Wolvaardt trails Smriti Mandhana for fastest 5000 ODI runs:Marizanne surpasses Jhulan Goswami as World Cup’s leading wicket-taker; SA reaches ODI WC final for 1st-time

South African team reached the final of the Women’s ODI World Cup for the first time on Wednesday. The team defeated England by 125 runs in the semi-final. Notably, the victor team made its highest score in the World Cup. Meanwhile, Wolvaardt also became the second fastest woman to score 5,000 runs in ODIs. Top-10 Records of SA-W Vs ENG-W first semi-final 1. South Africa reach ODI World Cup final for first time The South African team reached the final of the Women’s ODI World Cup for the first time. The team was previously defeated by Australia in 2000 and by England in 2017 and 2022. Overall, combining T20I and ODI, this is South Africa’s third final. The team had made it to the finals of the 2023 and 2024 T20I World Cups. Also Read| Why Rohit got late success in cricket?: Became no. 1 ODI batter at age of 38 2. South Africa made the highest score South Africa made the highest score in the Women’s ODI World Cup. The team scored 319 runs for 7 wickets while batting first. In the same World Cup, South Africa had scored 312 runs against Pakistan. 3. Wolvaardt becomes the second woman to score the fastest 5000 runs in ODIs Laura Wolvaardt has become the second woman to score the fastest 5000 runs in ODIs. She took 117 innings to score 5000 runs. She became the first South African woman to do so. In terms of age, Laura became the youngest player to score 5000 runs. In the first position, with 112 innings, is Indian opener Smriti Mandhana. 4. Wolvaardt equalled Mithali Raj’s record Laura Wolvaardt equalled former Indian captain Mithali Raj in terms of making the most 50+ scores in the Women’s ODI World Cup. Both have 13 each fifty+ scores to their name. Also Read| Former IPL physio says Shreyas Iyer might be ruled out of remainder of 2025 5. Wolvaardt: Third Woman to score 150+ in World Cup Laura Wolvaardt became only the third woman to score 150+ in a World Cup innings. She scored 169 runs. The record for the highest innings belongs to Australia’s Belinda Clark. She scored the first double century in cricket history against Denmark in the 1997 World Cup. 6. Wolvaardt played the third-highest innings in World Cup knockout matches Laura Wolvaardt played the third-highest innings in World Cup knockout (semi-final-final) matches. This was her 10th century in her ODI career. In the 2017 semi-final against Australia, Harmanpreet Kaur played an unbeaten innings of 171 runs. 7. Wolvaardt scored the highest for South Africa in the Women’s ODI World Cup The highest score for South Africa in the Women’s ODI World Cup is now in the name of Laura Wolvaardt. Before her, Marizanne Kapp had scored an unbeaten 102 runs against Pakistan in 2013. 8. Wolvaardt-Brits made a century partnership for the 5th time this year Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits made a 100 run stand for the fifth time this year. Together, they added 116 runs. In terms of making the most century partnerships in a single year in Women’s ODIs, Wolvaardt-Brits equalled Australia’s Belinda Clark-Lisa Keightley and India’s Smriti Mandhana-Pratika Rawal. 9. Marizanne Kapp: World Cup’s most wicket-taker South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp has become the bowler with the most wickets in the Women’s ODI World Cup. She now has 44 wickets. India’s Jhulan Goswami is in second place with 43 wickets.​​​​​​​
10. Ecclestone took the most wickets for England Women in the World Cup Sophie Ecclestone has become the bowler with the most wickets for England Women in the World Cup. She has taken 37 wickets in 16 innings. Carole Hodges is in second place with 37 wickets in 24 innings. Ecclestone also became the second-highest wicket-taker for England in ODIs. She now has 141 wickets. Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt is in first place with 170 wickets.