List of centuries in women's One Day International cricket

Meg Lanning in September 2018.
Meg Lanning of Australia has scored the most centuries in WODIs with 15.[1]
Mithali Raj in July 2012
India's Mithali Raj has scored seven WODI centuries,[1] the first at 16 years of age, the second youngest player just behind Amy Hunter.[2]

A women's One Day International (WODI) is an international cricket match between two teams, each having WODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[3] In a WODI match, the two teams play a single innings, each of which is restricted to a maximum of fifty overs.[4][a] The first WODI matches were played as part of the Women's Cricket World Cup in 1973 held in England,[6] two years after the first men's One Day International was contested between Australia and England in January 1971.[7] A century is a score of one hundred or more runs by a batsman in a single innings.[8] This is regarded as a notable achievement.[9] As of June 2024, 291 centuries have been scored by 102 different players from 1,391 WODI matches.[10]

The first two centuries in WODIs were scored as part of the opening round in the 1973 Women's World Cup.[11] England's Lynne Thomas and Enid Bakewell both achieved the feat as part of their team's victory over the International XI.[12] Thomas and Bakewell are two of only seven players to score a century during their WODI debut, the others being Nicole Bolton of Australia, India's Reshma Gandhi and Mithali Raj, Natthakan Chantam of Thailand and Zimbabwe's Mary-Anne Musonda; Thomas, Bakewell, Chantam and Musonda's centuries all came in their teams' maiden WODIs.[13] Raj and Gandhi centuries came in a match against Ireland in 1999 which saw Raj become the then youngest player to score a century, aged 16 years 205 days. This record stood for 22 years before it was broken by Ireland's Amy Hunter who scored hers on her 16th birthday against Zimbabwe in 2021.[2][14] Raj and Gandhi's centuries are one of 41 occurrences where two or more centuries have been scored in a WODI.[15][16] The oldest player to score a WODI century is New Zealand's Barbara Bevege who was aged 39 years and 48 days when she reached 101 against the International XI during the 1982 Women's World Cup.[17][18]

The most recent century, as of June 2024, was scored by Marizanne Kapp of South Africa against India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, in June 2024.[19]

Meg Lanning of Australia holds the record for the most centuries, having scored 15. She is followed by Suzie Bates of New Zealand with 13 centuries and Charlotte Edwards, Tammy Beaumont, and Nat Sciver-Brunt of England, and Chamari Athapaththu with nine.[1]

New Zealand's Amelia Kerr holds the record for the highest individual score in a WODI with 232 not out scored against Ireland in June 2018, eclipsing Belinda Clark's of Australia longstanding record of 229 not out scored against Denmark in 1997, becoming the youngest cricketer, male or female, to score a double century in One Day International cricket.[20][21] As this was Kerr's first time reaching the milestone, the innings was also the highest maiden WODI century scored breaking Deepti Sharma of India's mark of 188 against Ireland during the 2017 South Africa Women's Quadrangular Series.[22] Amy Satterthwaite of New Zealand has scored four consecutive WODI centuries, the sole player to do so.[23][24]

32 centuries have been scored by a player in a losing side, the highest score being 184 not out by South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt whose team lost to Sri Lanka in April 2024.[25] A further five centuries have been scored in matches that have ended in a no result.[26]

Australia and England lead the list with 67 centuries, followed by New Zealand with 52.[27] Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln, New Zealand, leads the list of where the most centuries have been scored with 14, ahead of the JB Marks Oval with 10, Bristol County Ground, Seddon Park, and National Stadium in Karachi with 8 each.[28]

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