In the sport of

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 ...

, a

century A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word ''century'' comes from the Latin ''centum'', meaning ''one hundred''. ''Century'' is sometimes abbreviated as c. A centennial or ...

is a score of one hundred or more runs by a batsman in a single

innings An innings is one of the divisions of a cricket match during which one team takes its turn to bat. Innings also means the period in which an individual player bats (acts as either striker or nonstriker). Innings, in cricket, and rounders, is bot ...

. In a

women's Twenty20 Women's Twenty20 is the use of the Twenty20 match format in women's cricket. In a Twenty20 match, the two teams bat for a single innings each, of a maximum of 20 overs. The wider rules and playing conditions are usually the same for both the ...

match, each team plays a single innings, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs. A

women's Twenty20 International Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The first Twent ...

(WT20I) is an international cricket match between two teams, each having WT20I status, as determined by the

International Cricket Council The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the world governing body of cricket. Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, its members are List of International Cricket Council members, 108 national associations, with 12 List of Internation ...

(ICC), the sport's world governing body. The

Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...

format was originally introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board for the men's

county cricket Inter-county cricket matches are known to have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales. Since the late 19th century, there have been two county championship ...

competition, with the first matches contested on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup. The first women's Twenty20 International match took place on 5 August 2004 when

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

defeated

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

by nine runs at the County Cricket Ground in

Hove Hove is a seaside resort and one of the two main parts of the city of Brighton and Hove, along with Brighton in East Sussex, England. Originally a "small but ancient fishing village" surrounded by open farmland, it grew rapidly in the 19th cen ...

. This match was held six months before the first men's

Twenty20 International A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...

, which was contested between

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and

in February 2005. The first century in a WT20I match was scored by

Deandra Dottin Deandra Jalisa Shakira Dottin (born 21 June 1991) is a Barbadian cricketer and former track and field athlete. A right-handed batter and right-arm fast bowler, Dottin made her debut for the West Indies women's cricket team in ...

of the

West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A ...

. Dottin posted 112

not out In cricket, a batter is not out if they come out to bat in an innings and have not been dismissed by the end of an innings. The batter is also ''not out'' while their innings is still in progress. Occurrence At least one batter is not out at t ...

against

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

in the opening match of the

2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 The 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the second ICC Women's World Twenty20 competition, which was held in the West Indies from 5 to 16 May 2010. The group stage matches were played at the Warner Park Sporting Complex on Saint Kitts. It was ...

Warner Park Warner Park is a community park on the northeast side of Madison, Wisconsin near Lake Mendota. Warner Park is also the home to the Madison Mallards baseball team, a member of the Northwoods League. Its stadium, nicknamed the "Duck Pond", was b ...

in Basseterre. Dottin's innings is the fastest WT20I century (off 38 deliveries), and is the WT20I century with the highest

strike rate Strike rate refers to two different statistics in the sport of cricket. Batting strike rate is a measure of how quickly a batter achieves the primary goal of batting, namely scoring runs, measured in runs per 100 balls; higher is better. Bowling ...

(248.88). Batting at number six, Dottin's innings is one of two occasions where a WT20I century has been scored by a player batting at number five or lower. The other was when

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Harmanpreet Kaur Harmanpreet Kaur ( ; born 8 March 1989) is an Indian cricketer who serves as the captain of the India Women's National Cricket Team in all formats . She plays as an all-rounder for the Indian women's cricket team; and was awarded the Arjuna Awa ...

, who came in at number five, posted 103 against New Zealand during the

2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the sixth edition of the ICC Women's World Twenty20, hosted in the West Indies from 9 to 24 November 2018. It the second World Twenty20 hosted by the West Indies (after the 2010 edition), and the West Ind ...

