Smriti Mandhana continued her sensational form in ODI cricket with a ton against Australia and is well on course to become the first woman to score 1,000 runs in a calendar year in the format.
The left-hander was crowned Wisden’s Leading Woman Cricketer for 2024, for scoring 747 ODI runs at 57.46 with four hundreds, along with a fine 149 in the only Test she played. Mandhana also scored eight T20I fifties last year and has carried that form into 2025.
In five T20Is, she has scored one hundred and one fifty, but her real contribution has come in the 50-over format. In 13 matches this year, she has amassed 803 runs at 61.76, with three half-centuries and as many hundreds, the latest of which came against Australia today (September 17).
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Playing the second ODI at Mullanpur, Mandhana, along with Pratika Rawal, scored 70 for the first wicket before the latter was dismissed on 25. Mandhana, however, kept going, bringing up her 12th ODI ton in just 77 balls, which is the fastest hundred against Australia. She was eventually dismissed for 117 off 91 balls, hitting four sixes, and was also the only top-four batter to cross 25 in the innings.
Can Mandhana become the first to 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year?
The record for the most runs in a year in women's ODIs belongs to Belinda Clark, who fell just 30 runs short of the 1,000-run mark in 1997. She scored 970 runs at an average of 80.83, with three hundreds. No other batter has made more than 900 runs in women’s ODI cricket in a year, but three more have made over 850: Laura Wolvaardt (882, 2022), Debbie Hockley (880, 1997) and Amy Sattherthwaite (853, 2016).
Mandhana could become the first to reach the landmark. With 803 runs this year, she has already joined an elusive club of seven players with more than 800 runs in women’s ODIs in a calendar year (Clark reached there twice). She needs 197 runs more to score 1,000, and if she keeps up with her current average (61.76), she will need four knocks to reach the figure.
Even if she faces a dip in form, she should be backed to score the remaining 197 runs. India play a minimum of eight ODIs and a maximum of 10 this year. They will play Australia in the third ODI on Saturday, before the Women’s World Cup gets underway from September 30, where they will play at least seven league games. If they reach the final, that is an additional two ODIs. It should keep Mandhana in the hunt. In fact, for her to not reach 1,000 runs, she would need to have an extremely poor World Cup campaign, averaging not more than 22 runs per innings at best.
Most runs in a calendar year in women's ODIs
| Player | Country | Year | Runs | Average | 100s/50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belinda Clark | Australia | 1997 | 970 | 80.83 | 3/4 |
| Laura Wolvaardt | South Africa | 2022 | 882 | 49.00 | 1/8 |
| Debbie Hockley | New Zealand | 1997 | 880 | 62.85 | 2/6 |
| Amy Satterthwaite | New Zealand | 2016 | 853 | 85.30 | 3/4 |
| Belinda Clark | Australia | 2000 | 842 | 76.54 | 1/6 |
| Nat Sciver-Brunt | England | 2022 | 833 | 59.50 | 2/5 |
| Claire Taylor | England | 2005 | 807 | 42.47 | 2/4 |
| Smriti Mandhana | India | 2025 | 803 | 61.76 | 3/3 |
| Deepti Sharma | India | 2017 | 787 | 49.18 | 1/7 |
| Mithali Raj | India | 2017 | 783 | 71.18 | 1/9 |
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