India pacer Arundhati Reddy surged to a new career-high ranking even as stars from Australia and India received a boost ahead of this year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup with performers from both sides making big gains on the latest ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings.
It was India that won a closely-fought series 2-1 in Australia recently and it’s no surprise to see pacer Arundhati Reddy obtain a new career-high rating following the latest rankings update.
Hyderabad’s Arundhati Reddy claimed a series-high eight wickets across the three matches Down Under and jumped five places to 11th overall on the updated list for T20I bowlers as a result.
Teammate Shree Charani (up 11 spots to 26th) also made some inroads, while Australia duo Annabel Sutherland (up two rungs to second) and Ash Gardner (up two places to 18th) jump up the same list that is still headed by Pakistan spinner Sadia Iqbal.
Gardner also moves up one spot to third on the list for T20I all-rounders, while it is Australia teammates Georgia Voll (up 26 rungs to equal 10th) and Phoebe Litchfield (up four slots to 12th) that make the biggest jumps on the updated rankings for T20I batters.
It’s Australia veteran Beth Mooney that remains out in front for T20I batters, with Voll, Litchfield and India right-hander Jemimah Rodrigues (up one spots to equal 10th) among the players to make good ground this week.
Proteas make the biggest gains in ODI rankings
There are also some changes on the latest ODI rankings following games between Sri Lanka and the West Indies and South Africa and Pakistan.
It’s a bunch of Proteas that make the biggest gains, with Sune Luus jumping four spots to 30th for ODI batters and five rungs to 17th for ODI all-rounders and teammate Marizanne Kapp jumps one spot to second behind Australia’s Gardner on the same list.
Nonkululeko Mlaba improves one spot to move to equal ninth for ODI bowlers, while West Indies spinner Karishma Ramharack (up four places to 26th) also makes gains in this category.
