Women's One Day International Explained

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]

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. 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.

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.[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]

Team statistics

TeamSpanMatchesWonLostTiedNR% Won
1973– 358 283 66 2 7 79.05
2011– 63 17 39 2 5 26.98
1989–1999 33 6 27 0 0 18.18
1973– 383 227 142 2 12 59.26
1978– 304 165 133 2 4 54.27
1973–1982 18 3 14 0 1 17.64
1987– 170 47 116 0 7 27.64
1973 5 1 4 0 0 20.00
2003 5 0 5 0 0 0.00
1984– 110 20 89 0 1 18.18
1973– 379 186 182 3 8 49.07
1997– 203 59 138 3 3 29.06
2001– 11 2 9 0 0 18.18
1997– 236 124 97 5 10 52.54
1997– 181 60 114 0 7 33.14
2022– 9 8 1 0 0 88.89
1973 6 2 4 0 0 33.33
1979– 215 93 110 3 9 43.25
1973 6 1 5 0 0 16.66
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

See main article: List of women's One Day International cricket records. As of May 2024.

Batting

RecordFirstSecondRef
Most runs Mithali Raj7805 Charlotte Edwards5992 [15]
Highest average (Min 20 innings) Rachael Heyhoe-Flint58.45 Lindsay Reeler57.44 [16]
Highest score Amelia Kerr232 Belinda Clark229[17]
Most centuries Meg Lanning15 13 [18]
Most 50s (and over) Mithali Raj71 Charlotte Edwards55 [19]

Bowling

RecordFirstSecondRef
Most Wickets Jhulan Goswami255 Shabnim Ismail191 [20]
Best Average (min. 1000 balls bowled) Gill Smith12.53 Lyn Fullston13.26 [21]
Best Economy rate (min. 1000 balls bowled) Sue Brown1.81 Sharon Tredrea1.86 [22]
Best bowling figures Sajjida Shah vs (2003)7/4 Jo Chamberlain vs (1991)7/8 [23]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ABANDONED 1st Match, London, June 20, 1973, Women's World Cup . ESPNCricinfo . 29 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Women's World Cup 1973 - Schedule & Results . ESPNCricinfo . 25 March 2024.
  3. News: South Africa and New Zealand to feature in 1000th women's ODI . ICC . 12 October 2016 . 12 October 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161013081440/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/news/96485/south-africa-and-new-zealand-to-feature-in-1000th-womens-odi . 13 October 2016 .
  4. Web site: Two new teams in next edition of ICC Women's Championship . International Cricket Council . 25 May 2022.
  5. Web site: Bangladesh secure ODI status with wins . ESPNcricinfo . 5 April 2024 . 24 November 2011.
  6. News: ICC awards Asia Cup ODI status. International Cricket Council. 9 September 2018. 24 November 2021.
  7. Web site: Bangladesh trounce USA; Pakistan survive Thailand banana peel . ESPN Cricinfo . 23 November 2021.
  8. Web site: ICC Board appoints Afghanistan Working Group . International Cricket Council . 17 November 2021.
  9. Web site: 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 . 17 November 2021.
  10. News: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board and Committee meetings have concluded following a series of virtual conference calls. ICC. 1 April 2021. 1 April 2021.
  11. Web site: Bangladesh, Ireland added to 2022-25 Women's Championship; no India vs Pakistan series slotted . ESPN Cricinfo . 25 May 2022.
  12. Web site: ICC Women's Team Rankings launched. International Cricket Council. 12 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161225090128/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/89919/icc-womens-team-rankings-launched. 25 December 2016. dead.
  13. Web site: Women's Twenty20 Playing Conditions . . 9 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724140151/http://static.icc-cricket.yahoo.net/ugc/documents/DOC_1F113528040177329F4B40FE47C77AE2_1254317933255_933.pdf . 24 July 2011 . dead.
  14. News: ICC Launches Global Women's T20I Team Rankings. 12 October 2018. 13 October 2018.
  15. Web site: Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in career . Cricinfo . 13 September 2019.
  16. Web site: Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Highest career batting average . Cricinfo . 13 September 2019.
  17. Web site: Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in an innings . Cricinfo . 13 September 2019.
  18. Web site: Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most hundreds in a career . Cricinfo . 13 September 2019.
  19. Web site: Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most fifties in career . Cricinfo . 13 September 2019.
  20. Web site: Women's One-Day Internationals / Bowling records / Most wickets in career . Cricinfo . 13 September 2019.
  21. Web site: Women's One-Day Internationals / Bowling records / Best career bowling average . Cricinfo . 13 September 2019.
  22. Web site: Women's One-Day Internationals / Bowling records / Best career economy rate . Cricinfo . 13 September 2019.
  23. Web site: Women's One-Day Internationals / Bowling records / Best figures in an innings . Cricinfo . 13 September 2019.