Overview:
In the semi-final against England, she accumulated 169 runs off 143 deliveries, packed with 20 fours and 4 sixes, and the Proteas won the contest by 125 runs.
South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt scored a hundred against India in the ICC Women’s World Cup final in Navi Mumbai. She kept the team alive in a run-chase of 299 runs and amassed her second consecutive century in the ongoing edition of the global tournament.
Laura is the first skipper to hit a hundred in the history of the Women’s ODI World Cup. The right-handed dominated the Indian bowler from the start and reached the three-figure mark in 96 balls, with the help of 11 fours and 1 six.
In the semi-final against England, she accumulated 169 runs off 143 deliveries, packed with 20 fours and 4 sixes, and the Proteas won the contest by 125 runs. Wolvaardt has crossed the 500-run mark in a single edition of the World Cup and surpassed Alyssa Healy’s all-time world record of the most runs.
Most runs in a single Women’s World Cup edition
| Players | Runs | Year |
| Laura Wolvaardt | 512* | 2025 |
| Alyssa Healy | 509 | 2022 |
| Rachel Haynes | 497 | 2022 |
| DA Hockley | 456 | 1997 |
| LA Reeler | 448 | 1988 |