Women’s One Day International

Women’s One Day International (WODI) 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 saw the hosts beat an International XI. The 1,000th women’s ODI took place between South Africa and New Zealand on 13 October 2016.

ODI status is determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and is currently restricted to full members of the ICC.

Involved nations

In April 2021, the ICC awarded permanent Test and ODI status to all full member women’s teams:

Afghanistan and Zimbabwe gained ODI status for the first time as a result of this decision. Previously, 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 One Day status by virtue of not finishing in the top 6 placings. As the top 4 teams with One Day 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 One Day status.

In September 2018, ICC chief executive Dave Richardson announced that all matches at ICC World Cup Qualifiers would be awarded One Day International (ODI) status. 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. This followed an announcement retrospectively applying first-class and List A status to women’s cricket.

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)
•  Netherlands (1984–2011)
•  Scotland (2001–2003)

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. The four former ODI teams are:

•  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. In January 2018, ICC granted international status to all matches between associate nations and announced plan to launch separate T20I rankings for women. In October 2018 the T20I rankings were launched with separate ODI rankings for Full Members.

ICC Women’s ODI Rankings v t e
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	21	3,379	161
2	England	25	2,983	119
3	South Africa	29	3,390	117
4	India	26	2,934	113
5	New Zealand	26	2,392	92
6	West Indies	22	1,872	85
7	Pakistan	20	1,496	75
8	Bangladesh	5	306	61
9	Sri Lanka	11	519	47
10	Ireland	2	25	13
Reference: ICC Women’s ODI rankings, Updated on 27 September 2021

Team statistics

Team	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	% Won
Australia	1973–	329	258	63	2	6	80.18
Bangladesh	2011–	38	9	27	0	2	25.00
Denmark	1989–1999	33	6	27	0	0	18.18
England	1973–	348	204	131	2	11	60.83
India	1978–	272	151	116	1	4	56.52
International XI	1973–1982	18	3	14	0	1	17.64
Ireland	1987–	148	39	103	0	6	27.46
Jamaica	1973	5	1	4	0	0	20.00
Japan	2003	5	0	5	0	0	0.00
Netherlands	1984–2011	101	19	81	0	1	19.00
New Zealand	1973–	335	170	157	2	6	51.97
Pakistan	1997–	165	48	113	1	3	29.93
Scotland	2001–2003	8	1	7	0	0	12.50
South Africa	1997–	193	94	88	3	8	51.62
Sri Lanka	1997–	167	56	106	0	5	34.56
Thailand	2021	1	1	0	0	0	100
Trinidad and Tobago	1973	6	2	4	0	0	33.33
United States	2021	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
West Indies	1979–	177	80	91	1	5	46.80
Young England	1973	6	1	5	0	0	16.66
Zimbabwe	2021–	8	1	7	0	0	??
Source: Cricinfo, as 14 December 2019. The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

Records

As 22 March 2021.

Batting

Record	First		Second		Ref
Most runs	Mithali Raj	7098	Charlotte Edwards	5992
Highest average (Min 20 innings)	Rachael Heyhoe-Flint	58.45	Lindsay Reeler	57.44
Highest score	Amelia Kerr	232*	Belinda Clark	229*
Most centuries	Meg Lanning	13	Suzie Bates	10
Most 50s (and over)	Mithali Raj	59	Charlotte Edwards	55

Bowling

Record	First		Second		Ref
Most Wickets	Jhulan Goswami	219	Cathryn Fitzpatrick	180
Best Average (min. 1000 balls bowled)	Gill Smith	12.53	Lyn Fullston	13.26
Best Economy rate (min. 1000 balls bowled)	Sue Brown	1.81	Sharon Tredrea	1.86
Best bowling figures	Sajjida Shah vs  Japan (2003)	7/4	Jo Chamberlain vs  Denmark (1991)	7/8