#OTD in 2018 | Amelia Kerr stamps her authority with a fiver and double-ton in the same game

On this day in 2018, the then 17-year-old Amelia Kerr hit a double century and took five wickets against Ireland in Dublin's third fixture of the bilateral series. In this pursuit, she became the first player to achieve this unique feat in an international white-ball game. 

Kerr also registered a name in the history books as the youngest to score a double-century in international cricket and the highest individual score in women's ODIs. She got past the Aussie batter Belinda Clark, who had scored 229* off 155 balls against Denmark in 1997 at Mumbai. 

Making her debut in 2016, the youngster had already cemented her place in the White Ferns limited-overs format team. Ahead of this fixture, Kerr had played knocks of 81* and 29, albeit at the number five position. 

However, New Zealand had already won the series and looked to experiment with their batting line-up for this match. The Suzie Bates-led side decided to opt first, with Kerr opening the innings along with Amy Satterthwaite. 

The duo added 113 runs for the first wicket, with Satterthwaite getting holed out in the 14th over by scoring 61 off 45 balls off Gaby Lewis. 

Then Leigh Kasparek was promoted as well from the number seven to number three position. Then, the pair was terrific at consistently hitting boundaries to keep the run rate at a sublime rate. 

They managed to garner 295 runs in 33.1 overs before Kasparek was bowled by Lara Maritz for a well-made 113-off 105 balls in the 47th over. Then, Kerr hit two boundaries and a sixer in the last three balls of the 50th over to break the 21-year-old record and remained unbeaten at 232* off 145 balls, comprising 31 fours and two sixes. Her whirlwind knock helped the team to post a total of 440 on the board. 

In the second half, Kerr followed it up with bowling figures of 5/17 in seven overs, and Ireland were dismissed for 135. 

New Zealand won by 305 runs, which is the sixth highest win in the Women's ODIs history. 

Kerr was named the Player of the series with the contribution of 342 runs at a strike rate of 156.88 and eight scalps at an economy of 2.90.