List of centuries in women's One Day International cricket
A women's One Day International is an international cricket match between two teams, each having WODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council. In a WODI match, the two teams play a single innings, each of which is restricted to a maximum of fifty overs. The first WODI matches were played as part of the Women's Cricket World Cup in 1973 held in England, two years after the first men's One Day International was contested between Australia and England in January 1971. A century is a score of one hundred or more runs by a batsman in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement., 212 centuries have been scored by 87 different players from 1,174 WODI matches.
The first two centuries in WODIs were scored as part of the opening round in the 1973 Women's World Cup. England's Lynne Thomas and Enid Bakewell both achieved the feat as part of their team's victory over the International XI. Thomas and Bakewell are two of only five players to score a century during their WODI debut, the others being Nicole Bolton of Australia, and India's Reshma Gandhi and Mithali Raj. Raj and Gandhi centuries came in a match against Ireland in 1999 which saw Raj become the youngest player to score a century, aged 16 years 205 days. The match is one of twenty-eight occurrences where two or more centuries have been scored in a WODI. 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.
The most recent century as of 2019, was scored by Alyssa Healy of Australia against Sri Lanka at Allan Border Field in Brisbane, Australia in October 2019. Meg Lanning of Australia tops the list with thirteen centuries. She is followed by Suzie Bates, the former skipper of New Zealand, with ten centuries and Charlotte Edwards of England, with nine. New Zealand's Amelia Kerr holds 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. 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. Amy Satterthwaite of New Zealand has scored four consecutive WODI centuries, the sole player to do so. Twenty-one centuries have been scored by a player in a losing side, the highest score being 178 not out by Sri Lanka's Chamari Atapattu whose team lost to Australia during the 2017 Women's World Cup. A further three centuries have been scored in matches that have ended in a no result.
Players from every team which currently holds WODI status – with the exception of Bangladesh – have scored centuries. Of the teams that are still active but no longer hold WODI status only the Netherlands have had a player reach triple figures in an innings. No players from teams that previously competed in WODIs but are no longer active have achieved the feat. Australia lead the list with 57 centuries, followed by England with 52 and New Zealand, 42. Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln, New Zealand, leads the list of where the most centuries have been scored with fourteen, ahead of the Bristol County Ground and Senwes Park with seven.
Key
Symbol | Meaning |
Player | The batsman who scored the century |
The batsman was named player of the match | |
Runs | Number of runs scored |
* | Batsman remained not out |
Balls | Number of balls faced |
– | Statistic not recorded or available |
4s | Number of fours scored |
6s | Number of sixes scored |
S/R | Strike rate |
Inn | Innings in which the century was made |
Team | The team the batsman was representing |
Opposition | The team the batsman was playing against |
Venue | The cricket ground where the match was played |
Date | The date when the match was played |
Result | Result for the team for which the century was scored |
ARR | The result was decided by the Average Run Rate method |
D/L | The result was decided by the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method |