Indian batsmen Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur moved up one spot in the latest update of the Women’s Player Rankings on Tuesday. Mandhana has climbed to fourth position with 708 points, while Indian captain Harmanpreet has improved her position to sixth with 694 points. England star batsman Nat Sciver-Brunt is the leading ODI batsman in the latest updated rankings. Sciver-Brunt scored a record century in their third ICC Women’s Championship ODI win over Sri Lanka, reaching three figures in just 66 balls, the best for an England women’s player. She finished with 120 off just 74 balls, hitting 18 fours and a six in the knock.
After the effort, more records are in the all-rounder’s sights, with her score of 807 points being the third highest for an England women’s player in the history of the ODI batting rankings. Only Claire Taylor (814) and Sarah Taylor (812), who reached their respective ratings in July 2009, are above the 31-year-old.
On the Sri Lankan side, Hasini Perera moved up 26 places to 57th (325) after three innings in the series.
Although there was only one change in the top ten bowling side (Ayabonga Khaka moved up to seventh, moving ahead of Kate Cross), there were clear changes for those set to enter the top twenty.
Charlie Dean’s 5/31 in the third ODI against Sri Lanka moved her to 12th in her career (571 points), while Nida Dar (up two places to 19th) and Nashra Sandhu (up one place to 15th) held the lead names. away for Pakistan. Compatriot Sadia Iqbal also impressed, jumping thirteen places in the top 50 with consecutive wins of 2-32 and 2-26 against South Africa.
England’s Sarah Glenn stepped up in the absence of injured and top-ranked Sophie Ecclestone to claim five wickets in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, moving up 12 places to 52nd (328)
While her batting turned heads, it wasn’t all good news in the latest update for Sciver-Brunt, who relinquished her top spot in the ODI all-rounder rankings and dropped to third.
Ash Gardner (389) moved into first place after Sciver-Brunt’s fall, while Hayley Matthews (382) also climbed above the English mainstay after the changes.
Chamari Athapaththu moves closer to the top ten with a strong performance in England, while there were a number of strong rises in smaller positions.
Charlie Dean (up three places to 15th) and Salma Khatun (up two places to 17th) are the next players to take on challenges higher up, with Nadine de Klerk (up six places to 38th) also making her mark.
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