West Indies hosts New Zealand in ICC Women’s Championship

Players aim for upward movements in Reliance ICC Women’s ODI Rankings

The quest for earning direct qualification for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 continues later this week when the West Indies hosts New Zealand in the ICC Women’s Championship.

St Kitts will be the venue of the One-Day Internationals, which will be played on 12, 14 and 17 September and will count towards the ICC Women’s Championship. This series is part of round one of seven, which will conclude next month when South Africa travels to Sri Lanka for the matches to be played on 15, 17 and 19 October.

At the end of the tournament, which will span around two and a half years, the four top sides will progress to the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, while the bottom four sides will get a final chance of qualification through the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier in 2017.

The West Indies and New Zealand have clashed six times since the ICC Women’s World Cup India 2013 with the former winning four matches and losing two.

Since the ICC Women’s World Cup India 2013, the West Indies has played a total of 12 ODIs and has won four matches, whereas New Zealand has won four out of six matches during the same period.

New Zealand captain Suzie Bates, previewing the series against the West Indies, said: “We played really well against them here in the summer, but we know that facing them in the Caribbean is a completely different ball game. They’ll be up for it and we’re incredibly excited about the challenge that awaits us. We’re ready to meet them head-on.”

In the Reliance ICC Women’s Player Rankings for ODI batters, New Zealand captain Suzie Bates and Stafanie Taylor of the West Indies are sitting in fourth and fifth positions, respectively while Amy Satterthwaite, who is returning to the side after missing the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014, is in 10th spot.

In the Reliance ICC Women’s Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, Taylor is holding the top spot with Shanel Daley and Anisa Mohammed in fifth and ninth positions, respectively. New Zealand’s left-arm spinner, Morna Nielsen, in 21st spot is her side’s highest-ranked bowler and will be aiming to break into the top 20.

Schedule of ICC Women’s Championship matches:

West Indies v New Zealand

12 Sep - First ODI, St Kitts

14 Sep – Second ODI, St Kitts

17 Sep – Third ODI, St Kitts

Sri Lanka v South Africa

15 Oct – First ODI, Colombo

17 Oct – Second ODI, Colombo

19 Oct – Third ODI, Colombo

New Zealand Women’s squad - Suzie Bates (captain), Sam Curtis, Sophie Devine, Maddy Green, Georgia Guy, Holly Huddleston, Hayley Jensen, Sara McGlashan, Felicity Leydon-Davis, Morna Nielsen, Katie Perkins, Rachel Priest, Amy Satterthwaite and Lea Tahuhu

West Indies Women’s squad: Merissa Aguilleira (c), Shemaine Campbelle, Britney Cooper, Shanel Daley, Deandra Dottin, Kycia Knight, Hayley Matthews, Natasha McLean, Anisa Mohammed, Shaquana Quintyne, Tremayne Smartt, Shakera Selman and Stafanie Taylor.

Points table (after Australia-Pakistan and England-India matches):

Note – two points for a win, no point for a loss and one point for a no-result

Reliance ICC ODI Women’s Rankings (as on 11 September, before Sri Lanka-South Africa and West Indies-New Zealand series)

Batters

Rank Player Team Points Avge HS Ranking

1 Mithali Raj Ind 735 50.05 839 v Aus at Baroda Vadodar 2004

2 C.Edwards Eng 723! 38.07 723 v Ind at Scarborough 2014

3 Sarah Taylor Eng 707 39.71 803 v Aus at Chelmsford 2009

4 Suzie Bates NZ 672 37.75 734 v WI at Kingston 2013

5 Stafanie Taylor WI 649 43.03 765 v Ind at St Kitts (WP) 2012

6 H.Kaur Ind 640* 35.06 673 v SL at Visakhapatnam 2014

7= Jessica Cameron Aus 635 38.53 660 v Pak at Brisbane 2014

Meg Lanning Aus 635* 39.22 673 v Eng at Hove 2013

9 Alex Blackwell Aus 602 33.79 683 v Ind at Canberra 2008

10 A.Satterthwaite NZ 574 28.79 653 v Aus at Sydney 2012

Selected rakings

Rank Player Team Points Avge HS Ranking

12 Deandra Dottin WI 548 25.45 650 v NZ at Kingston 2013

18 Sara McGlashan NZ 488 23.42 573 v Eng at Derby 2007

22 Nicola Browne NZ 449 27.05 645 v Aus at Lincoln 2008

28 Katie Perkins NZ 407*! 35.41 407 v WI at Lincoln 2014

30 S.Campbelle WI 393! 18.81 393 v NZ at Lincoln 2014

Sophie Devine NZ 393 21.44 435 v Eng at Derby 2010

35 Shanel Daley WI 390 20.72 473 v NZ at Mumbai 2013

37 M.Aguilleira WI 377 19.60 526 v SA at St Kitts (WP) 2013

Bowlers

Rank Player Team Pts Economy HS Ranking

1 Stafanie Taylor WI 709 16.82 2.98 768 v NZ at Kingston 2013

2 Jenny Gunn Eng 693! 27.00 3.73 693 v Ind at Scarborough 2014

3 Jhulan Goswami Ind 671 21.36 3.20 796 v Eng at Chennai 2007

4 Katherine Brunt Eng 653 21.52 3.29 796 v Ind at Mumbai 2013

5 Shanel Daley WI 602* 21.41 3.30 638 v NZ at Kingston 2013

6 Sana Mir Pak 590 23.84 3.46 598 v Aus at Brisbane 2014

7 Sunette Loubser SA 568*! 17.53 3.04 568 v Pak at Doha 2014

8 Erin Osborne Aus 567* 26.56 3.95 581 v Eng at Melbourne 2014

9 A.Mohammed WI 552 17.63 3.17 658 v NZ at Mumbai 2013

10 Shibnam Ismail SA 551* 20.20 3.51 557 v Ire at Doha 2014

Selected rankings

Rank Player Team Pts Economy HS Ranking

21 Morna Nielsen NZ 461*! 24.87 3.78 461 v WI at Lincoln 2014

26 Tremayne Smartt WI 443* 33.73 3.72 464 v Eng at Port-of-Spain 2013

38 Shakera Selman WI 360* 29.18 3.28 462 v SA at Dominica 2013

40 S.Quintyne WI 337* 23.33 3.74 353 v NZ at Kingston 2013

47 Sophie Devine NZ 292* 38.05 4.39 510 v Ind at Sydney 2009

48 Rachel Candy NZ 288* 30.61 4.59 336 v Aus at Cuttack 2013

50 Suzie Bates NZ 281* 30.56 5.15 294 v WI at Lincoln 2014

All-rounders

Rank Player Team Points Highest Ranking

1 Stafanie Taylor WI 460 560 v NZ at Kingston 2013

2 Ellyse Perry Aus 243 286 v Eng at Hobart 2014

3 Shanel Daley WI 235 /* 273 v Aus at Mumbai 2013

4 Jenny Gunn Eng 232 348 v Aus at Melbourne 2008

5 Marizanne Kapp SA 226*/* 227 v Ire at Doha 2014