India opener Smriti Mandhana on Tuesday climbed to the top of the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings following her fine performances in the recently concluded three-match series against Australia.
Mandhana (790 rating points) made notable scores of 58 and 31 in the series, doing enough to move past South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt (782). Wolvaardt will have the opportunity to reclaim the No.1 spot when South Africa take on New Zealand women’s national cricket team across March and April.
Making a century in her final ODI appearance, Australia wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy signed off in fourth place in the rankings (744), placed between teammate Beth Mooney (749) and Ashleigh Gardner (724).
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur is the other Indian in the top 10, placed ninth. Jemimah Rodrigues is ranked 12th.
Despite India losing all three matches of the ODI series, there was some reward for Harmanpreet (652 rating points), who moved four spots back into the top 10 for batters thanks to scores of 53, 54 and 25.
Among bowlers, India all-rounder Deepti Sharma is the lone Indian in the top 10, placed at 10th.
Australia leg-spinner Alana King (775) jumped to the top of the Women’s ODI Bowling Rankings, ending Sophie Ecclestone’s near four-year reign at No.1. Gardner is placed third on the list.
Across the week, King led both teams with seven wickets at an average of 16.71, claiming 4/33 from 10 overs in the third ODI, helping the hosts to a 185-run victory. The performance propelled her to her first No.1 ranking, with her 775 rating points also marking a career high.
King is joined by four Australian bowlers in the top eight – Gardner (third), Annabel Sutherland (fifth), Megan Schutt (seventh) and Kim Garth (eighth).
There were several other performers from the series to enjoy rankings boosts.
After losing two of the three T20Is on home soil, Australia bounced back to claim the three ODIs as part of the multi-format series, finding success through Mooney, Gardner and Healy, the latter bringing down the curtain on her ODI career.
In the ODI all-rounder rankings, Gardner (516) continues to hold the No.1 spot, nearly 100 rating points clear of West Indies captain Hayley Matthews (418) in second place.
Sutherland (408) made a two-spot rise in the all-rounder rankings, while youngster Georgia Voll (534) jumped 23 places to 34th in the batting rankings after averaging 54 in the three-match ODI series.
Deepti also features in the top 10 of the all-rounder rankings, placed fifth.
