INDW vs SAW Final: Laura Wolvaardt created history with a brilliant century, defeated Mithali-Healy
Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|03-11-2025
Main points:
South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt has made a big record in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. He made a new record for scoring the most runs in a single World Cup.
Delhi: South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt has made a big record in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. He made a new record for scoring the most runs in a single World Cup. Wolvaardt achieved this feat by batting brilliantly in the final match played between India and South Africa.
Laura Wolvaardt created history
Laura Wolvaardt scored a brilliant century in the final match. He completed his 11th ODI century with the help of 1 six and 11 fours in 96 balls. However, after this she was caught out by Amanjot Kaur on the ball of Deepti Sharma on 101 runs.
In the World Cup 2025, Wolvaardt scored the highest score of 571 runs in a single edition of the World Cup so far. Earlier this record was in the name of Australian captain Alyssa Healy, who had scored 509 runs in the 2022 World Cup. After Healy, Rachel Haynes added 497 runs in the same World Cup.
Most runs in a World Cup edition
serial number
player name
Run
Year
Country
1
Laura Wolvaardt
571
2025
South Africa
2
Alyssa Healy
509
2022
Australia
3
Rachel Haynes
497
2022
Australia
4
debbie hockley
456
1997
new zealand
5
lindsay reeler
448
1988
Australia
Highest run scorer in World Cup
With this century, Laura has now become the second highest run scorer in Women’s World Cup history. He now has 1328 runs in his name in the World Cup. She achieved this feat leaving behind former Indian captain Mithali Raj.
serial number
player name
Run
Country
1
debbie hockley
1501
new zealand
2
Laura Wolvaardt
1328
South Africa
3
Mithali Raj
1321
India
4
Janet Brittin
1299
England
5
Charlotte Edwards
1231
England
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