A women's One Day International (WODI) is an international cricket match between two teams, each having WODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC). In a WODI match, the two teams play a single innings, each of which is restricted to a maximum of 50 overs. Law 13.1.1 A match shall be one innings for each side and Law 13.7.1.1 Each team shall bat for 50 overs unless all out earlier. The first WODI matches were played as part of the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup held in England, two years after the first men's One Day International was contested between Australia and England in January 1971. A five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement. The first two five-wicket hauls in WODIs were taken on 23 June 1973, as part of the Women's World Cup. Australia's Tina Macpherson and New Zealand's Glenys Page both achieved the feat as part of their teams' victories over Young England and Trinidad and Tobago respectively. Macpherson and Page are two of only seven players to take a five-wicket haul during their WODI debut, the others being India's Purnima Choudhary, Laura Harper and Linsey Smith of England, Felicity Leydon-Davis from New Zealand, and Zimbabwe's Kelis Ndhlovu.

Suthershini Sivanantham has taken the most economical five-wicket haul with an economy rate of just 0.21. Bowling for Sri Lanka, she took five wickets for just two runs against Pakistan at Moors Sports Club Ground in Colombo in January 2002. The least economical five-wicket haul was taken by New Zealand's Amelia Kerr with an economy rate of 6.94. There have only been 17 occurrences that did not result in a victory to the team taking the five-wicket haul.

There have been six occasions where two five-wicket hauls have been taken in the same match. The first was during the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa. India's Neetu David took figures of 5/32 in the first innings with Louise Milliken of New Zealand taking 5/25 to lead her side to victory. The second was during the 2007 Women's European Cricket Championship in Deventer where Annemarie Tanke of the Netherlands finished with 5/40. In reply, Ciara Metcalfe returned career best figures of 5/18 to help steer Ireland to victory. The third was the first ODI of Zimbabwe's 2023 tour of Thailand, which saw Kelis Ndhlovu (Zimbabwe, 5/22) and Thipatcha Putthawong (Thailand, 6/6) become the first players to achieve the feat for their respective countries in women's ODIs. The fourth was the first ODI of the West Indies 2024 tour of India, which saw Zaida James (West Indies, 5/45) and Renuka Singh Thakur (India, 5/29) take five-wicket hauls. The fifth was a match in the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which saw Fahima Khatun (Bangladesh, 5/21) and Jannatul Ferdus (Bangladesh, 5/7) take five-wicket hauls. The sixth was the sixth ODI of the 2025 Sri Lanka Women's Tri-Nation Series, which saw Dewmi Vihanga (Sri Lanka, 5/43) and Chloe Tryon (South Africa, 5/34) take five-wicket hauls.

Anisa Mohammed of the West Indies tops the list as the only bowler to have achieved the feat six times. She is followed by Katherine Brunt of England and South Africa's Suné Luus with five five-wicket hauls, Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick and India's Deepti Sharma with four and New Zealand's Holly Huddleston, Alana King and Ellyse Perry of Australia, England's Kate Cross and New Zealand's Amelia Kerr with three. Fitzpatrick is also the oldest player to achieve to take a fifer, taking her final five-wicket haul seven days short of her 38th birthday. Seven bowlers have taken a seven-wicket haul in a WODI, with Pakistan's Sajjida Shah returning the best figures in the format with seven wickets for just four runs. Playing in the 2003 IWCC Trophy against Japan in their debut WODI match, Shah is also the youngest bowler, aged just 15 years and 168 days, to take five wickets in an innings. The other bowlers to take seven wickets in an innings are Jo Chamberlain of England who took 7/8 against Denmark during the 1991 European Women's Cricket Championship; Mohammed who took 7/14 in a player of the match performance to help the West Indies win the final of the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament against Pakistan, Australia's Alana King who finished with 7/18 during the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup against South Africa, Perry who took 7/22 in the third WODI against England during the 2019 Women's Ashes series, Australia's Shelley Nitschke who finished with 7/24 during the 2005 Women's Ashes series, and New Zealand's Amelia Kerr who took 7/34 against Zimbabwe in 2026. A further 20 players have taken a six-wicket haul.

