Sports Desk
ISLAMABAD (March 9, 2020):-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
