WC: New record! Brits surpasses Mandhana to achieve this historic milestone

South African cricketer Tazmin Brits achieved a historical milestone successful the 2025 Women's World Cup lucifer against New Zealand astatine Holkar Stadium successful Indore. She scored a period successful conscionable 86 balls, including 15 boundaries and a six.This marked Brits' 5th ODI period successful 2025, mounting a caller grounds for astir centuries successful a calendar twelvemonth successful women's cricket. She surpassed Indian opener Smriti Mandhana, who antecedently held the grounds with 4 centuries each successful 2024 and 2025.Brits besides became the fastest subordinate to scope 7 ODI centuries, achieving this feat successful 41 innings. This broke the erstwhile grounds held by erstwhile Australian skipper Meg Lanning. England's Tammy Beaumont and New Zealand's Suzie Bates follow, reaching the milestone successful 62 and 81 innings respectively.After celebrating her period with a bow-and-arrow gesture, Brits was bowled by Lea Tahuhu for 101 runs disconnected 89 balls. By then, South Africa had reached 185/2 portion chasing 232 runs.In the archetypal innings, New Zealand's Sophie Devine marked her 300th planetary quality with a beardown performance. She scored 85 runs disconnected 98 balls, including 9 boundaries, reaching her 17th ODI half-century.South African left-arm spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba played a important relation successful restricting New Zealand's total.

She took 4 wickets for 40 runs successful her 2nd spell, which began successful the 39th over.Mlaba's bowling show led to a illness successful New Zealand's batting lineup, with their last 5 wickets falling for conscionable 37 runs. This helped bounds New Zealand's full to 231 runs.The World Cup tourney continues, with some Brits and Mandhana expected to vie for the grounds arsenic the contention progresses into its last phases.