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Australia opener Beth Mooney has grabbed the top spot for batters in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’sT20I Player Rankings after helping her team win the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup for the fifth time.
- Healy, Wolvaardt, Jonassen and Sharma among others to move up in rankings update carried out after the knockout stage of the tournament
Mooney scored 259 runs at an average of 64 in six innings, the highest aggregate by anyone at a single edition of the competition and was named Player of the Tournament. Mooney has topped the rankings for the first time, having reached number two in March 2018.
India opener Shafali Verma slipped to third position after grabbing the top spot at the end of the league of the tournament while New Zealand’s Suzie Bates remains in second position in the latest update carried out after the knockout stage.
Mooney’s opening partner Alyssa Healy has risen two slots to fifth position after a blistering 39-ball 75 in the final against India while South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt has advanced 13 slots to reach a career-best 31st place after a valiant 27-ball 41 in their semifinal against Australia.
Australia left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen is at a career-best 728 points and fifth place, her best position since a career-best fourth ranking in November 2017. Her team-mates Sophie Molineux and Delissa Kimmince have advanced 10 places each to reach joint-16th and 31st places, respectively.
India’s Deepti Sharma has advanced 10 slots to reach 43rd position among batters and is among the top five all-rounders for the first time.
MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings (as of 9 March 2020 after the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020):
Batter (top 10)
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | S/R | Highest Rating |
| 1 | (+2) | Beth Mooney | Aus | 762 | 38.21 | 123 | 766 v India at Mumbai 2018 |
| 2 | ( – ) | Suzie Bates | NZ | 750 | 30.30 | 112 | 770 v Pak at Guyana 2018 |
| 3 | (-2) | Shafali Verma | India | 744 | 27.05 | 146 | 761 v SL at Melbourne 2020 |
| 4 | ( – ) | Sophie Devine | NZ | 742 | 31.36 | 127 | 749 v SL at Perth 2020 |
| 5 | (+2) | Alyssa Healy | Aus | 714 | 25.43 | 132 | 717 v SL at Sydney 2019 |
| 6 | (-1) | Meg Lanning | Aus | 712 | 36.20 | 117 | 785 v WI at Melbourne 2014 |
| 7 | (-1) | S Mandhana | India | 694 | 25.23 | 119 | 732 v Aus at Melbourne 2020 |
| 8 | ( – ) | S Taylor | WI | 661 | 36.39 | 104 | 836 v NZ at St Lucia 2010 |
| 9 | ( – ) | J Rodrigues | India | 643 | 26.57 | 111 | 753 v NZ at Auckland 2019 |
| 10 | ( – ) | Natalie Sciver | Eng | 636! | 25.90 | 112 | 636 v WI at Sydney 2020 |
Other selected rankings
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | S/R | Highest Rating |
| 31= | (+13) | L Wolvaardt | SA | 495*! | 22.42 | 103 | 495 v Aus at Sydney 2020 |
| 43 | (+10) | Deepti Sharma | India | 422*! | 18.39 | 91 | 422 v Aus at Melbourne 2020 |
| 134= | (+32) | Nicola Carey | Aus | 170*! | 30.00 | 83 | 170 v India at Melbourne 2020 |
| 146= | (+49) | Richa Ghosh | India | 160*! | 16.33 | 89 | 160 v Aus at Melbourne 2020 |
Bowlers (top 10)
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Eco | Highest Rating |
| 1 | ( – ) | S Ecclestone | Eng | 779! | 15.32 | 6.00 | 779 v WI at Sydney 2020 |
| 2 | ( – ) | Megan Schutt | Aus | 763 | 15.17 | 5.97 | 806 v Pak at Guyana 2018 |
| 3 | ( – ) | Shabnim Ismail | SA | 743 | 18.65 | 5.73 | 751 v India at Surat 2019 |
| 4 | ( – ) | Amelia Kerr | NZ | 740! | 19.52 | 5.68 | 740 v Aus at Melbourne 2020 |
| 5 | (+1) | Jess Jonassen | Aus | 728! | 20.08 | 5.43 | 728 v India at Melbourne 2020 |
| 6 | (-1) | Deepti Sharma | India | 716 | 19.37 | 5.95 | 746 v WI at Guyana 2019 |
| 7 | ( – ) | Radha Yadav | India | 704 | 16.36 | 6.29 | 769 v WI at Guyana 2019 |
| 8 | ( – ) | Poonam Yadav | India | 698 | 14.38 | 5.64 | 733 v Ire at Guyana 2018 |
| 9 | ( – ) | Ellyse Perry | Aus | 674 | 19.38 | 5.86 | 767 v NZ at Nelson 2010 |
| 10 | (+1) | Leigh Kasperek | NZ | 670 | 13.64 | 6.14 | 717 v Ire at Dublin 2018 |
Other selected rankings
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Eco | Highest Rating |
| 16= | (+10) | S Molineux | Aus | 612 | 19.61 | 6.01 | 672 v Eng at Hove 2019 |
| 31 | (+10) | D Kimmince | Aus | 549 | 22.74 | 6.71 | 680 v Eng at Hove 2019 |
| 61 | (+10) | Nicola Carey | Aus | 432*! | 24.11 | 6.38 | 432 v India at Melbourne 2020 |
| 69 | (+21) | N de Klerk | SA | 410*! | 14.33 | 7.03 | 410 v Aus at Sydney 2020 |
| 92 | (+17) | N Mlaba | SA | 321*! | 55.66 | 6.68 | 321 v Aus at Sydney 2020 |
All-rounders (top five)
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Highest Rating |
| 1 | ( – ) | Sophie Devine | NZ | 398 | 405 v Ban at Melbourne 2020 |
| 2 | ( – ) | Ellyse Perry | Aus | 363 | 421 v India at Canberra 2020 |
| 3 | ( – ) | Natalie Sciver | Eng | 349! | 349 v WI at Sydney 2020 |
| 4 | ( – ) | H Matthews | WI | 304 | 403 v NZ at Bay Oval 2018 |
| 5 | (+2) | Deepti Sharma | India | 302*/! | 302 v Aus at Melbourne 2020 |
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