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South Africa opener Laura Wolvaardt has moved up two places to a career-best seventh position in the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings.
• Kapp, Aliya and Nashra among others to gain in latest rankings update after South Africa-Pakistan series
South Africa opener Laura Wolvaardt has moved up two places to a career-best seventh position in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after helping her team complete a 3-0 series sweep over Pakistan.
Wolvaardt was the most successful batter from the home side scoring 125 runs in the series, which included a fine 58 in the final match. She is now joint-seventh along with Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry and ahead of India’s Mithali Raj by four points.
Marizanne Kapp’s 115 runs in the series see her gain four places and reach 22nd position while other South Africa batters to gain in the latest rankings update include Lara Goodall (up seven places to 72nd) and Shabnim Ismail (up five places to 84th).
Fast bowlers Ismail and Ayabonga Khaka have retained their fourth and 12th positions after finishing with seven wickets each in the series while 20-year-old left-arm spinner Nonkululek Mlaba has entered the rankings in 57th position.
There is notable progress by Pakistan players despite losing the series.
Aliya Riaz has gained 15 places to reach a career-best 36th position after topping the series aggregate with 136 runs while Nida Dar too has made huge gains, moving from 54th to 44th position with 124 runs. Omaima Sohail is up to 53rd position while Nashra Sandhu, Diana Baig and Sidra Nawaz too have progressed.
Among Pakistan’s bowlers, Nashra has gained three slots to reach 16th position with six wickets in the series while Diana Baig has moved from 40th to 35th with nine wickets, the most by any bowler from either side.
In the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Team Rankings, South Africa and Pakistan retain their fourth and seventh positions, respectively.
MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings (as of 27 January 2021 after the South Africa-Pakistan series):
Batters (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Meg Lanning Aus 749 55.08 878 v NZ at Bay Oval 2016
2 ( – ) Stafanie Taylor WI 746 44.01 788 v India at St Kitts (WP) 2012
3 ( – ) Alyssa Healy Aus 741! 32.81 741 v NZ at Brisbane – AB 2020
4 ( – ) S Mandhana India 732 43.08 799 v Eng at Mumbai 2019
5 ( – ) A Satterthwaite NZ 723 38.93 781 v Aus at Bay Oval 2017
6 ( – ) T Beaumont Eng 716 41.87 737 v Aus at Leicester 2019
7= ( – ) Ellyse Perry Aus 691 52.10 776 v India at Vadodara 2018
(+2) L Wolvaardt SA 691 45.36 712 v NZ at Auckland 2020
9 (+1) Mithali Raj India 687 50.64 880 v Aus at Baroda Vadodar 2004
10 (-2) Lizelle Lee SA 681 33.72 777 v Eng at Hove 2018
Other selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating
22 (+4) M Kapp SA 558 28.66 595 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
36 (+15) Aliya Riaz Pak 410*! 20.96 410 v SA at Durban 2021
44 (+10) Nida Dar Pak 360 16.16 361 v SA at Durban 2021
53 (+15) Omaima Sohail Pak 310* 18.09 337 v SA at Durban 2021
72 (+7) Lara Goodall SA 215* 15.58 225 v Pak at Durban 2021
80 (+2) Nashra Sandhu Pak 192* 3.63 215 v Ban at Lahore 2019
84 (+5) Shabnim Ismail SA 185 11.62 320 v Ire at Doha 2014
90 (+28) Diana Baig Pak 170*! 7.00 170 v SA at Durban 2021
91 (+8) Sidra Nawaz Pak 168* 7.89 187 v NZ at Lincoln 2016
Bowlers (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Jess Jonassen Aus 804! 20.00 3.97 804 v NZ at Brisbane – AB 2020
2 (+1) Megan Schutt Aus 735 22.50 4.22 766 v WI at Antigua 2019
3 (-1) M Kapp SA 711 23.50 3.69 738 v NZ at Hamilton 2020
4 ( – ) Shabnim Ismail SA 708 20.70 3.61 717 v NZ at Hamilton 2020
5 ( – ) J Goswami India 691 21.48 3.28 816 v Eng at Chennai 2007
6 ( – ) Poonam Yadav India 679! 20.84 3.76 679 v WI at Antigua 2019
7 ( – ) Shikha Pandey India 675 21.06 3.94 696 v SA at Vadodara 2019
8 ( – ) Ellyse Perry Aus 666 24.28 4.33 738 v India at Mumbai 2012
9 ( – ) Anya Shrubsole Eng 645 25.62 4.17 655 v SL at Katunayake 2019
10 ( – ) Deepti Sharma India 639 27.18 3.84 653 v Eng at Mumbai 2019
Other selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating
16 (+3) N Sandhu Pak 561*! 27.37 4.15 561 v SA at Durban 2021
35 (+5) Diana Baig Pak 394*! 27.78 4.83 394 v SA at Durban 2021
57 (NEW) N Mlaba SA 238*! 106.00 3.53 238 v Pak at Durban 2021
63 (+21) Sadia Iqbal Pak 212* 42.33 4.23 216 v SA at Durban 2021
79 (RE) Kainat Imtiaz Pak 115* 39.88 6.18 151 v WI at Dubai (GCA) 2019
80 (+21) Fatima Sana Pak 112* 58.00 6.00 118 v SA at Durban 2021
81 (+6) Omaima Sohail Pak 105*! 37.00 4.62 105 v SA at Durban 2021
All-rounders (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Ellyse Perry Aus 460 545 v WI at Antigua 2019
2 ( – ) S Taylor WI 410 599 v NZ at Kingston 2013
3 ( – ) M Kapp SA 396 412 v Pak at Durban 2021
4 ( – ) Deepti Sharma India 359 401 v NZ at Hamilton 2019
5 (+1) Jess Jonassen Aus 301! 301 v NZ at Brisbane – AB 2020
*indicates provisional rating; ! indicates career-highest rating
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