Indian pacesetter Renuka Singh has stormed to 18th place in the ICC Women’s T20I Bowlers Rankings after finishing as the best wicket taker in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Renuka’s 11 wickets have rewarded her with a top 20 entry for the first time. She made a climb of 10 places after this performance. Also, Australian lead-off hitter Beth Mooney has reclaimed the batter’s top spot in the ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings after losing it to her captain Meg Lanning a few weeks ago.
Mooney finished a fine run in the Commonwealth Games with a 41-ball 61 against India in the final to finish as the tournament’s top scorer with 179 runs. With scores of 70 not out against Pakistan and 36 against New Zealand last week, she is now 18 points ahead of Lanning with 743 rating points.
The 28-year-old grabbed the top spot for the third time in her career, having previously been number 1 from March 8, 2020 to March 21, 2021 and from October 9, 2021 to July 26, 2022.
Mooney’s teammate Tahlia McGrath has continued her meteoric rise. After 14 games, she has a batting average of 93.75 and a bowling average of 13.66, securing her a top-five position with the bat for the first time and 12th in the all-rounder list.
Jemimah Rodrigues’ return to form saw her score 146 runs in Birmingham, helping her to gain seven spots and return to the top 10 batters for the first time since October 2021.
England may have missed a medal, but their bowlers occupy the top three of the bowling rankings. Fast bowler Katherine Brunt has switched places with Sarah Glenn and is in second place, her highest position in 11 years. Left arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone remains at the top with a good 34 rating points lead over Brunt.
South African batters Anneke Bosch (up five places to 20th) and Tazmin Brits (up six places to 22nd) are others to take big wins among the batters, while Pakistani Javeria Khan and India’s Deepti Sharma have two places each won to reach the 32nd and 36th position respectively.
Fast bowlers Shabnim Ismail of South Africa and Megan Schutt of Australia have moved up two places each to take fourth and fifth in the bowlers list. Left arm spinners Nonkululeko Mlaba of South Africa and Radha Yadav of India are in eighth and fourteenth place respectively.
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In other moves, New Zealand’s Haley Jensen cantered 31 slots to take the 13th position, while Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner (22nd) and South African Nadine de Klerk (28th) also made significant moves.
Playing with both bat (96 runs at a strike rate of 137.14) and ball (five wickets at an economy rate of 4.20), Gardner ranks second among all-rounders, only behind Sophie Devine, who led to the bronze medal.
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