The Australian women’s team led by the stand-in skipper Tahlia McGrath is currently hosting the Indian team led by skipper Harmanpreet Kaur for a three-match ODI series. On the other hand, the South African women’s team, led by skipper Laura Wolvaardt is hosting England for an all-format series from 24th November 2024 to 18th December 2024.
While dominant Australia with back-to-back win has secured its series against India, the Heather Knight-led side completed a thrashing whitewash in the T20I series and bounced back to level the three-match ODI series with a comprehensive 6-wicket victory in the 2nd ODI of the series.
ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings
The 25-year-old South African skipper Laura Wolvaardt has climbed up one spot (765 points) to topple the England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt to reclaim the top spot in the rankings. She has scored 94 runs, including one unbeaten half-century (59* off 114 balls), in a couple of innings with the bat for her side in the ongoing ODI series so far.
The Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu has also inched closer to the top spot by climbing one spot to the 2nd position (733 points). The veteran Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry has scored 106 runs, including a century in the 2nd ODI of the ongoing series against India. As a result, she has climbed up a couple of spots to the 4th position (714 points). New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine has climbed up one spot to the 8th position (654 points) and the West Indian skipper Hayley Matthews has climbed up one spot to the 10th position (647 points).
The veteran 30-year-old all-rounder from South Africa, Chloe Tryon, chipped in with a handy innings of 45 off 49 balls in the 2nd ODI of the ongoing ODI series with England, resulting in a significant rise as she has climbed up 8 spots to equal the 17th position (544 points), alongside Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner. The young 21-year-old opening batter from Australia, Phoebe Litchfield has been in decent form with the bat, scoring 95 runs in a couple of innings with the bat, including one half-century (60 off 63 balls) in the 2nd ODI of the series against India. As a result of her impressive performances, she has earned a significant rise as she has climbed up 13 spots to the 25th position (515 points).
The 24-year-old batter from India, Jemimah Rodrigues is having a decent series with the bat for her side, scoring 66 runs in a couple of innings with the bat so far, in the series. As a result, she has climbed up three spots to the 28th position (504 points). The stand-in Australian skipper Tahlia McGrath is yet to be dismissed, scoring 24 runs in a couple of innings with the bat for her side in the ongoing ODI series against India. As a result, she has earned a significant rise as she has climbed up five spots to the 32nd position (483 points).
Sharmin Akhter from Bangladesh and Muneeba Ali from Pakistan have climbed up a couple of spots each to the 41st position (429 points) and equalled the 42nd position (428 points) alongside Tazmin Brits from South Africa. The 21-year-old young wicket-keeper batter from India, Richa Ghosh is also having a decent time in Australia, scoring 68 runs in a couple of innings with the bat, including one half-century on being promoted as the opening batter (54 off 72 balls) in the 2nd ODI of the series. As a result of her impressive performances, she has earned a significant rise as she climbed up seven spots to equal the 44th position (424 points) alongside Annabel Sutherland from Australia.
Nadine de Klerk from South Africa is currently the 3rd highest run-scorer of the series with 48 runs in a couple of innings with the bat for her side in the ongoing ODI series against England. As a result, she has earned a massive rise as she climbed up 15 spots to the 51st position (413 points). Charlie Dean from England scored an unbeaten 47* (57 balls) in the 1st ODI. As a result, she has earned a significant rise as she climbed up 11 spots to the 60th position (358 points). Harleen Deol from India, on her return to the ODI setup, scored 31 runs in a couple of innings with the bat in the series. As a result, she has climbed up one spot to the 73rd position (316 points).
ICC Women’s ODI Bowling Rankings
The veteran Australian pacer Megan Schutt picked up six wickets in a couple of innings with the ball for her side, including her maiden five-wicket haul in the 1st ODI of the series. As a result of her impressive performances, she has inched closer to the top spot as she climbed up a couple of spots to the 2nd position (715 points). The veteran 34-year-old all-rounder from South Africa, Marizanne Kapp, has picked up four wickets in a couple of innings with the ball for her side. As a result of her impressive performances in the series for her side so far, she has climbed up three spots to the 6th position (655 points).
