Harmanpreet Kaur of India secured a spot in 20th place while her skipper Mithali Raj maintained her second place in the latest ODI women’s ranking released Tuesday. Kaur recently scored a 66-ball 63 in the fifth and final ODI against New Zealand to get back into form, the knock helped India avoid a whitewash at the hands of the home side.
Raj and star opener Smriti Mandhana, who scored 73 in the last ODI, maintained their second and eighth places respectively.
All-rounder Deepti Sharma also saw her position improve in the bowling charts to reach number 12. She returned with marks of 1/49 in four overs and 2/42 in 10 overs in the fourth and fifth ODIs respectively.
She scored just nine points in the fourth ODI and failed to hit in the fifth game, in which she lost a spot in the all-rounder rankings to number 5.
Veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami remained the only Indian in the top 10, all the while holding onto her fourth spot on the bowlers chart.
New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr did very well in the last two ODIs of the five-game series against India.
In the fourth ODI, which was reduced to a game of 20 over, Kerr scored an unbeaten 68 in just 33 deliveries. In the fifth and final ODI, Kerr scored 68 in 75 balls. Her exploits with the bat have moved her up five spots to number 17 in the batter’s rankings.
Kerr also contributed with some handy overs in the last two games. In the fourth game, she returned with figures of 3/30 in 3.5 overs, while New Zealand successfully defended a score of 191.
In the fifth and final ODI she recorded numbers of 1/55 in her 10 overs. This has seen her rankings rise to No.17 in bowlers, a four-position gain.
She has also broken into the top 5 of the all-rounders list, taking two positions to #4. Her form will no doubt help New Zealand as the hosts aim to take their second ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup title starting on March 4.
In other big moves, Amy Satterthwaite dropped four batting positions, back to number 7. She scored a 16-ball 32 in the fourth ODI and 21-ball 12 in the fifth and final game.
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Alyssa Healy remained at the top of the batting charts, while her Australian compatriots Jess Jonassen and Ellyse Perry maintained their status as the No. 1 bowler and No. 1 all-rounder respectively.
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