, 162 five-wicket hauls have been taken by 111 different players from over 1,500 WODI matches. England lead the list with 30 five-wicket hauls, followed by Australia with 26 and New Zealand with 25. Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln, New Zealand, leads the list of where the most five-wicket hauls have been taken with nine, ahead of Derby County Cricket Ground with six and Grace Road with five.

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+ Key Symbol Meaning Bowler The bowler who took the five-wicket haul The bowler was player of the match Wkts Number of wickets taken Runs Number of runs conceded Overs Number of overs bowled Econ Economy rate (runs conceded per over) Inn Innings in which the five-wicket haul was taken Team The team the bowler was representing Opposition The team the bowler was playing against Venue The cricket ground where the match was played Date Day on which the match was held Batters Batters whose wickets were taken Result Result for the team for which the five-wicket haul was taken Light blue background indicates this happened during a Women's Cricket World Cup match.

Five-wicket hauls + Women's One Day International cricket five-wicket hauls No. Bowler Wkts Runs Overs Econ Inn Team Opposition Venue Date Batters Result Ref 1 14 12 1.16 1 Young England Dean Park Cricket Ground, Bournemouth, England Susan Goatman Megan Lear Margaret Wilks Rosalind Heggs Katherine Brown Won 2 20 6.2 3.15 2 Clarence Park, St Albans, England Emelda Noreiga Jane Joseph Joyce Demmin Jasmine Sammy Maureen Phillips Janice Moses Won 3 10 8 1.25 2 Cornwall Park, Auckland, New Zealand Shantha Rangaswamy Nilima Jogalekar Diana Edulji Lopamudra Bhattacharji Sujata Sridhar Sharmila Chakraborty Won 4 (1/2) 27 12 2.25 2 Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand Nicki Turner Debbie Hockley Jackie Lord Sue Brown Maureen Peters Won 5 29 10.2 2.80 2 College Park, Dublin, Ireland Mary-Pat Moore Elizabeth Owens Rachel Hardiman Grainne Clancy Susan Bray Won 6 (2/2) 28 12 2.33 2 Carey Baptist Grammar School Oval No. 2, Melbourne, Australia Irene Schoof Anita van Lier Nicola Payne Ingrid Dulfer-Keijzer Vanda Wesenhagen Won 7 (1/2) 18 10.4 1.68 2 Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club Ground, Nykøbing Mors, Denmark Mary-Pat Moore Janice Walsh Julie Logue Susan Bray Anne-Marie Garth Won 8 22 9 2.44 1 Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt, New Zealand Belinda Haggett Zoe Goss Denise Annetts Christina Matthews Sally Moffat Won 9 27 11 2.45 2 Leicester Ivanhoe Cricket Club Ground, Kirby Muxloe, England Vibeke Nielsen Charlotte Smith Betina Langerhuus Lene Hansen Heidi Jensen Won 10 (1/2) 15 5.3 2.72 2 John Player Ground, Nottingham, England Janni Jønsson Trine Christiansen Susanne Nielsen Lene Hansen Mette Frost Won 11 (2/2) 8 9 0.88 1 Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Haarlem, Netherlands Vibeke Nielsen Jane Jensen Dorte Christiansen Janni Jønsson Charlotte Smith Trine Christiansen Lene Hansen Won 12 10 6.2 1.57 2 Oakes Oval, Lismore, Australia Sarah Illingworth Karen Gunn Sarah McLauchlan Catherine Campbell Julie Harris Won 13 5 11.2 0.44 1 Lindfield Cricket Club Ground, Sussex, England Anita van Lier Jet van Noortwijk Ingrid Dulfer-Keijzer Inge Kure Saskia Melchers Won 14 (2/2) 30 12 2.50 2 Woodbridge Road, Guildford, England Zoe Goss Sally Griffiths Lyn Larsen Joanne Broadbent Karen Brown Won 15 36 12 3.00 2 Dorking Cricket Club Ground, Dorking, England Janice Walsh Mary-Pat Moore Catherine O'Neill Stella Owens Miriam Grealey Won 16 20 8 2.50 1 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka Dona Indralatha Hiruka Fernando Kalpana Liyanarachchi Vanessa Bowen Rasanjali Silva Won 17 21 8 2.62 2 Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad, India Marlene Needham Roselyn Emmanuel