New Delhi: Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana continued to hold on to her top spot while skipper Harmanpreet Kaur moved up to seventh position in the latest women’s ODI rankings released on Tuesday. Harmanpreet escalated to the seventh position after New Zealand legend Sophie Devine dropped two places to slip to the ninth.
Star of India’s ODI World Cup campaign Jemimah Rodrigues remained stable at the 12th position. Among some other players, New Zealand batter Maddy Green moved up five places to the 17th position, also achieving a career-best of 610 rating points.
Green slammed a a blistering knock of 94 in 73 balls to aid in her side’s massive 200-run victory in the final match of their ICC Women’s Championship series against Zimbabwe. By virtue of the victory, the Kiwis completed a 3-0 series victory. All-rounder Amelia Kerr advanced from 21st to joint-19th among batters, also registering more than 600 rating points in both batting and bowling rankings.
Kiwi players move up ranks
She won the Player of the Match award in the final ODI with an all-round effort of 80 and five for 22. Meanwhile, Isabelle Gaze rose three places to 61st as a few New Zealand players moved up the batting rankings, with fast bowlers Rosemary Mair (up seven places to 58th) and Bree Illing (up five places to 79th) have progressed in the bowling rankings.
In the T20I rankings, Georgia Plimmer’s knock of 63 has helped her go from 50th to 41st position, also contributing to New Zealand’s 90-run win. Kerr attained a career-best 694 rating points after smashing 78 off 44 balls in the opening match against South Africa while retaining eighth place in the bowling rankings.
In T20I bowling rankings, Jess Kerr’s figures of two for 13 have helped her move up 11 places to 23rd position while Sophie Devine’s career-best haul of four for 12 has lifted her from 104th to 79th position.
(With PTI inputs)