Highest score in women's T20 cricket: Argentina only team to cross 400 runs
The Indian women's cricket team's highest T20 score is 201/5 against UAE.
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Women’s cricket has grown exponentially in the last few years, with new countries taking up the sport and more matches being played than ever before.
At the forefront of this revolution has been women’s Twenty20 or T20, which also featured at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham and the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.
The main attraction of T20 cricket is the fast-paced scoring, which often results in massive totals.
Currently, Argentina hold the record for the highest score in women’s T20 cricket with a whopping 427/1 in 20 overs against Chile Women, during a bilateral series match at the St Albans Club, Buenos Aires in October 2023. Chile bowled 64 no balls during the innings while Florencia Martinez conceded 52 runs (including 17 no balls) in a single over.
Lucia Taylor top scored for the Argentina women's cricket team with 169 off 84 balls - the highest individual score in women's T20s. Taylor's opening partner stayed unbeaten on 145 from 84 deliveries. Chile's chase was bundled out for a paltry 63 earning Argentina a 364 run-victory - the highest by run margin in T20s. Interestingly, not a single six was scored in the match.
Interestingly, Argentina boasts three of the five scores of 300 or more ever posted in women's T20Is and all of them came against Chile in the same series, played in October 2023.
The Argentina women also hold the second-highest score in the list with 333/1 and the sixth-highest innings total in WT20Is with 300/6.
Before Argentina, Bahrain held the record with 318/1 during a GCC Women’s T20 Championship Cup match against Saudi Arabia in 2022.
Playing at the Al Amerat Stadium in Oman, Bahrain’s Deepika Rasangika struck a lightning-fast 161 from just 66 balls, cracking a mammoth 31 fours.
Opener Tharanga Gajanayake supported with a 56-ball 94 to stitch a 255-run third-wicket stand. Saudi Arabia also played for full 20 overs but could only reach 49/8 to give Bahrain a 269-run victory.
Before Bahrain, Uganda held the record with a 314/2 in 20 overs against Mali Women during the Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament in 2021. The bowlers then bundled out Mali Women for just 10 runs to win the match by a huge 304-run margin.
Among full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Bangladesh Women hold the record for their 255/2 against the Maldives Women at the South Asian Games 2019.
Nigar Sultana and Fargana Hoque hammered brisk tons to take Bangladesh to the record total. Bangladesh ended up with a huge win as Maldives Women were all out for just six runs, with eight batters departing for zero.
Meanwhile, India’s highest score in women’s T20 cricket is 201/5 which came against the UAE in the Women's Asia Cup 2024 in Dambulla.
After a brisk start primarily thanks to Shafali Verma's 18-ball 37, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur (66) and Richa Ghosh (64*) propelled India to the record score.
The men’s record for the highest T20 score stands at 314/3, made by Nepal against Mongolia at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.