Women's cricket has always played the second fiddle to men's cricket. But, it has always produced some greats of the game. Batters have shown that no matter how many people are watching you, you can always put your hands up and be legendary at your game. As Mithali Raj became the highest run-getter in women's cricket, we present you with the list of batters who scored the most runs in women's cricket.

Top 4: Most runs in women's cricket

#1 Mithali Raj -10337

There is no such batting record list that the Indian captain is not part of. Raj has been in every batting record since her debut. The Indian captain is the leading run-scorer in women's one day cricket with 7304 runs. Raj also has played the most number of ODI matches in women's ODI cricket. Currently, she has featured in 217* matches.

Mithali Raj has also 7 ODI tons against her name. Raj also scored 2364 T20 international runs with an average of 37.52. Her test accumulation is 669 runs in 11 tests. Raj's one and only test century came against England Women's in 2002.

At, 38 Raj is now the player (male or female) with the second-longest one-day international career.

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#2 Charlotte Edwards - 10273 Runs

The former England captain was the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket and ODI cricket till Mithali Raj went past her. Edwards was the youngest English women's cricketer when she debuted in 1996. However, it was broken by Holly Colvin.

Charlotte's ODI career consists of 5992 runs at an outstanding average of 38.16 in her 191 matches. She also has a record of playing second-most women's test matches. She has played 23 women's tests in her 20-year long career.

Before retiring from T20I cricket, Charlotte had scored 2605 T20I runs. She also has the record for most matches as captain in women's T20I cricket.

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#3 Suzie Bates - 7849 Runs

The highest run-getter in women's t20 cricket is the third on our list. Suzie Bates, the former Blackferns captain, scored an impressive 3301 runs at an average of 30. Bates also has the record of most fifties in T20I cricket (23).

Suzie Bates scored 4548 runs in her ODI career. She also has 10 ODI centuries against her name which takes her into an elite list of women players to score more than 10 centuries. Moreover, she is also one of the four players to score 1000 runs, take 50 wickets and take 50 catches in ODI cricket.

Unfortunately, Bates did not play any Women's test matches in her career.

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#4 Stafanie Taylor - 7832 Runs

Stafanie Taylor is probably one of the most influential West Indian cricketers in recent times. She is considered to be the game's one of the hardest hitters of the ball as well.

Hailing from the West Indies, Taylor always had the attacking mindset to her game. Stafanie scored 3078 runs in women's T20I cricket and 4754 runs in women's ODI cricket.

Stafanie's major success came when she was given charge of the West Indies team in 2015. She then went on to lead the team in the 2016 Women's T20 World Cup and won it. Taylor was the leading run-scorer in the tournament with 246 runs. She was also the player of the tournament in the 2016 Women's T20 World Cup.

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Women’s cricket is constantly growing, and matches are continuously being played on a bigger stage with larger crowds. 

There are female cricketers who paved the way for others and continuously tried to grow the game even when only the smallest spotlight was on the sport, and such players need commending for their efforts. 

So, let's dig into the incredible careers and achievements of some of the best female cricketers who are making history.

Top Female Cricketers

10. Chamari Athapaththu | Sri Lanka 

Chamari Athapaththu is the greatest cricketer from Sri Lanka to have played women’s cricket. 

Debuting as a 19-year-old, she was soon noted for her aggressive batting. 

She became captain of the Sri Lanka national team and has helped a not-so-strong team challenge much more formidable opponents on the global stage.

In 2024 she led Sri Lanka to an underdog win in the Asia Cup women’s T20I series and finished as Player of the Tournament. 

Chamari has also led Sri Lanka to its first-ever series wins over South Africa and England in T20Is and over New Zealand in ODIs. 

She holds the record for most runs for Sri Lanka in women’s ODIs and T20Is, and her nine women’s ODI hundreds are a Sri Lankan record as well. 

In April 2024, her unbeaten 195 helped Sri Lanka complete the first-ever successful chase of more than 300 runs in a women’s ODI.

In 2023, a seating zone at the Sydney Cricket Ground was named “Chamari Bay” in her honor.

9. Laura Wolvaardt | South Africa 

Laura Wolvaardt made her debut for South Africa as an opening batter at age 16, and by age 25 she became her country’s record holder for most ODI runs, most ODI hundreds, and most T20I runs in women’s cricket. 

Along the way, she became the youngest centurion, male or female, for South Africa in international cricket. 

In 2024 Wolvaardt became only the third woman to score a hundred in all three formats of international cricket, achieving the feat in a Test vs. India. 

