The
Chile women's cricket team toured Argentina in October 2023 to play three
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) matches. All three matches were held at the
St Albans Club Ground in
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
, and
Argentina
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won the series 3–0.
In the first match, Argentina scored 427/1 in the first innings and
dismissed Chile for 63. In doing so, Argentina broke a number of records in all T20I cricket, including the
highest score and the
biggest winning margin in terms of runs (364). Argentina's Lucia Taylor made the
highest ever score (169) and together with Albertina Galan had the
biggest ever partnership by runs (350). The match was also unusual in that not a single
six
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number.
In mathematics
A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane. A hexagon a ...
was scored.
In the second match, Argentina made 300/6 and Chile replied with 19, with eight of the Chilean players scoring
ducks
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. The third match saw Argentina making 333/1 and Chile 22, of which 21 were
extras; again, eight Chilean players scored ducks. Maria Castiñeiras of Argentina became the first woman to score back-to-back
T20I centuries, and she also put on an unbeaten
record second-wicket partnership of 290 runs alongside
Veronica Vasquez.
Squads
T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
Gallery
References
External links
Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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