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Kerr 232*, Kasperek 113, New Zealand 440 in another massive win

New Zealand women 440 for 3 (Kerr 232*, Kasperek 113) beat Ireland women 135 (Raymond-Hoey 42, Kerr 5-17) by 305 runs

Seventeen-year-old Amelia Kerr smashed an unbeaten 232 off 145 balls - the highest individual score in women's ODIs - going past Belinda Clark's 229 that was made in 1997 against Denmark in Mumbai. Her record-breaking innings propelled New Zealand women to 440 for 3 - their third successive 400-plus score against Ireland women.

Kerr wasn't done yet. She followed it with career-best returns of 5 for 17 to lead her team to a 305-run win - the sixth biggest in women's ODIs. New Zealand also hold the record for the biggest victory - by 408 runs against Pakistan in 1997 - and more recently they had secured wins by margins of over 300 runs in the first two ODIs of this series.

Kerr was on 217 off 141 balls at the start of 50th over and needed 13 more to topple a 21-year record. She drove the second ball of the over to long-on for a single before hitting two fours and a six on the last three balls of the over to cap the innings to set the new record. She reached the landmark when she smacked seamer Amy Kenealy down the ground for a six off the last ball of the innings. All told, she hit 31 fours and two sixes.

After New Zealand opted to bat again, new openers Kerr and Amy Satterthwaite, who scored 61 off 45 balls, set a strong platform by adding 113 runs. The partnership ended in the 15th over when Gaby Lewis had Satterthwaite holing out on the leg side. Kerr then combined with Leigh Kasperek, who was promoted to No. 3, to amass 295 runs at a run rate of nearly nine runs per over in 33.1 overs.

Kasperek brought up her maiden ODI hundred off 97 balls when she ramped Lara Maritz over the keeper's head for four in the 46th over. Martitz bowled Kasperek for 113 two overs later but Kerr was simply unstoppable. Conceding as many as 30 extras, including 18 wides, did not help Ireland's cause either.

Kerr then starred with her legspin to rip through the chase. She began with a maiden and then bowled top-scorer Una Raymond-Hoey (42) around her legs. Ireland were 91 for 4 at that point after 25 overs. They added only 44 more before being dismissed in 44 overs. Kerr made light work of the lower order and fittingly sealed victory when she bowled No. 11 Cara Murray for a duck to end with figures of 7-1-17-5.

Kerr ended the three-match series as the highest scorer, with 342 runs at a strike rate of 156.88, and the highest wicket-taker with eight scalps, to be named the Player of the Series.

IRE WMN 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st16U Raymond-HoeyRachel Delaney
2nd23U Raymond-HoeyGH Lewis
3rd5L DelanyU Raymond-Hoey
4th47SM KavanaghU Raymond-Hoey
5th10SM KavanaghKJ Garth
6th0SM KavanaghJ Gray
7th6AJ KenealyJ Gray
8th12J GrayL Little
9th12J GrayL Maritz
10th4J GrayC Murray