The England Women’s team has had a variety of players in the mix who have been absolutely phenomenal for their national side. There are many England players in the scene who have gone on to give us some iconic performances in ODI’s as well. After all, the England team in women’s ODI cricket are three-time world champions as well and there have been some great players.
The player we will now be talking about is former England Women’s wicket-keeper batter, Sarah Taylor. The former World champion has had some great performances in white ball cricket, especially in ODI’s. Taylor has played 126 ODI’s and has scored over 4000 runs at an average of 38.26. It is safe to say that she has had some memorable matches in this format as well
So, let us take a look at the top 3 performances of Sarah Taylor in ODI cricket:
3. 88 vs New Zealand (2013)
This was a really important innings during the 2013 trophy against the New Zealand Women’s team. The England team batted first and there was a slight trouble the batters were going through. It was Sarah Taylor’s innings of 88 from just 79 deliveries that made the difference and made sure her team reached a competitive total of 266 in the end. The England Women in the end won the thrilling game by 15 runs where Taylor also had two important dismissals to her name.
2. 118 vs South Africa (2018)
This was another great inning from the keeper batter as she came at a time when the team had lost their star opener in Amy Jones on 71. Taylor formed a great partnership with Tammy Beaumont and went on to put up a big score of 331 on the board. It was once again Taylor’s impressive innings from Taylor where she scored 118 from just 106 deliveries and bagged the player of the match after her magnificent innings.
1. 147 vs South Africa (2017)
Once again it was South Africa Women who were the opponents once again and this time it was the 2017 World Cup. Taylor once again came at number 3 and played her usual aggressive innings forming one of the highest partnerships in the Women’s World Cup which eventually led to one of the highest totals as well. The total of 373 was achieved after Taylor went on to score 147 from just 104 deliveries which included 24 boundaries. This was one of her best innings in ODI’s and it came during a dominant World Cup for her team as well. This was the innings which led the England team to create history in the Women’s ODI World Cup.