Most wickets in Women's Cricket World Cup 2025

The ICC Women's ODI Cricket World Cup 2025 began on September 30 and is set to conclude on November 2 with India and Sri Lanka acting as co-hosts.

The Women's Cricket World Cup, the premier tournament in the ODI format, features some of the finest players and bowlers from across the globe.

Numerous bowlers have already made their presence felt in the ongoing edition of the World Cup.

Sri Lanka’s Inoka Ranaweera registered the first four-fer of the Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 in the opening match of the tournament against India. She finished with figures of 4/46 from nine overs.

England’s Sophie Ecclestone finished as the leading wicket-taker in the last edition of the Women’s ODI World Cup in 2022 after claiming 21 scalps in nine innings at an average of 15.61.

Rosalind Heggs, who played for the Young England team, finished as the top wicket-taker with 12 scalps in the inaugural edition of the Women’s ODI World Cup in 1973 when two English teams participated - the senior side and a younger team.

Former Indian cricketer Jhulan Goswami, who holds the record for most wickets in the women’s 50-over format with 255 scalps, is also the top wicket-taker in ODI World Cup history with 43 dismissals to her name.

Australia’s Lyn Fullston, who was the leading wicket-taker in successive Women’s ODI World Cups in 1988 and 1993, is the only player to have finished with the most scalps in two editions.

She picked up 23 wickets in 1982 before claiming 16 in 1988. Her 23 wickets in 1982 remains the record for most scalps by any bowler in a single edition of the Women's World Cup.

Sharyn Hill (7), Karen Smithies (15), Julie Harris (15), Katrina Keenan (13), Charmaine Mason (17), Neetu David (20), Laura Marsh (16), Megan Schutt (15) and Dane van Niekerk (15) are few of the other players who have topped the wicket-taking charts at previous World Cups.

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