Ashleigh Gardner leads ICC Women’s Player Rankings update after World Cup performances
The latest ICC Women’s Player Rankings reflect standout performances from the World Cup, with Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, and Pratika Rawal making significant gains. Gardner holds top spots in all-rounder rankings, while several players see major movements in batting and bowling lists
Hyderabad: The latest update of the ICC Women’s Player Rankings features the standout performers of the ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.
With the league stage of the tournament concluded, the top performers have seen movement in the batting, bowling, and all-rounder lists, many of which feature players from the semi-finalist teams Australia, South Africa, England, and India.
The biggest movers are headlined by Australia all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner, who now ranks in the top three of all three lists. She has risen six spots to second place in the batters’ list, maintains her third-place ranking among the bowlers, and stays at the top of the all-rounders’ table.
Gardner’s rise follows her match-winning performance in Australia’s successful chase of 245 against England, where she remained unbeaten on 104 after Australia was at 68 for four when she entered the match. Her partner in the unbroken fifth-wicket stand, Annabel Sutherland, who scored 98 not out in that match, has surged 16 spots to a career-best 16th place in the ICC Women’s Batting Rankings, moved up one spot to seventh in the Bowling Rankings, and shifted one place to fourth in the all-rounder list.
India’s Pratika Rawal, who scored 308 runs in the league stage before being ruled out of the tournament due to an ankle injury, has risen 12 spots to a career-best 27th place in the batters’ list.
England closed the league phase with a comfortable eight-wicket win over New Zealand. Amy Jones (up four places to ninth) and Tammy Beaumont (up seven places to 14th) made significant gains in the batters’ list. Meanwhile, Sophie Ecclestone remains at the top of the bowlers’ list, with Charlie Dean moving up four places to 12th and one spot up to 13th in the all-rounder list.
Australia’s leg-spinner Alana King, who set a tournament record with seven for 18 against South Africa, jumped five places to a career-high second in the Bowling Rankings.
South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp, consistent with the ball throughout the tournament, moved up one spot to fourth place, while Pakistan’s Nashra Sundhu also moved one place to joint 10th, alongside Kapp’s teammate Nonkululeko Mlaba.
Other notable movements in the Bowling Rankings include New Zealand’s Lea Tahuhu climbing three places to 15th, while India’s Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, and Sree Charani each made significant progress, jumping seven spots to 19th, joint 25th, and 30th, respectively.
England’s Lauren Bell moved up one place to 24th, South Africa’s Masabata Klaas rose four spots to 31st, and England’s Linsey Smith rocketed 24 places to 36th.
