Tazmin Brits rises to career-best fourth in ICC Women’s ODI rankings

South Africa opener Tazmin Brits reached a career-best fourth in the ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after her century against New Zealand. Australia’s Ash Gardner and New Zealand’s Sophie Devine also achieved personal bests in the latest weekly update

Hyderabad: South Africa opening batter Tazmin Brits has climbed two slots to a career-best fourth place in this week’s update of the ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings. She reached fourth place in the batters’ list after scoring 101 in the Proteas’ six-wicket victory over New Zealand in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup on Monday.

Brits’ century is her fifth this year, making it the most three-figure scores by a woman cricketer in a calendar year, as South Africa bounced back in style from their tournament-opening loss against England.

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Australia’s Ash Gardner follows closely behind her after leaping seven places to her own personal best, fifth position among the batters, with 697 rating points to Brits’ 706.

Her previous best position was 10th in January this year. Gardner’s progression comes thanks to a dazzling 115 from 83 balls in their tournament opener against the White Ferns, which Australia won by 89 runs.

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine has also climbed seven slots to a career-best-equalling eighth place in the batters’ list, following scores of 112 and 85 in losing campaigns against Australia and South Africa. The last time she reached this position was in October 2024.

Pakistan opener Sidra Amin’s 81 runs against India have been rewarded with a personal best, three-slot climb to 10th place, her first appearance in the top 10 of the Women’s ODI Batting Rankings, following a previous best of 13th in December 2023.

Among others to make progress is India’s Deepti Sharma, who moved one place to 17th thanks to her scores of 53 and 25 against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, respectively.

South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp has shifted one slot to fifth in the ICC Women’s ODI Bowling Rankings, while her teammate Nonkululeko Mlaba’s four-wicket haul against New Zealand saw her take a six-slot leap to a career-best 13th place with 589 points. Her previous best was 19th in September this year.

Australia’s Alana King is in seventh place, up from eighth in last week’s update, while her compatriot Annabel Sutherland is just 19 points behind Mlaba with 570 and one place behind her at her own career-best 14th position. Her previous best was 17th in December 2024.