Aussie women claim world record, match Ricky Ponting-era feat with 21 straight ODI wins
India TV NewsThe Australian women’s team beat New Zealand by 232 runs Wednesday to record its 21st consecutive win in one-day international cricket and equal a world mark set by Ricky Ponting’s Australian men’s team in 2003. “To win 21 on the trot is a great effort and something we’re really proud of.” Unlike Ponting's men's team, which won 21 straight ODIs within five months, including the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, scheduling means the women's team has had to remain unbeaten since October 2017 to match the mark. Australia's total of 325-5 virtually took the game away from New Zealand, which needed the biggest successful chase in women’s ODI history to secure an unlikely victory. Unlike Australia's win over India in the women's Twenty20 World Cup final in March, with more than 86,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the milestone ODI victory at Allan Border Field on Wednesday drew a crowd of about 300, with the capacity limited by restrictions in place for the coronavirus pandemic.