Standouts in Caribbean, New Zealand earn Women's Rankings jumps

Notewothy performances across T20I series held in the Caribbean and New Zealand have led to several jumps in the ICC Women's Player Rankings updated on Tuesday.

Young Australian opener Georgia Voll made her first entry to the top 10 of the Women's ICC T20I Batting Rankings, moving up two spots to ninth with a career-high rating of 672.

Making 39 off 23 balls in the second T20I of the West Indies series in Saint Vincent, Voll will see another rankings kick in the next update, following her maiden century (101) against the same opponents in match three which fell after Tuesday's deadline.

Voll's move is the headliner with the bat across the two series with veterans Ellyse Perry of Australia and Sophie Devine of New Zealand also making two spot jumps among top 20 players.

Devine (up to 18th) made two half-centuries in the White Ferns' series with South Africa at home, while Perry entered the top 20 again (20th) through scores of 36, 42 and 18.

ICC Emerging Player of the Year in 2024, Annerie Dercksen’s unbeaten 55 in the fourth match of the series lifted her up 18 places to 55th with the bat. Qiana Joseph, who struck seven fours and a six in a quick-fire 45 (39) in a losing effort for the West Indies in match one of their series, made a 14-spot jump to 33rd (512).

Fanny Utagushimaninde, who broke mulitple World Records in her T20I debut innings of 111 not out (65) for Rwanda against Ghana, entered the rankings for the first time at 66th.

On the bowling side, it was Nonkululeko Mlaba to made a re-entry back into the top 10, climbing two spots to ninth (701) thanks to five wickets across three outings.

Outside of the top ten, Georgia Wareham's three-wicket effort across outings in the Caribbean has led to a four-step jump to 12th (672). Jess Kerr, whose six wickets for the White Ferns in the week and eight for the T20I series has helped the hosts to an unassailable 3-1 series lead.

In the All-Rounder Rankings, it was Devine's efforts with the bat and three wickets across matches three and four of the Proteas series that pushed her back into the top ten, moving two spots to ninth (251).

Tahlia McGrath's efforts in the Caribbean led to a two spot jump to 14th, while Kiwi pair Suzie Bates and Jess Kerr made four and five spot jumps respectively to sit in 26th and 27th.