Women's One Day International

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Women's One Day International
Highest governing bodyInternational Cricket Council
NicknamesWODI
First played20 June 1973
Characteristics
Team membersFull members, associate members (with WODI status)
Mixed-sexNo
TypeOutdoor Game
Equipment
  • Ball,
  • Bat,
  • Stumps,
  • Cricket Helmet,
  • Thigh Guard,
  • Batting Pads,
  • Abdominal Guard,
  • Gloves,
  • etc
VenueCricket Stadium
Presence
Country or regionWorldwide

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 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] 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

In 2006 the ICC announced that only the top-10 ranked sides would have Test and ODI status. Netherlands lost its ODI status due to not finishing in the top 6 placings during the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Bangladesh replaced the Netherlands as one of the ten countries with 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 (Afghanistan are yet to play a women's ODI).

The teams with WODI status (with the date of each team's WODI debut) are:

  1.  Australia (23 June 1973)
  2.  England (23 June 1973)
  3.  New Zealand (23 June 1973)
  4.  India (1 January 1978)
  5.  West Indies (6 June 1979)
  6.  Pakistan (28 January 1997)
  7.  South Africa (5 August 1997)
  8.  Sri Lanka (25 November 1997)
  9.  Ireland (5 October 2021)
  10.  Zimbabwe (5 October 2021)
  11.  Bangladesh (10 November 2021)
  12.  Afghanistan (no matches played)

Temporary ODI status

The ICC grants temporary ODI status to additional teams representing Associate members. 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 five teams currently (from May 2025) have this status (the dates listed in brackets are of their first ODI match after gaining temporary ODI status):

In 2024, the ICC announced the mechanism for ODI status for the five teams for the 2025-2029 cycle, saying "It will consist of a maximum of two AMs that qualify for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2025 with the remaining slots determined by the ICC T20I team rankings at the time of the annual update."[12]

Additionally, five teams have previously held this temporary ODI status before either being promoted to Test Status or relegated after under-performing at the World Cup Qualifier:

Special ODI status

The ICC can also grant special ODI status to all matches within certain high-profile tournaments, with the result being that the following countries have also participated in full ODIs, with some later gaining temporary or permanent ODI status also fitting into this category:

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.

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.[13] In January 2018, ICC granted international status to all matches between associate nations and announced plan to launch separate T20I rankings for women.[14] In October 2018 the T20I rankings were launched with separate ODI rankings for Full Members.[15]

ICC Women's ODI Team Rankings
TeamMatchesPointsRating
 Australia284,565163
 England253,204128
 India303,712124
 South Africa363,614100
 New Zealand232,13493
 Sri Lanka211,85989
 Pakistan231,69073
 Bangladesh211,53773
 West Indies231,63971
 Ireland1994750
 Scotland729442
 Papua New Guinea911012
 Zimbabwe1922612
 United Arab Emirates88110
Source: ICC Women's ODI Team Rankings, 10 May 2026

Team statistics

Team Span Matches Won Lost Tied NR % Won
 Australia1973–358283662779.05
 Bangladesh2011–6317392526.98
 Denmark1989–1999336270018.18
 England1973–38322714221259.26
 India1978–3041651332454.27
 International XI1973–1982183140117.64
 Ireland1987–170471160727.64
 Jamaica19735140020.00
 Japan2003505000.00
 Netherlands1984–11020890118.18
 New Zealand1973–3791861823849.07
 Pakistan1997–203591383329.06
 Papua New Guinea2024–9180011.11
 Scotland2001–11290018.18
 South Africa1997–2361249751052.54
 Sri Lanka1997–181601140733.14
 Thailand2022–9810088.89
 Trinidad and Tobago19736240033.33
 United Arab Emirates 2025– 4 2 2 0 0 50.00
 United States 2024–2025 9 3 6 0 0 33.33
 West Indies1979–215931103943.25
England Young England19736150016.66
 Zimbabwe2021–11110009.09
Source: Cricinfo, as 24 December 2023. The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

Records

As of May 2024.

Batting

Record First Second Ref
Most runsIndia Mithali Raj7805Cricket West Indies Stafanie Taylor6004[16]
Highest average (Min 20 innings)England Rachael Heyhoe-Flint58.45Australia Lindsay Reeler57.44[17]
Highest scoreNew Zealand Amelia Kerr232*Australia Belinda Clark229*[18]
Most centuriesAustralia Meg Lanning15India Smriti Mandhana14[19]
Most 50s (and over)India Mithali Raj71England Charlotte Edwards55[20]

Bowling

Record First Second Ref
Most WicketsIndia Jhulan Goswami255South AfricaShabnim Ismail191[21]
Best Average (min. 1000 balls bowled)England Gill Smith12.53Australia Lyn Fullston13.26[22]
Best Economy rate (min. 1000 balls bowled)New Zealand Sue Brown1.81Australia Sharon Tredrea1.86[23]
Best bowling figuresPakistan Sajjida Shah vs  Japan (2003)7/4England Jo Chamberlain vs  Denmark (1991)7/8[24]

See also

References

  1. "ABANDONED 1st Match, London, June 20, 1973, Women's World Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. "Women's World Cup 1973 - Schedule & Results". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. "South Africa and New Zealand to feature in 1000th women's ODI". ICC. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. "Two new teams in next edition of ICC Women's Championship". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  5. "Bangladesh secure ODI status with wins". ESPNcricinfo. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  6. "ICC awards Asia Cup ODI status". International Cricket Council. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  7. "Bangladesh trounce USA; Pakistan survive Thailand banana peel". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  8. "ICC Board appoints Afghanistan Working Group". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  9. "ICC appoints Working Group to review status of Afghanistan cricket; women's First Class, List A classification to align with men's game". Women's CricZone. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  10. "The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board and Committee meetings have concluded following a series of virtual conference calls". ICC. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. "Bangladesh, Ireland added to 2022-25 Women's Championship; no India vs Pakistan series slotted". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  12. "ICC Board Meeting Outcomes". International Cricket Council. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  13. "ICC Women's Team Rankings launched". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  14. "Women's Twenty20 Playing Conditions" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  15. "ICC Launches Global Women's T20I Team Rankings". 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  16. "Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in career". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  17. "Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Highest career batting average". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  18. "Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  19. "Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most hundreds in a career". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  20. "Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most fifties in career". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  21. "Women's One-Day Internationals / Bowling records / Most wickets in career". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  22. "Women's One-Day Internationals / Bowling records / Best career bowling average". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  23. "Women's One-Day Internationals / Bowling records / Best career economy rate". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  24. "Women's One-Day Internationals / Bowling records / Best figures in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2019.