Jonassen back at Number 1, Healy in top three

• Australia women players on a surge in individual rankings as team goes from strength to strength in ODIs and ICC Women’s Championship

These and other improvements by Australian players come as no surprise as they have now won a world record 18 consecutive ODIs and 17 of their 18 ICC Women’s Championship matches to stay way ahead of others in the points table.

Australia were assured of a place in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2021 going into the series while Sri Lanka were already out of contention. Australia now have 34 points while Sri Lanka have only two from 18 matches in the eight-team championship that provides direct qualification berths in the World Cup to hosts New Zealand and four other teams.

England are virtually through with 24 points from 18 matches but the mid-table is crowded with India and South Africa on 16 points from 15 matches each, Pakistan fifth with 15 from 15, New Zealand sixth with 14 from 15 and the West Indies on 11 from 18.

Jonassen and Healy both contributed in Australia’s 3-0 win over Sri Lanka and their performances have reflected in the latest rankings, which also take into account the opening match of the three-match India-South Africa series.

Jonassen’s six wickets, including a haul of four for 31 in the second match, have helped her take the top spot she had held until July and has enabled her to reach a career-best rating points tally of 758. She has also caught up with Schutt at the top of the list of bowlers in the championship, with both now with 30 wickets.

Healy, who has scored 1,000 runs in the championship, is also at a career-best points tally. She has 738 points and is in the top three among batters for the first time after being ranked 42nd two years ago. Rachael Haynes was the leading scorer with 237 runs in the series and is up to 21st position, her highest since reaching 17th in 2013.

For Sri Lanka, Chamari Athapaththu has gained two spots to reach 12th among batters and her knock of 103 in the final match of the series means she has now scored all five ODI centuries by Sri Lanka batters and their top seven individual scores.

Harshitha Madavi is into the top 50 for the first time after scores of 22, 39 and 24, while Achini Kulasuriya, Sri Lanka’s leading wicket-taker in the series, has risen 12 slots to 70th place in the bowling table.

MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings (as Of 10 October 2019, after the Australia-Sri Lanka ICC Women’s Championship series)

Batters (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating

1 ( - ) S Mandhana India 786 42.41 802 v Eng at Mumbai 2019
2 (+1) A Satterthwaite NZ 759 38.98 782 v Aus at Bay Oval 2017
3 (+1) Alyssa Healy Aus 738! 32.11 738 v SL at Brisbane - AB 2019
4 (-2) Ellyse Perry Aus 737 52.10 778 v India at Vadodara 2018
5 ( - ) T Beaumont Eng 722 41.07 738 v Aus at Leicester 2019
6 (+1) Meg Lanning Aus 719 52.75 879 v NZ at Bay Oval 2016
7 (-1) Mithali Raj India 717 51.38 881 v Aus at Baroda Vadodar 2004
8= ( - ) Suzie Bates NZ 683 42.64 801 v Aus at Bay Oval 2016
( - ) Sophie Devine NZ 683! 32.17 683 v Aus at Melbourne 2019
10 ( - ) Stafanie Taylor WI 676 43.43 790 v India at St Kitts (WP) 2012

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating

12 (+2) C Athapaththu SL 670 31.62 694 v SA at Potchefstroom 2019
17 (+1) Beth Mooney Aus 607* 42.12 613 v SL at Brisbane - AB 2019
21 (+7) R Haynes Aus 564 34.34 568 v NZ at Melbourne 2019
29 (+4) M Kapp SA 495 26.93 597 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
38 (+7) J Rodrigues India 395*! 24.10 395 v SA at Vadodara 2019
46 (+16) H Madavi SL 356*! 19.46 356 v Aus at Brisbane - AB 2019
54 (+5) H Siriwardene SL 315 18.44 552 v Pak at Canberra 2009
86 (+13) Nicola Carey Aus 223*! 17.50 223 v SL at Brisbane - AB 2019
89= (+14) A Sanjeewani SL 213* 12.72 222 v Aus at Brisbane - AB 2019

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating

1 (+1) J Jonassen Aus 755 20.78 3.99 758 v SL at Brisbane - AB 2019
2 (-1) Megan Schutt Aus 731 22.47 4.20 766 v WI at Antigua 2019
3 ( - ) J Goswami India 727 21.20 3.26 816 v Eng at Chennai 2007
4 (+1) Sana Mir Pak 714 24.34 3.68 729 v SA at Potchefstroom 2019
5 (-1) Ellyse Perry Aus 710 24.28 4.33 740 v India at Mumbai 2012
6 ( - ) Shikha Pandey India 694*! 20.46 3.90 694 v SA at Vadodara 2019
7 ( - ) M Kapp SA 669 24.14 3.69 736 v India at Potchefstroom (N 2017
8 (+1) Poonam Yadav India 664*! 20.95 3.79 664 v SA at Vadodara 2019
9 (-1) Shabnim Ismail SA 663 20.77 3.60 700 v Eng at Worcester 2018
10 ( - ) Katherine Brunt Eng 649 23.00 3.47 812 v India at Mumbai 2013

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating

18 (+1) A Khaka SA 552 28.30 4.12 677 v Eng at Worcester 2018
26= (+2) H.Siriwardene SL 473 28.84 3.93 590 v Eng at Colombo 2010
44 (+9) G Wareham Aus 368*! 28.47 4.32 368 v SL at Brisbane - AB 2019
56 (+6) T Sekhukhune SA 280*! 29.70 4.50 280 v India at Vadodara 2019
63 (+2) T Vlaeminck Aus 259* 25.83 3.87 272 v SL at Brisbane - AB 2019
67 (+5) Oi Ranasinghe SL 231* 38.11 5.31 235 v Aus at Brisbane - AB 2019
70 (+12) A Kulasuriya SL 226*! 55.00 5.23 226 v Aus at Brisbane - AB 2019
71= (+3) S Kumari SL 225* 36.52 4.80 325 v India at Ranchi 2016

All-rounders (top five)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Highest Rating

1 ( - ) Ellyse Perry Aus 523 549 v WI at Antigua 2019
2 ( - ) Deepti Sharma India 397 403 v NZ at Hamilton 2019
3 ( - ) S Taylor WI 360 605 v NZ at Kingston 2013
4= ( - ) D van Niekerk SA 331 422 v SL at Potchefstroom 2019
(+4) M Kapp SA 331 390 v Ire at Potchefstroom 2017