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WorcesterThe third and final ODI match of the series is being played between the England women’s cricket team and the Indian women’s cricket team in Worcester. England captain Heather Knight played a brilliant innings of 46 runs against India on Saturday and achieved a very special achievement. Knight scored 46 runs in 71 balls with the help of four fours. As soon as Knight completed his 37th run, he completed 3,000 runs in his ODI career.

Heather Knight became the fourth woman batsman from England to cross the 3,000-run mark in ODIs and the 15th in the world. Knight scored 46 runs in the third ODI against India and returned to the pavilion after being caught by Shikha Pandey off Harmanpreet Kaur. The right-handed English woman batsman has a total of 3009 runs in 107 matches with the help of 1 century and 21 half-centuries.

When Knight came to the crease, England’s score was one wicket for 1 run. Knight first shared a 67-run partnership with opener Lauren Winfield Hill (36) for the second wicket. Sneh Rana broke the partnership by getting Hill out caught by Pandey. After this, Knight shared a 42-run partnership for the third wicket with Nate Siever (49) to take the team beyond 100 runs. Knight missed out on completing a half-century in the special achievement match.

Became the fourth woman player of England

Let us tell you that the record for scoring the most ODI runs from England is held by former captain Charlotte Edwards. He scored 5992 runs in 191 matches with the help of 9 centuries and 46 half-centuries. After this, Claire Taylor is in second place with 4104 runs in 126 ODIs with the help of 8 centuries and 23 half-centuries. Former wicket-keeper batsman Sarah Taylor is in third place with 4056 runs in 126 matches with the help of 7 centuries and 20 half-centuries. After this, Knight has become the fourth highest run-scorer for England.

Let us tell you that the Indian women’s cricket team’s ODI captain Mithali Raj holds the record for scoring the most runs in ODI cricket. Mithali Raj has scored 7229 runs in 217 ODIs with the help of 7 centuries and 57 half-centuries. At the same time, Heather Knight is at 15th place in terms of scoring the most runs in ODI cricket.