5 Players With Most Centuries In Women's ODIs

Tammy Beaumont listed her 10th ODI century in September 2024 (x.com)Tammy Beaumont listed her 10th ODI century in September 2024 (x.com)

The art of crafting an ODI century is a reflection of a batter’s patience, skill, and ability to thrive under pressure. In the grand stage of women’s international cricket, several iconic players have mastered this art by producing some grand match-defining knocks with the bat.

Here at OneCricket, we take a look at five batters who have recorded the highest number of centuries in Women’s ODIs.

5. Chamari Athapaththu – 9 centuries

5. Chamari Athapaththu – 9 centuries (x.com)5. Chamari Athapaththu – 9 centuries (x.com)

Sri Lankan all-round legend Chamari Athapaththu has plundered nine centuries in her 107-match ODI career so far. Having made her format debut back in April 2010, the cricketer has accumulated nearly 4,000 ODI runs at a prolific batting average of 36.40. Athapaththu listed the first of her nine career hundreds back in 2011 with a 111-run knock against Ireland. 

The legendary Sri Lankan left-handed batter also nearly cracked a rare double ton at one stage of her career, when she tonked an unbeaten 195* off just 139 deliveries in a high-octane run-chase against South Africa at Potchefstroom in April 2024.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 9 centuries

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 9 centuries (x.com)4. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 9 centuries (x.com)

English all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt has listed nine centuries from just 96 ODI innings in her career to date. While she made her ODI debut in July 2013 with a match against Pakistan Women in Louth, it took her four years to chart her maiden century in the format, doing so at the 2017 ODI Cricket World Cup. A few days later in the same tournament, Nat listed her second ODI century to play a vital role in England’s victorious World Cup campaign at home.

She reserved her magnum opus ODI performance against Ashes rivals Australia in the final of the 2022 World Cup at the Hagley Oval, where she blasted 148* from just 121 balls, albeit in a losing cause owing to lack of assistance from the other end.

3. Tammy Beaumont – 10 centuries

3. Tammy Beaumont – 10 centuries (x.com)3. Tammy Beaumont – 10 centuries (x.com)

Tammy Beaumont became the first Englishwoman and the third overall in international cricket to record 10 centuries in women’s ODIs when she cracked a match-winning 150* against Ireland in September 2024. Having played 120 ODI matches for England since her international debut in November 2009, Beaumont has tallied more than 4,000 runs at a remarkable batting average of 40.82. The innings against Ireland marked her second 150-plus score in ODIs, and the first since making 168* against Pakistan Women at County Ground in 2016.

Remarkably, Tammy Beaumont has pounded two centuries in successive innings on two separate occasions in her career, doing so in mid-2016 to list the first two tons of her ODI career and repeating the feat in 2018 against South Africa at home.

2. Suzie Bates – 13 centuries

2. Suzie Bates – 13 centuries (x.com)2. Suzie Bates – 13 centuries (x.com)

Legendary New Zealand batter Suzie Bates has recorded 13 centuries against seven different opponents in her ODI career till September 2024. She made her format debut in Lincoln back in March 2006, and listed the first of her ODI tons the following year against India Women at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Bates has also listed at least one century in each of her four World Cup appearances since the 2009 edition in Australia.

Apart from recording the second highest number of centuries in ODIs, the New Zealander is also the third highest run-maker in 50-overs internationals, find herself only behind former players Mithali Raj and Charlotte Edwards. With the ball, Bates has snapped 78 ODI wickets to earmark herself as one of the undisputed greats of the game.

1. Meg Lanning – 15 centuries

1. Meg Lanning – 15 centuries (x.com)1. Meg Lanning – 15 centuries (x.com)

More than 8,000 international runs, 17 all-format centuries, two ODI World Cup wins, five T20 World Cup titles and including four as captain; perhaps no other player in history has celebrated a more decorated career than former Australian skipper Meg Lanning. Moreover, she announced her retirement at the height of her career and before touching 31, pretty much signifying that the all-rounder had plenty more to offer to the game.

Out of her 17 international centuries, Lanning carted 15 of them in ODIs alone from 102 innings. One of the highest run-makers in the history of the format with 4,602 runs, all while maintaining a splendid average of 53.51, the former Australian skipper also produced 21 additional scores of fifty or more.