Three days before scoring 160 out of 169, this 17-year-old did something just as amazing

There's a reason run machine Shania-Lee Swart barely batted an eyelid after she scored 160 of her team's 169-run total in a T20 match last week. Photo / Twitter.

There's a reason run machine Shania-Lee Swart barely batted an eyelid after she scored 160 of her team's 169-run total in a T20 match last week.

To the 17-year-old South African leading her team to a victory despite nine other players her team scoring ducks wasn't an achievement she expected to create headlines all over the world.

For most cricketers producing a scorecard like the one below would be a day unlike any other in their careers. But Shania-Lee isn't most cricketers.

Only a few days before clubbing 160 from 86 deliveries - including 18 fours and 12 sixes - Shania-Lee had a pretty handy day out in a one-dayer.

Batting at first drop for Mpumalanga under-19 women's team, Shania-Lee fell just short of a triple century.

In another strike-farming masterclass, Shania-Lee destroyed the South Western Districts attack, scoring 289 from 182 deliveries. She hit 44 fours and seven sixes in her team's total of 3/352. She shared a mammoth partnership with number four Shivani Nades, who did her best to defer to her awesome teammate and contributed just five runs from 83 balls faced.

Shania-Lee's mother, Mina, told Wisden India her daughter had a simple approach during her incredible performances.

"She respected the good balls and she waited for the bad balls," Mina said. "She knew if she saw out their main bowlers, the part-timers would be bowling soon and she would be able to take advantage then. For the first five balls, she would try to hit boundaries. And in the last ball, she would try to hit a single to get back on strike for the next over."