. Dottin,

Danni Wyatt Danielle Nicole Wyatt (born 22 April 1991) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex, Southern Vipers, Southern Brave and England. She plays as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She made her England debut ...

of England,

's Meg Lanning and

Beth Mooney Bethany Louise Mooney (born 14 January 1994) is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a batter in all three formats of the game. At the domestic level, she plays as a wicket-keeper-batter for Western ...

, Fatuma Kibasu of

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

and

Esha Oza Esha Rohit Oza (born 1 August 1998) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. In July 2018, she was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournam ...

of the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

are the only players to have achieved the feat two times. Both of Wyatt's WT20I centuries were scored in the second innings of the match. The only other instance was when

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

's Chamari Atapattu made 113 against Australia during the WT20I series in September 2019. Sri Lanka lost the match, and it was one of two occurrences where a team was defeated in spite of a player scoring a century. This match was also one of five occasions where two WT20I centuries were scored in the same match. The highest individual score of 161 not out in WT20Is was achieved by Bahrain's Deepika Rasangika against Saudi Arabia in March 2022. At 38 years and 99 days, she was also the oldest player to score a WT20I century. At the age of 16 years and 233 days,

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

's Prosscovia Alako became the youngest player to score a WT20I century when she made 116 against

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...

at the

2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament The 2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament was a women's T20I cricket (WT20I) tournament held in Rwanda from 18 to 23 June 2019. This was the sixth edition of the annual Kwibuka T20 Tournament, first organised in 2014 in remembrance of the victi ...

in Rwanda. Australia's

Alyssa Healy Alyssa Jean Healy (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian women's national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket, as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. She made her international debut in Februa ...

is the only designated

wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. Th ...

to have scored a WT20I century. , a total of 38 centuries have been scored by 32 different players, from 20 national teams, after over 1,200 WT20I matches.

Key

Alyssa Healy playing for the Sydney Sixers

Centuries

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, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis , , Won , , - , 2 ! scope=row , , , 71 , 12 , 2 , 163.38 , 1 , , , Absa Puk Oval,

Potchefstroom Potchefstroom (, colloquially known as Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river" ...

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Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Sylhet International Cricket Stadium ( bn, সিলেট আন্তর্জাতিক ক্রিকেট স্টেডিয়াম) also known as Sylhet Stadium and previously known as Sylhet Divisional Stadium, is a cricket stad ...

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

, Bangladesh , , Won , , - , 4 ! scope=row , (2/2) , , 67 , 9 , 5 , 167.16 , 1 , , ,

Coolidge Cricket Ground The Coolidge Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Osbourn, Saint George Parish, Antigua. It was previously known as the Airport Cricket Ground, before it was taken over by American businessman and cricket enthusiast Allen Stanford, rebuilt in ...

St George Saint George (Greek language, Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin language, Latin: Georgius, Arabic language, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christians, Christian who is venerated as a sa ...

, Antigua and Barbuda , , Won , , - , 5 ! scope=row , (1/2) , , 70 , 19 , 1 , 167.14 , 1 , , , Manuka Oval,

Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...

, Australia , , Lost , , - , 6 ! scope=row , (1/2) , , 57 , 13 , 2 , 175.43 , 2 , , , Manuka Oval,

, Australia , , Won , , - , 7 ! scope=row , (2/2) , , 64 , 15 , 5 , 193.75 , 2 , , ,

Brabourne Stadium The Brabourne Stadium is a cricket ground in Mumbai in Western India, built in the British Bombay era. It was the home ground of the Mumbai men's and women's cricket teams. It can accommodate 50,000 people for sports matches. The ground is owne ...

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

, India , , Won , , - , 8 ! scope=row , , , 66 , 16 , 3 , 187.87 , 1 , , , County Ground,

Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...

, England , , Won , , - , 9 ! scope=row , , , 52 , 18 , 4 , 223.07 , 1 , , , County Ground,

, England , , Won , , - , 10 ! scope=row , , , 51 , 7 , 8 , 201.96 , 1 , , , Providence Stadium,

Providence Providence often refers to: * Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion * Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in Christianity * Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ...

