ICC Latest Womens T20I Ranking
Seasoned opener Beth Mooney leaped back in ahead of teammate and captain Meg Lanning to reclaim her position as the No. 1 ranked batter on the most recent MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings. And with that bragging rights within the gold-medal-winning Australia camp continue. Here in this article, we look at ICC Latest Womens T20I Ranking.
Australia’s streak of victories that helped them win the gold medal was largely attributed to Mooney’s performance at the most recent Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Her efforts have been rewarded as she has passed Lanning at the head of the competition.
Following a spectacular Commonwealth Games campaign, the ICC revealed its most recent rankings on Tuesday, and Mooney’s return to the top spot and India’s Jemimah Rodrigues’ enormous surge into the top 10 were just two of the many notable changes.
With 179 runs from five innings for her country, Mooney led the run-scoring in the competition, enabling the 28-year-old to surpass Lanning and reclaim the position she had previously lost to her captain.
Lanning scored just 91 runs over the course of the 10-day event at Edgbaston, but the veteran right-hander is still ranked second among batters in the most recent T20I rankings, which are dominated by Australian players.
Four Australians are included in the top 10 list of batters, with rising star Tahlia McGrath moving up seven spots to fifth overall following another strong competition.
Silver medalists three Indian players are in the top 10, with Rodrigues moving up the most (seven spots to 10th overall) as a result of her 146 runs for her nation. India’s top three batters are Smriti Mandhana, fourth, and Shafali Verma, sixth.
Despite a lackluster tournament for the Proteas, South Africa’s Anneke Bosch (up five spots to 20th) and Tazmin Brits (up six spots to 22nd) were also expected to make significant advancements on the most recent batter rankings, while teammate Nonkululeko Mlaba moves up 14 spots to eighth on the rankings for bowlers.
After taking five wickets in the Birmingham competition, England’s Sophie Ecclestone is still the top-ranked T20I bowler in the globe, but there have been a few minor changes made inside the top 10.
The seasoned teammate of Ecclestone, Katherine Brunt, moves up one rank to second, while Australia’s Megan Schutt and South Africa’s Shabnim Ismail both move up two spots to fourth and fifth, respectively.
Following yet another solid performance for her nation at the Commonwealth Games, experienced New Zealander Sophie Devine continues to dominate the most recent standings for all-rounders.
The seasoned 32-year-old contributed six crucial wickets to assist the White Ferns win a bronze medal and finished the tournament with the second-most runs (177), trailing only Mooney. Closest competitor for Devine is Australian star Ashleigh Gardner, who goes up one spot to second, while India’s Deepti Sharma also advances one slot to fourth overall.
