South Africa women’s national cricket team captain Laura Wolvaardt has regained her top spot in the ICC rankings for women in ODIs. She was rewarded for her performances in the series against the England women’s national cricket team.
Laura Wolvaardt had already bagged the top spot during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand in 2022. However, since then, the batsman has witnessed a drop in the rankings. But finally, after a few years, he is back on top after his impressive performances.
Laura Wolvaardt played magnificent innings of 59* and 35 in the first two matches against England.
Laura Wolvaardt played magnificent innings of 59* and 35 in the first two matches of her team’s ICC Women’s Championship series at home against England. This saw her gain rating points and claim the No. 1 spot in the ICC ODI rankings. Thanks to her efforts with the bat, the South African women’s national cricket team won the first game but lost the second.
Laura Wolvaardt gained a place and replaced English all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt at the top. The latter failed to advance in the series as they recorded scores of 0 and 20 in the two matches against the South Africa women’s national cricket team.
In addition to Laura Wolvaardt, Chloe Tryon and Ellyse Perry made a big rise in the rankings.
South African batsman Chloe Tryon also made substantial gains, jumping 8 places to equal 17th place among ODI batsmen. This came after his decent innings of 45 in the second game of the series. Apart from her, the Australian players also made a huge rise in the rankings after their outings against India.
Ellyse Perry, who scored a sensational century in the second ODI, gained two places to move to fourth place among ODI batsmen. Phoebe Litchfield (up 13 places to 25th) and Tahlia McGrath (up five places to 32nd) also made gains after good hands with the bat in the two games.
ICC ODI Rankings for Bowlers: Kim Garth and Marizanne Kapp make big strides after their performances
In terms of the ICC ODI rankings for bowlers, Kim Garth moved up seven places to 16th and Annabel Sutherland moved up 23 places to 24th. Marizanne Kapp also gained three places to move to sixth overall after four wickets in the two games against England.
Irish youngster Orla Prendergast was among the notable winners in the ICC T20I qualifiers for all-rounders after her team’s impressive series win over Bangladesh. He gained six places to move into ninth place overall. This came after he scored 54 runs and claimed 10 wickets.
Her Ireland teammate Arlene Kelly also improved six places in the T20I bowlers rankings to reach 27th after her five scalps in the three matches. Bangladesh’s Sharmin Akhter was ranked 68th in the T20I rankings after her 95 runs in the series.
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