The India pair of Jemimah Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana have made impressive gains among batters in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings despite their side’s 3-0 series loss to New Zealand, while Windies all-rounder Deandra Dottin has grabbed the top spot among all-rounders in the latest update carried out on Tuesday.
Rodrigues’s 132 runs in the three-match series against New Zealand have lifted her four places to the second position while Smriti Mandhana, who grabbed the top spot in ODI last week, has gained four spots to reach the sixth position after finishing as the leading run-getter in the series with an aggregate of 180. The stylish left-hander smashed two half-centuries including a fluent 86 in the last match in Hamilton that India lost by two runs.
Spinners Radha Yadav, up 18 places to 10th after taking four wickets in the series, and Deepti Sharma, up five places to 14th, are the India players to move up among bowlers.
For New Zealand, Sophie Devine has moved from 11th to the eighth position among batters after scoring 153 runs in the series including a match-winning 72 in the last match, while captain Amy Satterthwaite’s 87 runs have lifted her from 23rd to 17th position. Among bowlers, Lea Tahuhu has moved up five slots to 11th position.
For the Windies, Dottin has been the standout performer in a 2-1 series win in Pakistan. Dottin has moved up two places to third among batters after scoring 158 runs in the series while her three wickets have lifted her two slots to 29th among bowlers. The net result has been a promotion to number one in the list of all-rounders.
Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof has gained three slots to tie with compatriot Javeria Khan in 15th position among batters while Sana Mir, who is top-ranked in the ODI format, has moved up six places to take 28thposition among T20I bowlers after taking three wickets in the series.
South Africa completed a 3-0 win over Sri Lanka in a home series ahead of their ICC Women’s Championship series. The gains for them include captain Dane van Niekerk moving up three slots to reach a career-best 12th among batters, up six places to 20th among bowlers and up two berths among all-rounders to third. The pace pair of Shabnim Ismail (up four places to seventh) and Marizanne Kappe (up seven places to 22nd) are other notable gainers. For Sri Lanka, Shashikala Siriwardene has benefited by four places to reach 30th position.
Other players to advance include Esha Oza of the United Arab Emirates (up 44 places to 46th) among batters and the Thailand pair of Chanida Sutthiruang (up 15 places to 38th) and Nattaya Boochatham (40th) among bowlers.
In the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Team Rankings, New Zealand has overtaken England to take second place. ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2018 champions Australia continue to lead the table while the Windies and India, semifinalists at the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean, are fourth and fifth, respectively.
MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings (as of 12 February 2019)
Batters (top 20)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge S/R Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Suzie Bates NZ 765 30.69 112 767 v Pak at Guyana 2018
2 (+4) J. Rodrigues Ind 737 34.88 129 742 v NZ at Auckland 2019
3 (+2) Deandra Dottin Win 727 26.60 127 731 v Eng at Bridgetown 2013
4 ( - ) Meg Lanning Aus 695 34.04 117 783 v Win at Melbourne 2014
5 (-3) Stafanie Taylor Win 694 35.68 105 817 v NZ at St Lucia 2010
6 (+4) S. Mandhana Ind 693! 25.02 118 693 v NZ at Hamilton 2019
7 (-4) H. Kaur Ind 687 28.08 105 715 v Aus at Guyana 2018
8 (+3) Sophie Devine NZ 669! 27.92 125 669 v Ind at Hamilton 2019
9 (-2) Beth Mooney Aus 663 31.69 120 747 v Ind at Mumbai 2018
10 (-1) Alyssa Healy Aus 639! 22.80 122 639 v Eng at Antigua 2018
11 (-3) Mithali Raj Ind 623 37.81 101 813 v Win at Ahmedabad 2011
12 (+3) D. van Niekerk SA 622! 29.80 95 622 v SL at Centurion 2019
13 (-1) Natalie Sciver Eng 610 23.72 110 622 v Ind at Antigua 2018
14 (-1) Elyse Villani Aus 598 28.52 118 664 v Ire at Dublin 2015
15= (+3) Bismah Maroof Pak 571 25.19 89 647 v Ban at Karachi 2015
(-1) Javeria Khan Pak 571 21.41 92 576 v NZ at Guyana 2018
17 (+6) A.Satterthwaite NZ 540 21.19 95 556 v Win at Bridgetown 2013
18 (+2) Sarah Taylor Eng 537 29.00 111 781 v Aus at Chelmsford 2013
19= (-4) H. Matthews Win 536 19.54 110 593 v SL at St Lucia 2018
(+2) Danielle Wyatt Eng 536 18.18 124 537 v SA at Taunton 2018
Bowlers (top 20)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Megan Schutt Aus 796 15.45 5.76 804 v Pak at Guyana 2018
2 ( - ) Poonam Yadav Ind 707 14.41 5.73 735 v Ire at Guyana 2018
3 (+1) S. Ecclestone Eng 703! 19.91 6.60 703 v Aus at Antigua 2018
4 (+1) Ellyse Perry Aus 700 19.19 5.90 752 v NZ at Nelson 2010
5 (+1) Anya Shrubsole Eng 695 13.70 5.53 754 v Win at Dharamsala 2016
6 (-3) Leigh Kasperek NZ 694 12.93 6.17 715 v Ire at Dublin 2018
7 (+4) Shabnim Ismail SA 681 19.10 5.93 701 v Aus at Nagpur 2016
8= ( - ) D. Kimmince Aus 666! 18.96 6.53 666 v Eng at Antigua 2018
(-1) Amelia Kerr NZ 666 22.52 5.96 679 v Ind at Wellington 2019
10 (+18) Radha Yadav Ind 659*! 18.57 6.62 659 v NZ at Hamilton 2019
11= (+5) Lea Tahuhu NZ 643 20.86 5.90 664 v Pak at Sharjah 2017
(-1) Nashra Sandhu Pak 643 19.60 5.38 670 v Win at Karachi 2019
13 (-4) Nida Dar Pak 639 17.54 5.10 695 v SA at Doha 2014
14 (+5) Deepti Sharma Ind 638! 21.61 6.02 638 v NZ at Hamilton 2019
15= (-3) R. Ahmed Ban 636 19.34 5.37 676 v Win at Guyana 2018
(-3) S. Molineux Aus 636*! 20.06 5.84 636 v Eng at Antigua 2018
17 ( - ) S.Siriwardene SL 635 19.94 5.53 687 v Eng at Sylhet 2014
18 (-4) Salma Khatun Ban 633 18.08 4.88 717 v Ire at Sylhet 2014
19 (+2) Anam Amin Pak 621 19.84 5.14 717 v Ban at Delhi 2016
20= (+4) Afy Fletcher Win 620 20.57 5.82 639 v Ban at Guyana 2018
(+6) D. van Niekerk SA 620 20.63 5.46 642 v Eng at Paarl 2016
All-rounders (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Highest Rating
1 (+1) Deandra Dottin Win 424! 424 v Pak at Karachi 2019
2 (-1) Stafanie Taylor Win 387 519 v SL at Bridgetown 2012
3 (+2) D. van Niekerk SA 385 388 v SL at Johannesburg 2019
4 (+1) Sophie Devine NZ 378! 378 v Ind at Hamilton 2019
5 (-2) Ellyse Perry Aus 369 382 v NZ at Nagpur 2016