After that, she was also named captain of the South Africa T20I team for the World Cup and captained her side to the final where it lost to New Zealand.

8. Heather Knight | England 

Heather Knight took over as captain of the England women’s team in 2016 when Charlotte Edwards retired and led it to victory in the 2017 women’s ODI World Cup at home. 

She was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year that year and was also awarded an OBE. 

As of 2024 Knight has more than 5,000 runs in international cricket.

7. Amelia Kerr | New Zealand 

Amelia Kerr is a third-generation New Zealand cricketer who emerged on the international scene with a bang. 

At age 16, she was the youngest to earn a New Zealand Cricket contract and to debut for the national team in 2017. 

The next year, at 17, she became the youngest cricketer, man or woman, to score an international double century. During that innings, she beat the women’s ODI record held by Belinda Clark on her way to an unbeaten 232.

Not content with scoring a double, she also took 5 wickets while bowling in one of the all-time great all-round displays. 

Kerr has since been a consistent performer for New Zealand and in 2024 was named both the Player of the Final and the Player of the Tournament as New Zealand won the women’s T20I World Cup.

6. Hayley Matthews | West Indies 

Hayley Matthews is a cricketer from Barbados who plays for the West Indies women’s cricket team and became the team’s captain in 2022. 

Matthews is an all-rounder who has more than 4,000 runs in women’s ODIs and T20Is, as well as more than 100 wickets in each format. 

A natural athlete, she played both track and field and cricket in her youth, before focusing on cricket and making her debut for the West Indies. 

Her crowning glory was a Player of the Match performance in the women’s T20I World Cup final in 2016, as the West Indies beat favorites Australia to win its first title.

Matthews is a highly sought after player in franchise leagues across the world and was Player of the Tournament in the first edition of the WPL in 2023, when she helped her team, Mumbai Indians, win the title.

5. Nat Sciver-Brunt | England 

Nat Sciver-Brunt plays international cricket for England. She has scored more than 6,000 international runs with 10 centuries and taken more than 150 wickets as of 2024. 

She is credited with inventing the “Natmeg” shot, in which she hits the ball between her legs for runs. 

In 2013 she became the first England bowler to take a women’s T20I hat trick.

Nat Sciver was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2018 and won the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year award in both 2022 and 2023. 

She is married to fellow England cricketer Katherine Sciver-Brunt.

4. Ellyse Perry | Australia 

Ellyse Perry is one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of cricket based on sheer numbers: a Test batting average of over 60, a Test bowling average below 22, and women’s ODI batting and bowling averages of 50 and 25, respectively. 

In 2007, at age 16, Perry became the youngest Australian to play international cricket. 

She is also the first Australian to have appeared in cricket as well as football (soccer) World Cups, playing the latter in 2011 in Germany. 

She has won the ICC Women’s Player of the Year award twice, in 2017 and 2019. 

In 2020 she was named the ICC Female Player of the Decade. Perry is one of the most famous female cricketers in the world.

3. Harmanpreet Kaur | India

Harmanpreet Kaur debuted for India in 2009 but is best remembered for an unbeaten innings of 171, which helped underdogs India beat Australia to reach the final of the 2017 women’s ODI World Cup.

The knock made her a household name in India and helped take the popularity of the women’s game to the next level. 

She has also scored India’s fastest T20I hundred off only 49 balls. Harmanpreet has more than 7,000 international runs and more than 70 wickets. 

In 2016 she became the first Indian cricketer to sign a contract with the Australian Big Bash League, playing for Sydney Thunder. In 2017 she was awarded the Arjuna Award. 

Picked as captain by the Mumbai Indians in the WPL, she led them to victory in the inaugural season of the WPL in 2023. She was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year the same year.

Harmanpreet has also captained the Indian women’s national team across formats since 2016.

2. Alyssa Healy | Australia 

Alyssa Healy is a wicketkeeper batsman who captains the Australian women’s national team.

She had a middling batting record until 2017 but has since remodeled herself into a formidable opening batter. 

In 2018 she was Player of the Tournament in Australia’s women’s T20I World Cup win; she was named Women’s T20I Player of the Year that year. 

Healy was also Player of the Match when Australia successfully defended its T20I title in the 2020 final. 

She continued her big-match streak with a Player of the Match performance in the 2022 women’s ODI World Cup final, scoring a mammoth 170 runs and earning the Player of the Series award. 

In 2020 Healy surpassed MS Dhoni’s record for the most wicketkeeping dismissals in T20Is by any keeper, male or female. 

