Mandhana, Wyatt achieve career-bests in T20I Rankings

Openers Smriti Mandhana of India and Danielle Wyatt of England have achieved career-best positions in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player rankings after their three-match series in Guwahati, which the visiting side won 3-0.

Mandhana, the top-ranked ODI batter who led the T20I side in the absence of Harmanpreet Kaur, has gained three slots to reach third position among batters after scoring 72 runs in the three matches while Wyatt’s player of the series effort of 123 runs has helped her gain two slots and reach 17th in the list.

Tammy Beaumont and captain Heather Knight have also gained two places each to reach 26th and 33rdrespectively, while Lauren Winfield (up eight places to 45th) and Sophia Dunkley (up 16 places to 86th) are the other significant gainers in the latest rankings update carried out on Sunday.

Among bowlers, Radha Yadav has gained five slots to reach fifth position after grabbing three wickets from two matches while other left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht has also finished with three from two to gain three places and reach 56th in the list. Off-spinner Anuja Patil has moved up from 35th to 31st position.

England spinner Linsey Smith’s five wickets in the series have helped her gain 185 slots to reach 95thposition while Catherine Cross has re-entered the rankings at 71st place after finishing with four wickets in the series.

Meanwhile, England have overtaken New Zealand to reach second position in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Team Rankings, gaining three points to reach 277 points, six behind leaders Australia.

MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings (as on 10 March 2019)

Batters (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge S/R Highest Rating

1 ( - ) Suzie Bates NZ 765 30.69 112 767 v Pak at Guyana 2018

2 (+1) Deandra Dottin WI 727 26.60 127 731 v Eng at Bridgetown 2013

3 (+3) S. Mandhana India 698! 24.96 119 698 v Eng at Guwahati 2019

4 ( - ) Meg Lanning Aus 695 34.04 117 783 v Win at Melbourne 2014

5 ( - ) Stafanie Taylor WI 694 35.68 105 817 v NZ at St Lucia 2010

6 (-4) J. Rodrigues India 672 30.40 124 742 v NZ at Auckland 2019

7 (+1) Sophie Devine NZ 669! 27.92 125 669 v India at Hamilton 2019

8 (+1) Beth Mooney Aus 663 31.69 120 747 v India at Mumbai 2018

9 (-2) H. Kaur India 647 28.08 105 715 v Aus at Guyana 2018

10 ( - ) Alyssa Healy Aus 639! 22.80 122 639 v Eng at Antigua 2018

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating

17 (+2) Danielle Wyatt Eng 566! 19.60 123 566 v India at Guwahati 2019

26 (+2) T. Beaumont Eng 493! 21.34 106 493 v India at Guwahati 2019

33 (+2) Heather Knight Eng 444 17.35 110 459 v India at Guwahati 2019

45 (+8) Lauren Winfield Eng 379* 21.09 111 486 v Pak at Chelmsford 2016

86 (+16) Sophia Dunkley Eng 197* 24.50 100 203 v India at Antigua 2018

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating

1 ( - ) Megan Schutt Aus 796 15.45 5.76 804 v Pak at Guyana 2018

2 ( - ) Poonam Yadav India 710 14.77 5.69 735 v Ire at Guyana 2018

3 (+1) Ellyse Perry Aus 700 19.19 5.90 752 v NZ at Nelson 2010

4 (+2) L. Kasperek NZ 694 12.93 6.17 715 v Ire at Dublin 2018

5= (+5) Radha Yadav India 681 18.70 6.71 695 v Eng at Guwahati 2019

(+2) Shabnim Ismail SA 681 19.10 5.93 701 v Aus at Nagpur 2016

7 (-2) A Shrubsole Eng 679 14.05 5.57 754 v Win at Dharamsala 2016

8= ( - ) D Kimmince Aus 666! 18.96 6.53 666 v Eng at Antigua 2018

( - ) Amelia Kerr NZ 666 22.52 5.96 679 v India at Wellington 2019

10 (-7) S. Ecclestone Eng 662 19.91 6.60 703 v Aus at Antigua 2018

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating

31 (+4) Anuja Patil India 588 22.11 5.95 641 v SA at Potchefstroom 2018

35 (+12) Katherine Brunt Eng 574 18.98 5.14 755 v SA at St Kitts (WP) 2010

56 (+3) Ekta Bisht India 452 14.71 5.30 638 v Pak at Bangkok 2016

62 (+8) Shikha Pandey India 375 26.15 6.40 444 v Tha at Kuala Lumpur 2018

95 (+185) Linsey Smith Eng 279*! 13.71 5.64 279 v India at Guwahati 2019

All-rounders (top five)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Highest Rating

1 ( - ) Deandra Dottin WI 424! 424 v Pak at Karachi 2019

2 ( - ) Stafanie Taylor WI 387 519 v SL at Bridgetown 2012

3 ( - ) D. van Niekerk SA 385 388 v SL at Johannesburg 2019

4 ( - ) Sophie Devine NZ 378! 378 v India at Hamilton 2019

5 ( - ) Ellyse Perry Aus 369 382 v NZ at Nagpur 2016

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