The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 has been kicked off in New Zealand in March and April 2022, and will be the twelfth edition of the tournament, know the highest run scorer
It was originally slated for 6 February to 7 March 2021, but because to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed by one year. The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on December 15, 2021, that the tournament will begin on March 4, 2022, with the final on April 3, 2022.
New Zealand qualified as hosts automatically, with the ICC Women’s ODI Rankings determining all other qualification spots. Originally, three more teams from the 2017–2020 ICC Women’s Championship would qualify, but this was modified to four in 2018.
The remaining three spots were supposed to be determined by the 2021 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which was postponed until 2020. However, the competition was called off in the middle, and the remaining spots were distributed according to WODI standings.
After winning their first five matches in the tournament, Australia were the first team to qualify for the semi-finals.
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 Highest Run Scorer List, All Time Most Runs
After winning four of their first six group matches and getting a point for a no-result against the West Indies, South Africa became the second team to reach the semi-finals.
Here are the all-time top 10 women batters who has scored maximum runs in only world cups so far
| Most runs | ||||||||||
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| DA Hockley (NZ-W) | 1982-2000 | 45 | 43 | 8 | 1501 | 100* | 42.88 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| M Raj (IND-W) | 2000-2022 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 1321 | 109 | 47.17 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| JA Brittin (ENG-W) | 1982-1997 | 36 | 35 | 5 | 1299 | 138* | 43.3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| CM Edwards (ENG-W) | 1997-2013 | 30 | 28 | 5 | 1231 | 173* | 53.52 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| SW Bates (NZ-W) | 2009-2022 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 1179 | 168 | 56.14 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| BJ Clark (AUS-W) | 1993-2005 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 1151 | 229* | 60.57 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| KL Rolton (AUS-W) | 1997-2009 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 974 | 154* | 74.92 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| MM Lanning (AUS-W) | 2013-2022 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 912 | 152* | 53.64 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| H Kaur (IND-W) | 2009-2022 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 876 | 171* | 51.52 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| SC Taylor (ENG-W) | 2000-2009 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 856 | 137* | 61.14 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| SR Taylor (WI-W) | 2009-2022 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 791 | 171 | 29.29 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| SJ Taylor (ENG-W) | 2009-2017 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 763 | 147 | 36.33 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| L Wolvaardt (SA-W) | 2017-2022 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 757 | 90 | 63.08 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Check out the entire list of players with the most runs in the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022
| POS | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS |
| 1 | Laura Wolvaardt | SA-W | 7 | 433 |
| 2 | Meg Lanning | AU-W | 7 | 358 |
| 3 | Rachael Haynes | AU-W | 7 | 344 |
| 4 | Smriti Mandhana | IN-W | 7 | 327 |
| 5 | Harmanpreet Kaur | IN-W | 7 | 318 |
| 6 | Sophie Devine | NZ-W | 7 | 309 |
| 7 | Natalie Sciver | EN-W | 7 | 273 |
| 8 | Suzie Bates | NZ-W | 7 | 255 |
| 9 | Sune Luus | SA-W | 7 | 249 |
| 10 | Tammy Beaumont | EN-W | 7 | 243 |
| 11 | Hayley Matthews | WI-W | 7 | 226 |
| 12 | Beth Mooney | AU-W | 7 | 225 |
| 13 | Alyssa Healy | AU-W | 7 | 210 |
| 14 | Sophia Dunkley | EN-W | 7 | 209 |
| 15 | Sidra Ameen | PK-W | 7 | 202 |
| 16 | Amelia Kerr | NZ-W | 7 | 201 |
| 17 | Bismah Maroof | PK-W | 7 | 191 |
| 18 | Marizanne Kapp | SA-W | 7 | 182 |
| 19 | Mithali Raj | IN-W | 7 | 182 |
| 20 | Heather Knight | EN-W | 7 | 179 |
Check out the top indivisual highest scores by any batter in World Cup 2022
| Position | Player | Country | Score | |
| 1 | Meg Lanning | Australia | 135* | |
| 2 | Rachel Haynes | Australia | 130 | |
| 3 | Smriti Mandhana | India | 123 | |
| 4 | Hayley Matthews | West-Indies | 119* | |
| 5 | Harmanpreet Kaur, Nat Sciver | India, England | 109, 109* | |
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