Cricket revolution 2013 series#

The explosive batter had almost made it to 200 just threeВ years earlier, powering her way to 176* in the third and final Ashes Test before a declaration cut her innings short. There were two defining moments in the lead up to the impressive feat.

Cricket revolution 2013 series#

Her 313-ball double ton led Australia to a nine-wicket win and sealed an Ashes series victory on foreign soil. Karen Rolton's 209 not out against England brokeВ the then-women's-world-record Test score. ( Getty Images: Allsport/Mike Finn-Kelcey) Karen RoltonВ got a bottle of champagne to celebrateВ her new world record. Goszko is still a popular figure in the cricketing communityВ and, after suffering a stroke in November last year, there are fundraising efforts underway to help support the 44-year-old's recovery. I knew it was about 205 or something, but I didn't think I'd have to worry about that because I didn't think I'd be out there for long enough,' she said after her six-and-a-half-hour stint at the crease. 'I didn't really know what the world record was. Then she equalled the record for the highest women's Test score -В and how's this for a stat -В England's total score for the Test matched Goszko's single innings. She smashed 204 out of Australia's first innings total of 344 in the first Test at Shenley. 'Gozzy' had to take a large chunk of unpaid leave from her job as an office assistant at Coles Myer headquarters to make the tour of England, and her parents helped fund the trip too.ДЄnd the 23-year-old from Sydney paid them back in spades.

Michelle Gozsko stands alone as the only woman in history to notch a double hundred on her Test debut.

( Getty Images: Allsport/Shaun Botterill) Michelle GoszkoВ on her way to making 204, and setting a record for the highest score on debut.