Sharma makes significant gains in Women’s ODI Batting Rankings
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India’s Deepti Sharma has leapt 10 slots to 23rd in the latest update of the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings.
She returned an unbeaten and player-of-the-match-winning score of 62 in the first match in Southampton, which saw India open the series with a four-wicket win.
This was closely followed by an unbeaten score of 30 in England’s bounce-back at Lord’s, where the hosts levelled the series with an eight-wicket win in a rain-affected match. The series decider is today at Durham.
Another big mover in the batters list is Sophia Dunkley. Her 83 from 92 balls in the first match helped her rocket 24 spots to 52nd.
These movements have pushed Australia’s Ellyse Perry up one slot to fourth place and Marizanne Kapp of South Africa to 11th, just 17 rating points behind Australia’s Ash Gardner (650 points) and re-entering the top 10.
England’s left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone continues her reign in the bowling rankings thanks to her three for 27 at Lord’s. She has a 52-point lead over Gardner, who is in second place. Ecclestone also advanced three places to 18th in the all-rounders’ list.
Other movements in the bowling rankings include Charlie Dean’s two slot-shift to ninth, Sneh Rana’s leap to 21st place from 33rd place and Nat Sciver-Brunt’s 15-slot advance to joint 48th.
Ireland’s Gaby Lewis has jumped five places to 18th in the ICC Women’s T20I Batters Rankings. It is her first appearance in the top 20 of the list, and comes following her innings of 67, which set up Ireland’s six-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first T20I of three in Dublin.
They lead the three-match series 1-0.
Zimbabwe’s captain, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano’s innings of 42 in the same match saw her rewarded with a two-slot shift to 58th place.
Lewis’s teammates, Arlene Kelly, Cara Murray and Jane Maguire moved to 23rd, 48th and 56th among the bowlers, while Zimbabwe’s Lindokuhle progressed nine slots to 83rd.
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