NZ Women hold the top three spots in the lost.
Playing in the third and final ODI against India Women on September 20, Australia Women entered the record books after electing to bat first. Alyssa Healy & Co. took India’s bowlers to the cleaners as they put up 412 on the board. In the process, they registered one of the Highest Totals in Women’s ODIs. This outrage in Delhi also comes just before the Women’s ODI World Cup in India, starting on September 30.
Out of the top 10 totals, New Zealand Women have taken four spots, followed by Australia and England with three spots each. One spot belongs to India Women. The Kiwis are also in the top three positions, having scored the most number (four) of 400+ scores.
Let’s take a look at all 400+ scores made by the Women’s teams in ODIs.
When New Zealand Women put together 491 on the board in an ODI match against Ireland in Dublin, the men’s highest total in ODIs was 444. This means the Suzie Bates side once held the world record for the highest total in ODIs across men’s and women’s teams. In just two weeks, England men came close with 481/6 vs Australia, and finally took over with 498/4 vs the Netherlands in June 2022. Talking about the blazing show in Dublin, skipper Bates scored her second 150+ score. Maddy Green also added 122 runs, while Jess Watkin and Amelia Kerr contributed with half-centuries. The home team fell to the pressure, with 37 as their top individual score by Jennifer Gray. Leigh Kasperek took a four-fer to help NZ win by 347 runs and lead the three-match series.
About half of the current India Women’s team was yet to be born when the first-ever 400+ score was registered in Women’s ODIs. Interestingly, the 220th ODI ended on a contrasting note, with one of the highest as well as lowest totals in women’s ODIs. In a two-match series in Christchurch, Maia Lewis & Co. played the new age attacking cricket almost two decades ago. She herself struck a 72-ball 105, alongside 70+ contributions from Debbie Hockley, Trudy Anderson, and Clare Nicholson. Out of the 40 boundaries, only two were sixes. Pakistan Women, however, made a meagre 47, nine lesser runs than the first ODI of the bilateral series.
In the same iconic Dublin games, the visitors clinched another 400+ score. The then 17-year-old Kerr made a double-century (232 not out off 145), which remains her highest ODI score to date. This time, Kasperek shone with the willow as she struck her maiden and only century (113 coming off 105 balls). In the second innings, the teen single-handedly outclassed the hosts with a five-wicket haul. As many as eight players could make only single-digit scores, giving no competition to New Zealand as they won the ODI series.
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India Women after the New Zealand top-heavy is like a breath of fresh air, however, the same can’t be said about Ireland Women. The Gaby Lewis-led side faced another thrashing, this time in Rajkot, India. Playing only her sixth ODI, opener Pratika Rawal brought up her maiden ton in style with a 129-ball 154, laced with 20 fours and a six. Smriti Mandhana also stitched a 135-run knock in the same match, taking the opening stand to 233. After Sarah Forbes’ (41 off 44) run out in the 18th over, any remaining hopes of a recovery were dashed. The hosts won by a margin of 304 runs and sealed the series.
The list wouldn’t have ended without New Zealand’s remaining ODI during the Irish summer in 2018. The scorecard is almost a repeat telecast of a massive total by the visitors while batting first, followed by a batting collapse by Ireland Women. However, it includes a surprise fightback. Sophie Devine started with a century, and four more batters added 40+ scores to push the total past 400. An impressive four-wicket haul by Lara Maritz was also quite economical at 6.56 rpo. Amy Kenealy also took two wickets under an economy of seven. Later, barring skipper Laura Delany’s 33, only two more batters scored in double digits.
The intent was as clear as the day when openers Healy and Georgia Voll walked out to bat. While the skipper had to walk back after an 18-ball 30, her tempo of 166.66 was carried on. Voll added 81 runs while the dangerous Ellyse Perry smashed her 36th fifty (68 off 72). But it was Beth Mooney’s 138 off just 75 balls, which hurt India the most. Mooney, in the process, registered the joint second-highest century in women’s cricket, coming off 57 balls. The rest of the batters added another 80-odd runs before India’s Arundhati Reddy completed her three-fer and hit the final nail in the coffin during the 48th over. Australia Women were all out for 412 runs in the first innings, albeit giving them high confidence ahead of the mega ICC event. Despite Mandhana’s fastest century, India lost the match and the series.
While this two-decade-old match is not any different from the template of mammoth runs in the first innings, followed by the fall of dominoes in the second, it is one of the World Cup matches that took place in Mumbai. Australia skipper Belina Clark’s double hundred at the top stands out, alongside half-centuries from Lisa Keightley and Karen Rolton. Clark, however, remained unbeaten 229 and achieved this feat in 155 balls. Her strike rate of 147.74 may not be flattering today, but given the age-old match and difference in technique, it would’ve been quite inspiring. Interestingly, all of Denmark Women’s batters were dismissed for single-digit scores, adding up to 49 runs. Australia went on to lift their fourth World Cup.
| Team | Score | RR | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Women | 491/4 | 9.82 | 1 | v IRE Women | Dublin | 8 Jun 2018 |
| NZ Women | 455/5 | 9.10 | 1 | v PAK Women | Christchurch | 29 Jan 1997 |
| NZ Women | 440/3 | 8.80 | 1 | v IRE Women | Dublin | 13 Jun 2018 |
| India Women | 435/5 | 8.70 | 1 | v IRE Women | Rajkot | 15 Jan 2025 |
| NZ Women | 418 | 8.38 | 1 | v IRE Women | Dublin | 10 Jun 2018 |
| AUS Women | 412 | 8.61 | 1 | v India Women | Delhi | 20 Sep 2025 |
| AUS Women | 412/3 | 8.24 | 1 | v DEN Women | Mumbai | 16 Dec 1997 |
| AUS Women | 397/4 | 7.94 | 1 | v PAK Women | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1997 |
| ENG Women | 378/5 | 7.56 | 1 | v PAK Women | Worcester | 22 Jun 2016 |
| ENG Women | 377/7 | 7.54 | 1 | v PAK Women | Leicester | 27 Jun 2017 |
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