One Day International A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...

(ODI) is an international

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

match between two teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the

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. The women's variant of the game is similar to the men's version, with minor modifications to umpiring and pitch requirements. The first women's ODI was played in 1973, between

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and

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. The

Denmark women's national cricket team The Denmark women's national cricket team represents the Kingdom of Denmark in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Dansk Cricket Forbund, an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Denmark's first r ...

played their first ODI during the

1989 Women's European Cricket Cup The 1989 Women's European Cricket Cup was an international cricket tournament held in Denmark from 19 to 21 July 1989. It was the first edition of the Women's European Cricket Championship, Women's European Championship, and all matches at the tou ...

, when they faced

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in the opening round of the tournament in

Nykøbing Mors Nykøbing Mors is the largest town on the island of Mors in the Limfjord in Denmark. The town received its charter in 1299 and has a population of 9,033 (1 January 2022).

. They competed in two

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; in 1993 and 1997, but lost their status as an ODI-playing nation after the

1999 Women's European Cricket Championship The 1999 Women's European Cricket Championship was an international cricket tournament held in Denmark from 19 to 21 July 1999. It was the fifth edition of the Women's European Cricket Championship, Women's European Championship, and the second to ...

. In total, Denmark have played 33 ODIs. Janni Jønsson and

Susanne Nielsen Susanne Nielsen is a former Danish international cricketer who represented the Danish national team between 1993 and 1999. Her sister, Inger Nielsen, also played for Denmark. She holds the record for scoring the most number of ducks in Women's ...

are the most capped players, each appearing in all but one of Denmark's matches. Jønsson is also the team's leading run-scorer with 388 runs, and wicket-taker with 35 wickets. Her total of 53 against Ireland in 1995 is the highest score in women ODI cricket by a Danish player.

Key

List of players

:''Statistics are correct as on 21 July 1999, the date of Denmark's last women's ODI (Denmark Women are not currently active in Women's One Day International cricket). This list includes all players who have played at least one ODI match and is initially arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first cap in the same match, those players are initially listed alphabetically.''

References

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