On This Day in 2002: 19-year-old Mithali Raj Scores Record-breaking 214 Against England

#onthisday in 2002: Nineteen-year-old Mithali Raj made the highest score in a women’s Test with her 214 in a drawn match in Taunton. She broke Karen Rolton’s record of 204, set the previous year. It was Raj’s third Test and her innings was a clear sign of the mountain of runs she would go on to make. Her record was broken by Pakistani batter Kiran Baloch in 2004.

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