Women's ODI Rankings: Indian batter Smriti Mandhana ascended to the top position in the Women’s batting rankings, as per the latest update issued by the ICC on Tuesday. Mandhana's solid knocks of 58 and 31 in her matches allowed her to surpass Laura Wolvaardt (790). Wolvaardt will have a chance to regain her position when the Proteas face New Zealand in March and April. On the other hand, King (775) ended Sophie Ecclestone’s nearly four-year tenure at the summit of the bowler rankings. Throughout the week, King took seven wickets while averaging 16.71, including a performance of 4-33 in 10 overs during the third ODI.
King is joined by four Australian bowlers in the top eight – Ash Gardner (third), Annabel Sutherland (fifth), Megan Schutt (seventh) and Kim Garth (eighth).
Several other performers from the series also enjoyed ranking boosts.
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After losing two of the three T20Is on home soil, Australia bounced back to claim the three ODIs as part of the multi-format series and found success through Beth Mooney, Ash Gardner and Alyssa Healy, the latter calling time on her ODI career.
Alyssa Healy Ends ODI Career On High
Making a century in her final match in the format, Healy signs off in fourth place on the rankings (744), wedged between Mooney (749) and Gardner (724).
Gardner (516), meanwhile, holds the No. 1 spot in the ODI All-Rounder Rankings, almost 100 rating points ahead of the West Indies’ Hayley Matthews (418) in second.
Annabel Sutherland (408) made a two-spot move on the All-Rounder Rankings, while youngster Georgia Voll (534) made a 23-spot jump to 34th in the Batting Rankings after averaging 54 in the three ODIs.
Despite losing all three matches, there was joy for India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (652), who moved four spots back into the top 10 for batters (ninth), thanks to scores of 53, 54 and 25.
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