Women’s cricket is becoming one of the most watched sports in the world among other big sports. It has evolved so much over the years. Most people underestimated female players because of their bad performances in the match. But, many talented female players are scoring more runs in the innings than we have expected. Scoring big runs in the innings needs patience, skills, and technique to outperform the opponent team. Today, we will see the top 10 female players with the most runs scored in a single match:
1. Amelia Kerr
Amelia Kerr is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for the New Zealand cricket team. She is one of the best young female talents in the world. In the 2018 ODI match against Ireland, Amelia scored 232*runs in 145 balls at a strike rate 0f 160.00. She became the youngest female or male player to score a double century in ODI cricket.
2. Belinda Clark
Belinda Clark is a former Australian cricketer and the former captain of the Australian cricket team. She was a true leader who possessed the role of a player both on and off the field. She has scored 229* runs in 155 balls at a strike rate of 147.74 against Denmark in 1997. Clark is the first female player to score a double century in an ODI match.
3. Deepti Sharma
Deepti Sharma is an Indian cricketer who currently plays for the Indian cricket team. She plays as an all-rounder and is currently ranked as no.4 in the top female all-rounder in the ICC rankings. In the 2017 ODI match against Ireland, Deepti scored 188 runs in 160 balls at a strike rate of 117.50. She is one of the best players on the Indian team who can make a difference in the matches.
4. Chamari Athapaththu
Chamari is a Sri-Lankan cricketer who is the current captain of the Sri-Lankan cricket team. She is the first Sri-Lankan player to score more than one hundred in ODI cricket. In a match against Australia, Chamari scored 178* runs in 143 balls at a strike rate of 124.47 on June 2017 at Bristol.
5. Charlotte Edwards
Edwards is a former English cricketer who served as a skipper of the England cricket team. During her 20-year international career, Edwards established herself as one of the most influential figures in the history of cricket. In December 1997, she scored 173 runs* in 155 balls at a strike rate of 111.61 against Ireland. Her playing style on the field was fascinating to watch.
6. Harmanpreet Kaur
Harmanpreet is an Indian cricketer who is the current captain of the Indian cricket team. She is one of the best female players in the world. On July 2017, she made 171* runs in 115 balls with a strike rate of 148.69 against Australia. Harman is the second Indian batter after Mithali Raj to be ranked in the top ten in the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings.
7. Stafanie Taylor
Stafanie Taylor is a Jamaican cricketer and a former Captain of the West Indies cricket team. Stafanie made 171 runs in 137 balls with a strike rate of 124.18 against Sri Lanka on February 2013. She is the first female West Indies layer to score 1000 ODI runs. She is also the first female cricketer to make a century and take four wickets in an ODI inning.
8. Alyssa Healy
Alyssa is an Australian cricketer and a wicketkeeper-batsman on the Australian cricket team. She is one of the best female keeper-batsmen in the world right now. Healy scored 170 runs in 138 balls with a strike rate of 123.18 against England on April 2022. She holds the World Record as a wicket-keeper for the highest catch of 82.5m but was later broken by Kristan Baumgartner.
9. Tamsin Beaumont
Beaumont is an England cricketer who plays as a wicketkeeper-batsman for the England cricket team. On June 2016, she scored 168* runs in 144 balls at a strike rate of 116.66 against Pakistan. In the Women's Cricket World Cup, Beaumont and Sarah Taylor had the best second-wicket partnership record (275). She was named one of the best players on the ICC Women’s ODI team of the year.
10. Suzie Bates
Suzie Bates is a New Zealand cricketer and a former captain of the New Zealand cricket team. She is considered one of the most experienced cricketers on the New Zealand cricket team. Suzie scored 168 runs in 105 balls with a strike rate of 160.00 against Pakistan on March 2009. She scored the 10th century of her career against Ireland and is the highest run scorer for New Zealand (4064) runs.
