Shree Charani jumps to career-best 11th in ICC rankings
India’s Shree Charani climbed to a career-best 11th in ICC Women’s T20I bowling rankings after a strong series against South Africa. Laura Wolvaardt also moved to third in batting rankings following a record-breaking performance in the series
Hyderabad: South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt has advanced two slots to third place with a career-best rating of 786 in the ICC Women’s T20I batting rankings following the conclusion of her team’s successful home series against India.
Wolvaardt smashed an unbeaten 56-ball 92 to finish the five-match series with a total of 330 runs, the most by an individual in a women’s bilateral T20I series, as her team won the series 4-1. She was awarded the Player of the Series and is now just two rating points behind number two Beth Mooney and 29 behind Georgia Voll, who tops the batting rankings with 815 points.
Other significant movements on the batters’ list include India captain Harmanpreet Kaur moving up a slot to re-enter the top 10 with 646 points after finishing the series with 169 runs, and Richa Ghosh, who advanced two slots to 22nd.
South Africa’s Suné Luus climbed six places to 29th with a personal-best rating of 538 after finishing the series with 197 runs.
Deepti Sharma and Nonkululeko Mlaba have moved one and two slots respectively to joint fourth place in the bowlers’ list, which is still led by Pakistan’s Sadia Iqbal. Sharma is the leading wicket-taker with seven scalps and Mlaba is a close second with six.
India’s left-arm spinner Shree Charani’s rise continued as she finished the series by taking two for 22 in the final match to jump 12 slots to a career-best 11th place in the bowling rankings.
In the ICC Women’s ODI rankings, Harshitha Madavi helped Sri Lanka win their ICC Women’s Championship series against Bangladesh 2-1 after scoring an unbeaten 50 from 44 deliveries in the series decider. Her efforts have earned her a three-slot rise to joint 20th in the batters’ list.
