Meg Lanning becomes fastest to 11 ODI hundred in cricket history

Indian skipper Virat Kohli achieved this milestone in 82 innings and stands of fourth position.

She is followed by South African run Machine Hashim Amla, who took 64 innings to reach this mark.

Third on the list is South Africa’s wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock, who took 65 innings to score 11 hundreds.

Athapattu’s 178* is third best individual total in women’s cricket. India’s Deepti Sharma (188 runs) stand’s second while, Belinda Clark takes the pole position with 229 runs and only women cricketer to score double century.

But later it was Australian batter Meg Lanning, who smashed unbeaten 152 to take the southern stars home and maintain their winning run.

The right hand batter becomes the fastest to reach 11 ODI hundred. She achieved the milestone in just 59 innings.

Lanning completed her 11th ODI hundred with stunning record that leaves the likes of Virat Kohli and Hashim Amla behind.

Having won the toss, Australia invited Sri Lanka to bat first.

Riding on Chamari Athappatu’s brilliant unbeaten 178 runs, Sri Lanka posted a decent total of 257 runs.

Australia registered an easy win against Sri Lanka eves in the ICC women’s World Cup by 8 wickets but this match grabbed headlines because of some unique record.