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Tammy Beamount Enters Top 10 Highest Run-Scorers List In Women’s Test With Ashes Double Hundred

Tammy Beaumont on Saturday (June 24) entered the top 10 list for highest individual run-scorers in Women's Test after the England batter scored 208 in the Women's Ashes Test match at Trent Bridge,

The marathon innings also saw Beamount become the first England women's cricketer to score a double-century for the national team in a women's Test and also the eight player overall to reach the landmark.

Tammy Beamount

Beamount took 317 deliveries to reach the double hundred in an innings that included 26 fours. Her knock of 208, however, is not the highest individual score in women's Test cricket as that record is held by former Pakistan batter Kiran Baluch, who scored 242 in 2004.

Beamount is also behind the likes of former India captain Mithali Raj as well as Australian duo Ellyse Perry and Karen Rolton in the list for highest run-scorers in women's Tests. Here is a look at the top 10.

Highest Scores in Women's Test

Player Team Versus Score Venue Year
Kiran Baluch Pakistan West Indies 242 Karachi 2004
Mithali Raj India England 214 Taunton 2002
Ellyse Perry Australia England 213* Sydney 2017
Karen Rolton Australia England 209* Leeds 2001
Tammy Beamount England Australia 208 Nottingham 2023
Kirsty Flavell New Zealand England 204 Scarborough 1996
Michelle Goszko Australia England 204 Shenley 2001
Joanne Broadbent Australia England 200 Guildford 1998
Denise Annetts Australia England 193 Wetherby 1987
Thirush Kamini India South Africa 192 Mysore 2014

Beaumont, who started the morning session of day 3 unbeaten on 100, reached the 150-run mark just after lunch, becoming the ninth woman to reach the milestone for England. After tea, the England batter, who had scored her maiden hundred, also reached double-century.

Her knock of 208 was the highest by an English women's cricketer as she surpassed many past and current players of England en-route to her landmark. Beamount went past the likes of Heather Knight and Natalie Sciver-Brunt during her knock.

The 32-year-old England batter broke an 88-year-old record held by Betty Snowball as she raced to the top of the England individual higest scorers list with her double hundred, the first for an English women's cricketer.

Highest Women's Test Scores For England

Player Versus Score Venue Year
Tammy Beamount Australia 208 Nottingham 2023
Betty Snowball New Zealand 189 Christchurch 1935
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Australia 179 The Oval 1976
Claire Taylor South Africa 177 Shenley 2003
Nat Sciver-Brunt South Africa 169* Taunton 2022
Heather Knight Australia 168* Canberra 2022
Janette Brittin Australia 167 Harrogate 1998
Barbara Daniels New Zealand 160 Scarborough 1996
Carole Hodges New Zealand 158* Canterbury 1984
Heather Knight Australia 157 Wormsley 2013
Story first published: Sunday, June 25, 2023, 14:45 [IST]
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