1. Smriti Mandhana | India

Currently regarded as one of the best batters in women’s cricket, Smriti Mandhana holds several coveted records to her name.

She has scored more than 7,000 international runs with more than 10 hundreds across formats. 

Her nine ODI hundreds are an Indian women’s record. 

She captained her state team Maharashtra in 2013 at just age 16 and debuted for India the same year. 

Mandhana was the costliest buy in the inaugural WPL auction and was picked by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) as captain for 3.4 crore rupees. 

She led RCB to victory in the second edition of the WPL in 2024. 

Mandhana won the ICC Women’s ODI Player of the Year award in 2018. She has also won the Rachael Hayhoe Flint Award for Best Women’s Cricketer of the Year twice, in 2018 and 2021.

The Indian U-19 Women's team secured their spot in the 2025 U-19 Women's T20 World Cup semi-finals after defeating Bangladesh U-19 by 8 wickets in the first Super-six game.

𝐈𝐂𝐂 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝟏𝟗 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐓𝟐𝟎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 ||

India storms into the semi-finals with a commanding 8-wicket victory over Bangladesh in Kuala Lumpur.

Final Score:

Bangladesh Women - 64/8
India Women - 66/2 (7.1)#U19WorldCup | #TeamIndia | #INDvBAN | #U19WC pic.twitter.com/MlAw8l9EeA

— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) January 26, 2025

India's strategy of dominating early in the field worked perfectly again, helping them to earn an easy win. Bangladesh U-19 ended their innings on 64/8 in the first innings. 

In response, Indian all-rounder Gonagadi Trisha led the chase with the quick 40 runs off 31 balls, helping India secure an eight-wicket win within eight overs at the Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur.

Statement victory from the Indian U-19 women's team

Indian U-19 bowlers determined their firm control right from the beginning, as they have done throughout the tournament so far. India picked up the first wicket within the first two overs, leading to restrict Bangladesh U-19 to 18/4 by the end of the Powerplay.

Shabnam and VJ Joshita's tight bowling combined with the sharp fielding confirmed India to stay in control against Bangladesh. 

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After 1st innings , Bangladesh 64/8 (20)
Sumaiya Akter 21 (29)
Vaishnavi Sharma 3/15 (4)

India need 65 runs to win

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— Thewomencricketworld (@Thewomencricke1) January 26, 2025

The quick wickets from the Indian pacers have surfaced the way for the spinner to shine. Vaishnavi Sharma again stole the show, taking a three-wicket haul for just 15 runs, Vaishnavi increased her tournament tally to 9, making her one of the top wicket-takers.

However, India's compact bowling restricted Bangladesh U-19 to a vulnerable score of 64/8, leaving India U-19 for an easy target to chase.

Trisha led the Indian batting in an easy chase

In response, opener Gondagi Trisha made a scorching 40 off 31, making the job half-done before leaving the pitch in the 6.5 over. 

The rest was easily done by Sanika Chalke who made 11 off 5, studded with two boundaries to finish it off for the Indian team. Indian U-19 secured a huge eight-wicket victory in just 7.1 overs, ending the innings on 66/2 and marking their utmost dominance over its continental counterpart.

Indian skipper Niki Prasad expressed her happiness as she stated:

We have been putting in a lot of effort before the match and in our preparation for the fielding, it has been really good. When we’re on the field, we just want to dominate. We aim to give our best and keep evolving and getting better and better.

Vaishnavi Sharma was named Player of the Match for the second time in the tournament. She credited her teammates, by saying:

I have no words for this. Credit to the opening bowlers for making the spinners’ job easier. It didn’t turn as much today so I just attacked the stumps.

For her effective bowling and taking 3️⃣ wickets, Vaishnavi Sharma is the Player of the Match 👏 #TeamIndia win by 8 wickets 👌

Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/gqvo3PMFUq#INDvBAN | #U19WorldCup pic.twitter.com/U7knONAnrq

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) January 26, 2025

India U-19 storms into the 2025 U-19 Women's T20 World Cup semi-final

The win marks the Indian U-19 team's third consecutive win over Bangladesh, including two wins in the Under 19 Women's Asia Cup. Gongadi Trisha significantly scored the most in all three matches.

India U-19 will aim for another victory as they face Scotland in their next Super-six game on Tuesday, hoping to maintain their unbeaten streak.

The Girls in Blue dominated their first encounter at the Super Six stage, defeating Bangladesh with 8 wickets in hand!#INDWvBANW #U19WorldCup pic.twitter.com/WUAAlXLmev

— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) January 26, 2025

14-year-old Ira Jadhav creates history in Women's Cricket. Cricket in India has always been a source of pride and inspiration, and now a new name has materialized to carry that legacy forward 14-year-old Ira Jadhav. The Maharashtrian young cricketing prodigy has notched her name in history by achieving extraordinary records in one breathtaking innings.

