India's star opener Smriti Mandhana held on to her eighth position while veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami edged out of top-5 in the latest ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings, released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday (June 21).
On the other hand, South Africa Women’s National Cricket Team players Laura Wolvaardt and Ayabonga Khaka have made big jumps in the standings.
The 25-year-old Mandhana, who has scored 411 runs in ODIs this year from nine matches, including a century against the West Indies at the World Cup earlier this year, is the lone Indian in the top 10 of the batting chart which is headed by Australian Alyssa Hailey followed by England's Natalie Sciver.
Goswami, on the other hand, slipped one spot to number six in the bowler's rankings. The 39-year-old has played nine ODI games this year and has scalped 12 wickets so far.
Goswami lost her position to Proteas pacer Ayabonga Khaka after her brilliant performance in South Africa's ODI series sweep against Ireland. England's Sophie Ecclestone and South Africa's Jen Jonassen continue to remain in the first and second positions respectively among bowlers. In the all-rounder's list, another Indian Deepti Sharma remained static in the seventh position.
The 23-year-old South African opening batter Laura Wolvaardt batted brilliantly for the Proteas team in their 3rd and final ODI match against Ireland at the Castle Avenue, Dublin. She scored 89 runs off 128 balls, including 6 fours.
Wolvaardt’s wonderful innings against Ireland helped her go past Australia skipper Meg Lanning and into 4th place in the latest rankings for batters. Wolvaardt has 713 rating points in her bag and Meg Lanning has 710 rating points in her bag.
The ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings, led by Alyssa Healy (785 rating points), saw only one change inside the top 10. However, South African batter Lara Goodall, who scored 143 runs for her team and finished as the leading run-getter in the series against Ireland, moved up 15 places to get ranked at the 43rd spot in the rankings.
