Watch: Germany gets its first-ever T20I centurion after Women’s cricket returns

Here is the moment we got our first ever T20i centurion Janet Ronalds🇩🇪🏏🦅 https://t.co/bL4zkrdsg9

— Cricket Germany 🏏 (@Cricket_Germany) August 13, 2020

Ronalds, who bats right-handed, hit a stellar 105 not out off just 74 balls which included 14 boundaries, as Germany crushed a hapless Austria by whooping 138 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series on Thursday.

While the Germans began on a slow note, it was Ronalds who took charge and began smashing the Austrian bowlers all over the ground. While the quality of bowling wasn’t anything compared to the top-ranked teams, Ronalds, along with opening partner Christina Gough punished whatever bad balls came her way. Favouring the on-side both the batsmen made merry to help the Golden Eagles post 191/0 in 20 overs.

The Austrian players were equally abysmal in the field where they committed several misfields.

Germany also registered their highest-ever total in T20Is and also stitched the second-best opening stand across the world in the shortest format.

Ronalds also became the first-ever male or female German cricketer to hit a T20I ton.

Brief scores: Germany 191/0 in 20 overs (Janet Ronalds 105*, Christina Gough 66*) beat Austria 53/10 in 13 overs (Jo-Antoinette Stiglitz 17; Emma Bargna 5/9, Suzanne McAnanama-Brereton 2/16, Antonia Meyenborg 2/15) by 138 runs.