New Zealand’s women’s team posted the highest score in any one-day international match when they made a mammoth 490 for four against Ireland in Dublin on Friday.
New Zealand captain Suzie Bates, one of the world’s leading female cricketers, won the toss and promptly led from the front with an innings of 151, as well as sharing in a first-wicket stand of 172.
Madeline Green made a century as well, her innings of 121 helping New Zealand break their own 21-year-old record women’s ODI total of 455 for five, also made in 50 overs, against Pakistan at Christchurch in 1997.
