Women's One Day International

This article is about the format for women's international cricket. For the men's format, see One Day International.

Women's One Day International (ODI) is the limited overs form of women's cricket. Matches are scheduled for 50 overs, equivalent to the men's game. The first women's ODIs were played in 1973, as part of the first Women's World Cup which was held in England. The first ODI would have been between New Zealand and Jamaica on 20 June 1973, but was abandoned without a ball being bowled, due to rain.^[1] Therefore, the first women's ODIs to take place were three matches played three days later.^[2]

Women's One Day International

Highest governing body	International Cricket Council
Nicknames	WODI
First played	20 June 1973
Characteristics
Team members	Full members
Mixed-sex	No
Type	Outdoor Game
Equipment	Ball, Bat, Stumps, Cricket Helmet, Thigh Guard, Batting Pads, Abdominal Guard, Gloves, etc
Venue	Cricket Stadium
Presence
Country or region	Worldwide

The 1,000th women's ODI took place between South Africa and New Zealand on 13 October 2016.^[3]

Women's ODI status is determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and was restricted to full members of the ICC. In May 2022, the ICC awarded ODI status to five more teams.^[4]

Involved nations

•  Afghanistan
•  Australia
•  Bangladesh
•  England
•  India
•  Ireland
•  Netherlands
•  New Zealand
•  Pakistan
•  Papua New Guinea
•  South Africa
•  Scotland
•  Sri Lanka
•  Thailand
•  United States
•  West Indies
•  Zimbabwe

In 2006 the ICC announced that only the top-10 ranked sides would have Test and ODI status. During the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier Netherlands lost its ODI status by virtue of not finishing in the top 6 placings. As the top 4 teams with ODI status were not required to take part in this qualifying tournament, the top 6 in this tournament constituted the top 10 overall placings. Bangladesh replaced the Netherlands as one of the ten countries which currently have ODI status.^[5]

In September 2018, ICC chief executive Dave Richardson announced that all matches at ICC World Cup Qualifiers would be awarded ODI status.^[6] However, in November 2021, the ICC reversed this decision and determined that all fixtures in the Women's World Cup Qualifier featuring a team without ODI status would be recorded as a List A match.^[7] This followed an announcement retrospectively applying first-class and List A status to women's cricket.^[8][9]

In April 2021, the ICC awarded permanent Test and ODI status to all full member women's teams.^[10] Afghanistan and Zimbabwe gained ODI status for the first time as a result of this decision. In May 2022, the ICC awarded women's ODI status to the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Thailand and the United States;^[11] all of these nations other than Scotland had qualified for the abandoned 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier (although PNG withdrew from the qualifier due to COVID-19).

The following teams have also played ODIs, but currently do not have ODI status, although they may qualify to regain that status in the future.

•  Denmark (1989–1999)
•  Japan (2003)

There are also four other teams which once had ODI status, but either no longer exist or no longer play international cricket. Three appeared only in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup.

• International XI (1973–1982)
• Jamaica (1973 only)
• Trinidad and Tobago (1973 only)
• Young England (1973 only)

Rankings

Before October 2018, ICC did not maintain a separate Twenty20 ranking for the women's game, instead aggregating performance over all three forms of the game into one overall women's teams ranking.^[12] In January 2018, ICC granted international status to all matches between associate nations and announced plan to launch separate T20I rankings for women.^[13] In October 2018 the T20I rankings were launched with separate ODI rankings for Full Members.^[14]

ICC Women's ODI Rankings

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Team	Matches	Points	Rating
Australia	27	4,521	167
England	27	3,375	125
India	25	2,700	108
South Africa	25	2,568	103
New Zealand	25	2,426	97
West Indies	20	1,713	86
Sri Lanka	14	1,183	85
Bangladesh	20	1,661	83
Thailand	7	475	68
Pakistan	23	1,406	61
Ireland	24	1,170	49
Scotland	9	308	34
Netherlands	10	226	23
Zimbabwe	17	243	14
United States	9	103	11
Papua New Guinea	9	0	0
Reference: ICC Women's ODI rankings, Updated on 23 December 2024

Team statistics

Team	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	% Won
Australia	1973–	358	283	66	2	7	79.05
Bangladesh	2011–	63	17	39	2	5	26.98
Denmark	1989–1999	33	6	27	0	0	18.18
England	1973–	383	227	142	2	12	59.26
India	1978–	304	165	133	2	4	54.27
International XI	1973–1982	18	3	14	0	1	17.64
Ireland	1987–	170	47	116	0	7	27.64
Jamaica	1973	5	1	4	0	0	20.00
Japan	2003	5	0	5	0	0	0.00
Netherlands	1984–	110	20	89	0	1	18.18
New Zealand	1973–	379	186	182	3	8	49.07
Pakistan	1997–	203	59	138	3	3	29.06
Scotland	2001–	11	2	9	0	0	18.18
South Africa	1997–	236	124	97	5	10	52.54
Sri Lanka	1997–	181	60	114	0	7	33.14
Thailand	2022–	9	8	1	0	0	88.89
Trinidad and Tobago	1973	6	2	4	0	0	33.33
West Indies	1979–	215	93	110	3	9	43.25
Young England	1973	6	1	5	0	0	16.66
Zimbabwe	2021–	11	1	10	0	0	9.09
Source: Cricinfo, as 24 December 2023. The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

Records

Main article: List of women's One Day International cricket records

As of May 2024.

Batting

Record	First		Second		Ref
Most runs	Mithali Raj	7805	Charlotte Edwards	5992	[15]
Highest average (Min 20 innings)	Rachael Heyhoe-Flint	58.45	Lindsay Reeler	57.44	[16]
Highest score	Amelia Kerr	232*	Belinda Clark	229*	[17]
Most centuries	Meg Lanning	15	Suzie Bates	13	[18]
Most 50s (and over)	Mithali Raj	71	Charlotte Edwards	55	[19]

Bowling

Record	First		Second		Ref
Most Wickets	Jhulan Goswami	255	Shabnim Ismail	191	[20]
Best Average (min. 1000 balls bowled)	Gill Smith	12.53	Lyn Fullston	13.26	[21]
Best Economy rate (min. 1000 balls bowled)	Sue Brown	1.81	Sharon Tredrea	1.86	[22]
Best bowling figures	Sajjida Shah vs  Japan (2003)	7/4	Jo Chamberlain vs  Denmark (1991)	7/8	[23]

See also

• Cricket portal
• Sports portal

• Women's Test cricket
• Women's Twenty20 International
• ICC Women's Championship

References

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