In a recent match during BCCI's limited-over tournament, Ira becomes the first Indian woman to score a triple-century. Ira scored an unbeaten 346 runs in just 157 balls to carry Mumbai to 563 for 3 against Meghalaya in Alur cricket in Bangalore on Sunday. The record holder smashed 42 fours and 16 sixes with a strike rate of 220.38 in the Women's U-19 One Day trophy.

Ira Jadhav opened the innings for Mumbai. She made a partnership of 274 runs for the second wicket with the help of Hurley Gala, the captain of the team, who made 116 off 79 balls. Ira contributed with149 runs in this partnership. Another huge partnership was shared between Diksha Pawar and Ira Jadhav forged an unbeaten partnership of 186 runs, with Diksha contributing 39 runs and Ira chipping in with 137 runs.

Ira Jadhav's record-breaking triple century is not just a statistical milestone; it stands as a signal of possibility- proof that sports empower greatness. With her historic knockout, Ira craved her name in the notebook of the history. She ignited hope and inspiration in millions of hearts. At just 14, she has shown that the future of Indian Cricket is shining brightly. 

Bengal Women's Senior Cricket team played two out of two finals of domestic cricket this season. Though they were not able to win any of them, they showed why they are India's one of the best.

In the BCCI Senior Women's One-Day trophy final, Madhya Pradesh defeated them. Meantime, in the T20 final, Mumbai outclassed them. Apart from those two games, they looked like the best team in the country.

After the completion of the One-Day tournament, Sportz Point was lucky to have a conversation with five of the stars of this team. Openers Sasthi Mondal and Dhara Gujjar along with all-rounders Mita Paul and Tanusree Sarkar, plus wiicket-keeper Priyanka Bala shared their thoughts before going for the Challengers Trophy.

Lots of runs and a fearless approach

Despite having a good team over the years, this was only the second time the Bengal Senior Women's team reached the final in One-Day tournament. But, the 2019 champions had to create some of their own records to reach the final after five years.

In the quarter-finals, they defeated Shafali Verma's Haryana by chasing a record 390. With that, they also became the team with highest successful chase in Women's List-A cricket. In the semis, they again chased down 301 to beat the defending champions, Railways.

History! 😲🔥

Bengal women's team creates history by chasing down Haryana's 390 in 49.1 overs in the quarter-finals of the BCCI Senior Women's One-Day Tournament. pic.twitter.com/SnMFkKPlGt

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) December 23, 2024

These run chases and high scores are a bit alien in Women's Cricket; especially in India. But, Bengal girls feel, that Women's cricket is improving at a rapid speed and this is just the start.

Dhara Gujjar, who scored a stunning 123 in the semis against Railways feels, there is a change in the mindset of the players now. "As we have seen it in the knockout stages, honestly, I feel there is a change in the mindset of the players where they want to go and express themselves and play fearlessly," Dhara told Sportz Point.

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Her opening partner, Sasthi Mondal echoed the same thoughts. Sasthi, who featured for India U-19s in the recent past, made her senior debut this season. "Obviously, there is a change in the mindset of the players. But, for me, this is my style of batting and I love this kind of game," the 19-year-old all-rounder expressed.

However, senior players like Mita Paul and Priyanka Bala feel there is another thing which is attributed to high-scoring games. Along with the fearless mindset, the pitches are also responsible for the amount of runs we have seen this season. As per Mita, the pitches this season have been mostly great for batting. That allowed them to go for the shots and attack throughout the inning.

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Priyanka Bala, who scored the invaluable unbeaten 88 in that chase against Haryana feels the same as well. "Pitches were definitely better. Earlier the runs used to be around the 120-run mark. Now, you can see 200s in T20s and 300s in ODIs. So, it is great to see such facilities given to us now," the wicket-keeper batter shared.

Not only that, Bala feels if BCCI can provide pitches like this, we are not far away from having 400s being scored in Women's One Day games.

Tanusree Sarkar, who laid the foundation for other batters with a 113 in that match can sense that there would be more records like this in future. "If you can get flat pitches like this, I feel anything can be chased down," Sarkar revealed.

But, even if you have the best conditions and circumstances, chasing down huge totals and doing that in back-to-back games, ain't a Bollywood movie script. For that, you need proper preparation and planning.