, Guyana , , Won , , - , 11 ! scope=row , , , 62 , 7 , 9 , 172.58 , 1 , , ,

Sydney Parade Sydney Parade is a cricket ground in Dublin, Ireland. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1897, when Pembroke played Leicester Ivanhoe. In 1965, the ground hosted a first-class match between Ireland and Scotland, which resulted in ...

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

, Ireland , , Won , , - , 12 ! scope=row , , , 71 , 15 , 0 , 163.38 , 1 , , ,

Rwanda Cricket Stadium Rwanda Cricket Stadium, also known as Kicukiro Oval, is a cricket ground in Kigali, Rwanda. The stadium is officially titled the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium. The ground is Rwanda's first dedicated international cricket ground and it ...

Kigali Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...

, Rwanda , , Won , , - , 13 ! scope=row , , , 61 , 15 , 0 , 168.85 , 1 , , ,

, Rwanda , , Won , , - , 14 ! scope=row , , , 81 , 13 , 0 , 140.74 , 1 , , ,

, Rwanda , , Won , , - , 15 ! scope=row , (1/2) , , 71 , 8 , 0 , 152.11 , 1 , , ,

, Rwanda , , Won , , - , 16 ! scope=row , , , 76 , 10 , 5 , 165.78 , 1 , , ,

La Manga Club Ground La Manga Club is a sports and leisure resort located in the south-eastern region of Spain, Murcia, south of La Manga, and bordered by the Mar Menor and Calblanque Regional Park. The resort complex opened in 1972 and covers an area of 1,400 a ...

, Cartagena, Spain , , Won , , - , 17 ! scope=row , (2/2) , , 63 , 17 , 7 , 211.11 , 1 , , , County Cricket Ground,

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...

, England , , Won , , - , 18 ! scope=row , (2/2) , , 61 , 20 , 0 , 185.24 , 1 , , , North Sydney Oval,

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, Australia , , Won , , - , 19 ! scope=row , , , 66 , 12 , 6 , 171.21 , 2 , , , North Sydney Oval,

, Australia , , Lost , , - , 20 ! scope=row , , , 61 , 19 , 7 , 242.62 , 1 , , , North Sydney Oval,

, Australia , , Won , , - , 21 ! scope=row , , , 65 , 14 , 3 , 173.84 , 1 , , , Pokhara Stadium,

Pokhara Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the List of cities in Nepal, second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living ...

, Nepal , , Won , , - , 22 ! scope=row , , , 53 , 20 , 0 , 207.54 , 1 , , , Pokhara Stadium,

, Nepal , , Won , , - , 23 ! scope=row , , , 68 , 19 , 0 , 164.70 , 1 , , , Friendship Oval,

Dasmariñas Dasmariñas (colloquially shortened to Dasma), officially the City of Dasmariñas ( fil, Lungsod ng Dasmariñas), is a 1st class component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. With a land area of and a population of 703,141 people acc ...

, Philippines , , Won , , - , 24 ! scope=row , , , 65 , 12 , 3 , 161.53 , 1 , , , Basin Reserve,

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

, New Zealand , , Won , , - , 25 ! scope=row , , , 66 , 13 , 4 , 163.63 , 1 , , , Manuka Oval,

, Australia , , Won , , - , 26 ! scope=row , , , 60 , 16 , 3 , 168.33 , 1 , , , Manuka Oval,

, Australia , , Won , , - , 27 ! scope=row , , , 74 , 16 , 0 , 141.89 , 1 , , , Seebarn Cricket Ground,

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

, Austria , , Won , , - , 28 ! scope=row , , , 70 , 13 , 0 , 144.28 , 1 , , , Seebarn Cricket Ground,

, Austria , , Won , , - , 29 ! scope=row , , , 60 , 11 , 3 , 175.00 , 1 , , ,

, Cartagena, Spain , , Won , , - , 30 ! scope=row , , , 69 , 12 , 0 , 165.21 , 1 , , , Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1,

Gaborone Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Gaboron ...

