Annabel Sutherland gains big in ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings

All-rounder Annabel Sutherland of Australia has advanced quickly in the ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings thanks to her game-winning performances in the ICC Women’s Championship series against New Zealand.

After being named Player of the Match in the second and third ODIs that Australia won after the first match was called off without a ball being bowled, the 23-year-old has achieved career-best rankings in all three lists.

Her three for 39 in the third ODI has moved her up three spots to 17th place in the bowling rankings, while her 105 not out and 42 in the two games have propelled her up 11 spots to 18th place in the batting rankings. After winning Player of the Series, she also rose from ninth to seventh place on the all-rounders’ list.

According to the most recent weekly update, which also takes into account performances in the first ODI between India and the West Indies at Vadodara, captain Alyssa Healy has moved up two spots to eighth place with scores of 34 and 39 in the two matches, while Phoebe Litchfield has moved up one spot to 24th among batters.

The Indian trio of Jemimah Rodrigues (up two spots to 26th), Richa Ghosh (up four spots to 48th), and Harleen Deol (up six spots to 58th) as well as Maddy Green of New Zealand (up four spots to 17th) have also risen in the rankings, while Deandra Dottin of the West Indies has returned to the rankings in 30th place.

Renuka Singh Thakur, an Indian new-ball bowler, has entered the top 20 for the first time in the bowling rankings following a game-winning five for 29 haul. The leg-spinners Alana King of Australia (up two spots to 12th) and Amelia Kerr of New Zealand (up one spot to 11th) are also significant gainers, while Australia’s Kim Garth, a pacer, is up four spots to 13th after taking three wickets in two games.

Other players to advance in the ODI rankings include Sophie Devine, the captain of New Zealand, and Darcie Brown and Elysse Perry of Australia.

With 757 rating points, Australian Beth Mooney remains the top player in the Women’s T20I Player Rankings, despite Smriti Mandhana, the opener for India, and Hayley Matthews, the captain of the West Indies, being within 10 points of her.

With a career-best 753 rating points, Mandhana, who scored half-centuries in all three Twenty20 Internationals against the West Indies, is now in second place, while Mathews moved up two spots to third place with her 85 not out in the second T20I.

In the bowling rankings, spinners Afy Fletcher of the West Indies (up two spots to 14th) and the Indian duo of Radha Yadav (up three spots to 16th) and Shreyanka Patil (up one spot to 20th) have advanced, while Rodrigues (up one spot to 14th), Ghosh (up five spots to 23rd), and Dottin (up four spots to 35th) have all risen.