Five Women Cricketers With Most Wins As A Captain In ODI Cricket

Women’s cricket has developed a lot in the last decade and the competition among the teams has added an extra intensity especially in ODI cricket. There are a lot more fans turning up for women’s cricket now in the stadium as compared to the past.

Clearly, the board and the management of the cricketing nations have been making honest efforts to build a strong team and make sure that the matches do not end up one-sided. It is time to look at the five women with the most wins as a captain in One-day Internationals.

Five Women Cricketers With Most Wins As A Captain In ODI Cricket:

Suzie Bates:

The former New Zealand women’s team captain Suzie Bates is an experienced player who has taken New Zealand to a lot of heights. The 33-year-old made her debut in 2006 and ever since that, she has been a constant contributor to the New Zealand women’s team in the batting as well as bowling departments.

Bates holds fifth place in the list of captains with the most wins in ODI cricket and she has 40 wins in his captaincy career. She has scored 4548 runs in 125 ODIs so far at an average of 42.5 and has also been taken 75 wickets with her medium pace at an average of 33.2.

Meg Lanning:

Meg Lanning is one of the best ODI women’s cricketers at present with some stunning numbers in the format. She has been captaining the Australian team at the moment and has already won 52 ODIs which is the fourth most as a captain in women’s ODIs.

The 29-year-old averages 53.8 in ODI cricket with 3925 runs in 85 matches and has scored 14 centuries and 15 half-centuries in the 50 over format. She also has been an important part of five world cup triumphs for Australia already and is expected to keep contributing.

Charlotte Edwards:

The former England women’s cricketer Charlotte Edwards is third on the list of women’s cricketers with the most wins as a captain in ODI format and she has won 72 ODIs for her country which is an excellent achievement. She is also one of the greatest women’s cricketers ever with some good numbers in 50 over format.

Edwards played 195 ODIs for England scoring 5992 runs at an average of 38.2. She scored 9 centuries and 46 half-centuries in the format, and apart from her batting prowess, she also picked 54 wickets in the format with her leg-spin. She had a fine technique that helped her to serve women’s cricket for almost two decades.

Belinda Clark:

Belinda Clark is one of the greatest women’s cricketers to have played for her country Australia and she was the first-ever cricketer to score a double century in ODI format among men and women. She achieved the feat in the 1997 Worldcup against Denmark women’s team with an unbeaten 229.

Belinda Clark won 83 One day internationals as a captain of her country in the 50 over format which is the second most number of wins by a women’s captain in ODIs. She finished with 4844 runs in 118 ODIs at an average of 47.49. She was inducted into the hall of fame in 2011.

Mithali Raj:

Mithali Raj is considered to be the best Indian women’s cricketer ever so far and she has been a great servant to the Indian women’s team over the last two decades. She is still the captain of India in ODI format and Test format and has won the most number of ODIs as a captain in women’s cricket.

The right-hander has the most number of international runs in women’s cricket and she averages nearly 52 in the 50 over format with 7304 runs in 217 ODIs. She has scored seven centuries and 58 half-centuries so far in ODIs and India has been lucky to have the services of the 38-year-old still.