India, Australia players make T20I ranking climbs
India's Deepti Sharma headlines a range of moves in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings update.
The 26-year-old jumped four spots to second on the T20I bowling rankings and solidified her position in fourth on the all-rounder rankings when the latest update was released on Tuesday, 9 January.
Deepti (723 rating points) did just enough to overtake South Africa's Nonkululeko Mlaba (722) in the week's action, ever-consistent with figures of 2/24 and 2/22 in her two meetings with Australia. A score of 30 on top of her bowling exploits moved her to an all-rounder rating of 381, 17 points behind Ashleigh Gardner (398) in third.
Further down the rankings, Georgia Wareham made a 15-spot jump to 28th (571), taking three wickets across the two matches. Titas Sadhu, the only player to match Deepti's four-wicket tally in the series thus far, climbed 50 spots to 92nd (358).
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On the batting side of the player rankings, new permanent Australian captain Alyssa Healy re-entered the top 10, leapfrogging compatriot Gardner to a rating of 636. Smriti Mandhana held her fourth-place spot thanks to 77 runs across two innings, while Ellyse Perry's work in the middle order has led to a two-spot climb to 19th (590).
ICC Emerging Women's Cricketer of the Year nominee Phoebe Litchfield meanwhile leapt 26 places to 52nd in the batting rankings (440), thanks to sores of 49 (32) and 18* (12) across the two T20Is.
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The final ODI between the two sides meanwhile were counted in the Tuesday update, leading to minor movements across the three disciplines.
Megan Schutt’s 2/23 from six overs led to the most noteworthy move, climbing to second on the bowling rankings (672) but some distance behind Sophie Ecclestone in top spot with a rating of 746.
Georgia Wareham’s 3/23 (6.4) saw the leg-spinner move six places up to 12th (565), while the century for Phoebe Litchfield led to a nine-spot jump to 23rd on the batting rankings (23rd).
India’s Shreyanka Patil jumped 66 places after her three-wicket haul, moving to 309 rating points in 62nd.
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