, Botswana , , Won , , - , 31 ! scope=row , (2/2) , , 66 , 19 , 0 , 192.42 , 1 , , , Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1,

, Botswana , , Won , , - , 32 ! scope=row , {{sortname, Andrea-Mae, Zepeda {{dagger , {{sort, 1010, 101 , 63 , 17 , 0 , 160.31 , 1 , {{crw, AUT , {{crw, BEL , Seebarn Cricket Ground,

, Austria , {{dts, format=dmy, 2021, 09, 25 , Won , , - , 33 ! scope=row , {{sortname, Deepika, Rasangika {{dagger , {{sort, 1615, 161* , 66 , 31 , 0 , 243.93 , 1 , {{crw, BHR , {{crw, SAU , Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat, Oman , {{dts, format=dmy, 2022, 03, 22 , Won , , - , 34 ! scope=row , {{sortname, , Aysha, dab=cricketer {{dagger , {{sort, 1135, 113* , 58 , 19 , 0 , 194.83 , 1 , {{crw, QAT , {{crw, SAU , Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat, Oman , {{dts, format=dmy, 2022, 03, 25 , Won , , - , 35 ! scope=row , {{sortname, Shahreen, Bahadur , {{sort, 1045, 104* , 61 , 17 , 0 , 170.49 , 1 , {{crw, QAT , {{crw, SAU , Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat, Oman , {{dts, format=dmy, 2022, 03, 25 , Won , , - , 36 ! scope=row , {{sortname, Esha, Oza {{dagger (1/2) , {{sort, 1585, 158* , 71 , 22 , 6 , 222.53 , 1 , {{crw, UAE , {{crw, BHR , Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat, Oman , {{dts, format=dmy, 2022, 03, 26 , Won , , - , 37 ! scope=row , {{sortname, Esha, Oza {{dagger (2/2) , {{sort, 1150, 115 , 67 , 18 , 3 , 171.64 , 1 , {{crw, UAE , {{crw, QAT ,

Kinrara Academy Oval Kinrara Academy Oval was a cricket stadium located at Bandar Kinrara, Puchong, Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Constructed in 2003, it hosted its first recorded match in 2005 when Bhutan Under-17s played Kuwait Under-17s in the Asian Cri ...

, Bandar Kinrara, Malaysia , {{dts, format=dmy, 2022, 06, 22 , Won , , - , 38 ! scope=row , {{sortname, Rebecca, Blake {{dagger , {{sort, 1105, 110* , 61 , 17 , 0 , 180.32 , 1 , {{crw, ROM , {{crw, SRB ,

Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground The Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Moara Vlăsiei, Ilfov County, Romania. The ground was built between 2011 and 2013, and is the only turf ground in Romania. It hosted the 2019 Continental Cup, a five-team Twenty20 Interna ...

, Ilfov County, Romania , {{dts, format=dmy, 2022, 09, 10 , Won , , - , 39 ! scope=row , {{sortname, Muneeba, Ali {{dagger , {{sort, 1105, 102 , 68 , 14 , 0 , 150 , 1 , {{crw, PAK , {{crw, IRE ,

Newlands Newlands may refer to: Places Australia * Newlands, Queensland, a locality in the Whitsunday Region New Zealand * Newlands, Wellington, a suburb of Wellington South Africa * Newlands, Cape Town, a suburb of Cape Town * Newlands, Johannesbur ...

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

, South Africa , {{dts, format=dmy, 2023, 02, 15 , Won , {{cite web, title=10th Match, Group 2 (N), Cape Town, February 15, 2023, ICC Women's T20 World Cup , url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-t20-world-cup-2022-23-1338037/ireland-women-vs-pakistan-women-10th-match-group-2-1338049/full-scorecard, work=ESPNcricinfo, access-date=16 February 2023

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