Laura Wolvaardt Century: Laura Wolvaardt scored a century in the final of the Women’s World Cup, made this world record

Sanjeev Kumar

khelja|03-11-2025

Laura Woolworth's historic century (Photo-PTI)

Laura Wolvaardt: If Laura Woolworth is at the crease then it is sure to rain runs, this player did something similar in the Women's World Cup final as well. Laura Woolworth scored a brilliant century in the title battle against India. Woolworth scored a century in just 96 balls. Laura Woolworth scored her second century in this tournament and the amazing thing is that she scored both the centuries in knock out matches. Woolworth had scored a century in the semi-final match against England and now he has scored a century in the final.

She is the first captain in the world to score a century in the semi-finals and final of the World Cup.

Laura Woolworth's record

This century of Laura Woolworth is also special because in both Men's and Women's World Cup, no captain has ever scored a century in the semi-finals and final. She is the first captain in cricket history to do this feat. However, Woolworth could not make her century innings much bigger as she was out on 101 runs. She tried to play a big shot on Deepti Sharma's ball but she could not connect the ball properly and Amanjot took an excellent catch to give India success.

History created in Women's World Cup

Laura Woolworth scored the most runs in the Women's World Cup 2025. This right-handed opener scored 571 runs in 9 matches at an average of 71.38, which is a world record. This player broke Alyssa Healy's record. Let us tell you that in the history of ODI World Cup, Laura Woolworth has scored 1328 runs, she has gone ahead of Mithali Raj. However, the record of highest score of 1501 runs in this tournament is in the name of New Zealand batsman Debbie Hockley.

Laura Woolworth's 11th century

Laura Woolworth has taken her number of centuries in ODIs to 11 by scoring two consecutive centuries in the World Cup.

She has defeated Nat Siver Brunt of England. Meg Lanning has the maximum number of 15 centuries in women's ODI.

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