Ann McEwen Desiree Luke Ann Browne Won 18 (1/4) 47 10 4.70 2 Lord's, London, England Barbara Daniels Charlotte Edwards Clare Connor Susan Metcalfe Melissa Reynard Won 19 (1/2) 7 7 1.00 1 Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand Cindy Eksteen Kerri Laing Leslie Korkie Ally Kuylaars Sune van Zyl Won 20 49 10 4.90 1 County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England Anju Jain Purnima Rau Rupanjali Shastri Hemlata Kala Anjum Chopra Lost 21 12 8.4 1.38 1 Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club Ground, Nykøbing Mors, Denmark Carolien Salomons Debbie Kooij Cheraldine Oudolf Sandra Kottman Elise Reynolds Won 22 (1/2) 30 9.4 3.10 2 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Charlotte Edwards Kathryn Leng Karen Smithies Laura Newton Dawn Holden Won 23 (2/2) 9 6 1.50 2 Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle, Australia Karen Smithies Barbara Daniels Charlotte Edwards Clare Connor Lucy Pearson Won 24 32 10 3.20 2 Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, New Zealand Maartje Köster Rowan Milburn Tessa van der Gun Carly Verheul Teuntje de Boer Won 25 (1/2) 35 10 3.50 1 National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Helmien Rambaldo Carolien Salomons Pauline te Beest Carly Verheul Iris Jharap Won 26 (2/2) 38 10 3.80 1 National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Annemarie Tanke Helmien Rambaldo Caroline Rambaldo Eugenie van Leeuwen Cheraldine Oudolf Won 27 (2/4) 14 10 1.40 1 College Park, Dublin, Ireland Anne Linehan Grainne Leahy Caitriona Beggs Nikki Squire Isobel Joyce Won 28 2 9.3 0.21 2 Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Rabia Khan Batool Fatima Khursheed Jabeen Huda Ziad Sabeen Rezvi Won 29 (2/2) 10 7 1.42 2 Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Saviour, Jersey Sulakshana Naik Mithali Raj Mamatha Maben Sunetra Paranjpe Deepa Marathe Won 30 14 6.5 2.04 1 Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, New Zealand Laura Newton Sarah Collyer Laura Harper Clare Taylor Lucy Pearson Won 31 (3/4) 27 9.1 2.94 1 Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, New Zealand Rebecca Rolls Emily Drumm Maia Lewis Sara McGlashan Rebecca Steele Won 32 16 8 2.00 1 Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Glenicia James Shane de Silva Juliana Nero Doris Francis Philipa Thomas Won 33 4 8 0.50 2 Sportpark Drieburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands Ema Kuribayashi Yūko Sasaki Maki Kenjo Izumi Iimura Aya Fujishiro Momoko Saito Ritsuko Hiroto Won 34 (1/2) 20 9.4 2.06 1 Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, India Nadine George Juliana Nero Stephanie Power Philipa Thomas Doris Francis Won 35 50 9.5 5.08 2 Senwes Park, Potchefstroom, South Africa Alison Hodgkinson Sune van Zyl Shafeeqa Pillay Shandre Fritz Ashlyn Kilowan Won 36 (1/2) 33 10 3.30 1 Asghar Ali Shah Cricket Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Juliana Nero Debbie-Ann Lewis Philipa Thomas Jacqueline Robinson Doris Francis Lost 37 10 6.2 1.57 1 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka Randika Galhenage Shashikala Siriwardene Chamani Seneviratne Dedunu Silva Chamari Polgampola Janakanthy Mala Won 38 15 9.3 1.57 2 Anglesea Road, Dublin, Ireland Cecelia Joyce Heather Whelan Barbara McDonald Marianne Herbert Jo Day Won 39 (1/2) 22 10 2.20 2 County Ground, Derby, England Maria Fahey Maia Lewis Haidee Tiffen Aimee Mason Sara McGlashan Won 40 (2/2) 32 10 3.20 1 Technikon Oval, Pretoria, South Africa Aimee Mason Haidee Tiffen Helen Watson Rachel Pullar Sara McGlashan Lost 41 25 10 2.50 2 Jaya Sharma Anju Jain Anjum Chopra Jhulan Goswami Deepa Marathe Won 42 24 7.4 3.13 2 Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster, England Clare Connor Arran Brindle 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