The Argentina women’s cricket team broke several records on Saturday with a stunning win over Chile in the first T20I match. Argentina posted a historic total of 427/1 in just 20 overs, with both openers Lucia Taylor (169) and Albertina Galan (145) registering a partnership of 350 runs. Later, Argentina bowled out Chile for just 63 runs and secured a victory by 364 runs. This match will be remembered for years to come as it was the highest total by any team in the history of T20I cricket.
Argentina surpassed the Bahrain women’s team record of 318/1 in 20 overs, which they set against Saudi Arabia in March 2022. The third team on the list is Uganda with a total of 314/1 against Mali in June 2019.
Last month, Nepal men’s team scored 314/3 against Mongolia and registered the highest total in men’s T20I history. They surpassed Afghanistan’s total of 278/3 against Ireland, which they had scored in 2019.
Argentina women set a T20 world record by scoring 427/1 in 20 overs to bowl out Chile for 63
PLUS a world record high score in a women’s T20I for Lucia Taylor 169 (84)
That’s a 364-run win for The Flamingos pic.twitter.com/hSbkbD9jNx
— Georgie Heath (@GeorgieHeath27) October 14, 2023
In addition to the highest team total, this match also broke a record for scoring the most runs in a single over. Chilean Florencia Martinez conceded a shocking total of 52 runs in just one over, including 17 no-balls.
Highlights of the historic match:
- Highest score by a player: 169 (Lucia)
- First three-century partnership in T20I cricket: 350 (Lucia and Albertina)
- Fastest individual century in terms of team overs: 10.2 overs (Lucia)
- Most no-balls in an innings (64) and most extras in an innings (73)
- Most points conceded in one over: 52 runs (Florencia Martinez)
- Most runs awarded in an innings: 92 (Constanza Oyarce)
Coming back to the match, Jessica Miranda, who leaked 64 runs in her four-over spell, was the lone wicket-taker from Chile. Later, she also emerged as her side’s highest point scorer with 27 points.
For Argentina, Constanza Sosa, Alison Stocks, Mariana Martinez, Albertina Galan and Julieta Cullen scalped one wicket each.
Both teams will now compete against each other again for the second T20I of the three-match series on Sunday.
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