - Argentina 1/333. Chile - all out 22 (top score was extras with - 21. Yes, you read that right).
Interestingly, there was a grand total of 2 sixes hit by Argentina across all 3 games - so it wasn't a tiny ground. They hit zero sixes while scoring 1/427. I shall spare you the Chilean bowling figures.

Now, everybody is allowed to play cricket, and teams need to learn, and they will get better, and the only way to get better is to play better teams.

But - cricket is a game where records are important - it's part of the history and the culture. Good luck to any other team trying to break those records (unless they offer the Chilean team free airfares and accommodation to come and play 1 2-week series). There needs to be 'divisional' records representing a team's status in the game - and a way of improving that status via results.

For comparison, the highest innings score in a game involving the Test-playing nations was 3/250 by England vs South Africa.

The lowest first-class innings total in men's cricket is 6, scored by a team named "The Bs", so-named because all of their players had a name beginning with the letter B.

Cricket stats have always had some farcical elements, it's part of its rich history.

But it is great seeing someone passionate about following associate women's T20s!

 

[ioppolo]

A lot of Chile's team were teenagers including a 15 year old girl.

 

[Beejay Crow]

So - Have you been keeping up with the T20 World Cup qualifiers in the Americas? There's been some interesting results.

Argentina have been playing Peru. Argentina have won all 3 games so far.
In the first game - Argentina scored 1/427 (20 overs) and bowled Chile out for 63. In that 63, top scores was extras with 29 - only one batsman reached double figures (27).
In the second game, Chile bowled much better, restricting Argentina to 6/300. In reply, Chile were bowled out for 19 - Extras top scoring with 15.
Third game - Argentina 1/333. Chile - all out 22 (top score was extras with - 21. Yes, you read that right).
Interestingly, there was a grand total of 2 sixes hit by Argentina across all 3 games - so it wasn't a tiny ground. They hit zero sixes while scoring 1/427. I shall spare you the Chilean bowling figures.

Now, everybody is allowed to play cricket, and teams need to learn, and they will get better, and the only way to get better is to play better teams.

But - cricket is a game where records are important - it's part of the history and the culture. Good luck to any other team trying to break those records (unless they offer the Chilean team free airfares and accommodation to come and play 1 2-week series). There needs to be 'divisional' records representing a team's status in the game - and a way of improving that status via results.

For comparison, the highest innings score in a game involving the Test-playing nations was 3/250 by England vs South Africa.

Bit of a joke that Argentina scoreline. Just saw the scoresheet and there were 64 no balls bowled in the innings. How can this be classified as an official match? Imagine Chile playing a proper women's team like Australia or England - they'd probably score 1000.