That record chase against Haryana

In both those games, each batter had their own plans and had their different roles too. For a young gun like Sasthi Mondal, there is only one way to play; smash the ball. She did that. "I am dominant from childhood. I like attacking the bowlers. I just did that. I did not go to bat thinking about the score," she said.

For Dhara, there were some initial doubts and she did not have any plan. She tried to take each over at a time and stay positive. "Honestly, there wasn’t any plan. And looking at the score, I didn’t believe that we would be able to get there. I just thought that I’m gonna go and play my shots and just take one over at a time," Dhara said while explaining her 69 runs at the top of the order against Haryana.

Tanusree meantime always had the belief that they could clinch the win. "I had the thought that we can win the match if we can stay positive. Once we had the momentum, we just wanted to keep the flow going."

Priyanka Bala and Mita Paul, who batted in the middle order during those chases in One-Day knockouts, had the same feelings. "Everyone had their role, described by the team management and the pitch allowed us to play shorts," Mita shared.

Bala, who averaged 69.33 with the bat in the tournament, always felt they were in the game in both games. "When Shafali (Verma) was hitting us like that, we did not panic. We knew we would have our chance. I think, being relaxed is what helped us a lot," she expressed.

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Though the batters had one of their best times in the One-Day tournament, it was the bowlers who performed in crunch moments in the T20 format.

In the quarter-final against Madhya Pradesh, Bengal bowlers restricted the opponents to 116. Then followed it up by defending only 134 against a strong Himachal Pradesh in the semis. Captain Saika Ishaque with 13 wickets and Mita Paul with 8 wickets in the tournament, were always in the scheme of things. India pacer Titas Sadhu also did well whenever she was released for national duties.

Debutants, Young Guns and Jhulan Goswami

Throughout the season, along with the seniors, it was the combination of youth and experience that helped Bengal triumph. Prativa Mandi, Sasthi Mondal, Hrishita Basu, and Monika Mal were among the debutants in the season.

"The youngsters did really well. I feel bowlers like Chandrima (16-year-old left-arm pacer), Prativa Mandi (17-year-old right-arm pacer) and others knew their roles. This helped us a lot," Mita Paul told Sportz Point.

"We had lots of debuts this season. But, honestly speaking, they all were ready," Priyanka Bala expressed while talking about the youngsters of the team.

"This time there were youngsters in our team and they jelled up quite well with the team. I tried communicating with them and helping them out if needed," Dhara Gujjar added.

But why was it so easy for 16 and 17-year-old teenagers to perform at that level? Jhulan Goswami is the answer. Bengal team management has been lucky to have the services of the most successful bowler in Women's Cricket history.

Sasthi Mondal, who had the luck of training under Jhulan from a very young age shared, "The best thing about Jhulan ma'am is that she makes you feel confident. She lets me be myself. But, she also knows when to push me to get the best out of myself."

However, along with the youngsters, there was someone who was starting from scratch for the Bengal team. Tanusree Sarkar, who previously had led the Bengal U-19 team, had joined Railways before taking an N.O.C to rejoin her home state this year. Priyanka Bala did the same as well a few years back.

"You can say that it was a homecoming for me. From Bengal U-19 to Railways and then to Bengal; but, I never think of these things that much. I try to stay in present," Tanusree expressed.

"As an all-rounder, I always look to find ways to contribute to the team. I always try to take things as they come; even in batting, bowling and fielding."

WPL and its impact

With all of these wins and defeats, each and every women cricketer in India now has one thing in the corner of their eyes. It is the Women's Premier League. All these five cricketers agreed on the fact that WPL has changed the dynamics of Women's Cricket in India.

Be it playing more shots, being quicker and more agile across the turf or having more tricks up their sleeves as a bowler, WPL now has given everyone a reason to be better. "⁠I feel, WPL has changed the approach of players, and also the mindset of the players has changed," Dhara commented.

Sasthi Mondal, Priyanka Bala and Mita did not even hesitate to agree with Dhara's thoughts. As per Mita, WPL is now like a bridge to play for India. If one can reach WPL and do well, they now have great chances of making it to the Indian team as well.

But, unfortunately, no Bengal players were able to attract bids in the WPL 2025 auction. Only Priyanka Bala and Sushmita Ganguly were listed in the final player's list in the auction, but could not find any bidder.

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However, these things do not demotivate Bengal players. Rather, it gives them the push to be better. "I think, we all believe in performance. It is the last thing. If I am not getting picked that means there are lots of players like me. So, I need to keep getting better than them and focus on my game," Mita Paul stated.

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