Mithali Raj misses two records by a whisker
Mithali Raj scored 46 in the World Women’s Cup game against West Indies at Taunton on 29 Jun 17 to take his one day aggregate to 5898. She was shy of two runs for his 5900 runs. Had she scored these two runs, she would have become the second batsman to score 5900 runs in the history of Women’s one day internationals. CM Edwards of England is the other batswoman to score 5900 runs – to be exact 5992 runs
| Player | Team | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 |
| CM Edwards | Eng | 1997-2016 | 191 | 180 | 23 | 5992 | 173* | 38.16 | 9 | 46 | 16 |
| M Raj | Ind | 1999-2017 | 179 | 160 | 47 | 5898 | 114* | 52.19 | 5 | 47 | 04 |
Four runs stood between Mithali Raj and the world record for most fifties by a captain in the Women’s one day internationals. Had she scored a fifty in this game, Mithali Raj would have owned the record for most fifties by a captain in the Women’s one day internationals. She at present shares this record with CM Edwards of England. Both have scored 33 fifties while leading their teams
| Player | Team | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 50 |
| CM Edwards | Eng | 2005-2016 | 117 | 107 | 16 | 3523 | 138 | 38.71 | 5 | 28 | 33 |
| M Raj | Ind | 2004-2017 | 102 | 88 | 30 | 3412 | 108* | 58.82 | 3 | 30 | 33 |