Charlie Dean from England picked up five wickets in a couple of innings, including a four-wicket haul (10-1-45-4), in the 2nd ODI of the series that also included a hattrick. As a result, she has climbed up one spot to the 9th position (605 points). Kim Garth from Australia has picked up a couple of wickets in a couple of innings in the ongoing series against India. As a result, she has earned a significant rise as she has climbed up seven spots to the 16th position (532 points).
Annabel Sutherland from Australia has picked up five wickets in a couple of innings, including a four-wicket haul in the 2nd ODI against India. As a result of her impressive performances with the ball, she has earned a massive rise as she has climbed up 23 spots to the 24th position (468 points). Renuka Singh Thakur from India has picked up four wickets in a couple of innings with the ball for her side. As a result, she has earned a significant rise as she has climbed up five spots to the 28th position (449 points).
Karishma Ramharack from the West Indies and former skipper Laura Delany from Ireland have climbed up three spots each to the 49th position (364 points) and equal the 50th position (363 points) alongside India’s Pooja Vastrakar. Lauren Filer from England has also picked up four wickets in a couple of innings with the ball for her side. As a result of her impressive performances with the ball, she has climbed up three spots to the 52nd position (358 points).
Annerie Dercksen from South Africa is having an impressive series with the ball in the ongoing series against England. She has picked up five wickets in a couple of innings with the ball for her side so far. As a result of her impressive performances, she has earned a mind-boggling rise as she climbed up 99 spots to equal the 69th position (306 points) alongside Jane Maguire from Ireland. Saima Thakor from India picked up three wickets in a couple of innings with the ball for her side in the ongoing series against Australia. As a result, she has climbed up three spots to equal the 77th position (290 points) alongside the Ireland’s duo of Freya Sargent and Orla Prendergast.
Women’s ODI All-rounder Rankings
The veteran all-rounder from Australia, Ashleigh Gardner has picked up a couple of wickets and scored 8 runs in a couple of innings with the ball for her side. As a result, she has inched closer to the top spot by climbing one spot to the 4th position (361 points). Melie Kerr from New Zealand has also climbed up one spot to the 5th position (349 points). Charlie Dean from England has also climbed up one spot to the 10th position (216 points). Annabel Sutherland from Australia has scored 12 runs with the bat in a couple of innings with the bat and also picked up 5 wickets in a couple of innings with the ball for her side. As a result of her impressive performances, she has earned a significant rise as she has climbed up five spots to the 12th position (198 points).
Nadine de Klerk from South Africa picked up a couple of wickets with the ball for her side and also scored an unbeaten 48* (28 balls) in the 1st ODI of the series against England. As a result of her impressive performances, she has also earned a significant rise as she has climbed up seven spots to the 13th position (195 points). Pooja Vastrakar from India has climbed up one spot to the 21st position (150 points) and Australia’s Megan Schutt has climbed up a couple of spots to the 26th position (132 points).
Kim Garth, her fellow teammate, scored 6 runs and picked up a couple of wickets with the ball in a couple of innings for her side. As a result, she has earned a significant rise as she climbed up five spots to equal the 29th position (126 points) alongside Lea Tahuhu from New Zealand. Renuka Singh Thakur from India has earned a significant rise as she has climbed up 13 spots to equal the 52nd position (74 points) alongside Sibona Jimmy from Papua New Guinea, and Omaima Sohail from Pakistan who have climbed up one spot each. Lauren Bell from England has climbed up a couple of spots to equal the 62nd position (67 points) alongside Rabeya Khan from Bangladesh.
The young 23-year-old from South Africa, Annerie Dercksen is having an impressive all-round series against England. She has scored 56 runs in a couple of innings with the bat for her side and also picked up five wickets in a couple of innings with the ball for her side. As a result of her impressive performances, she has earned a mind-boggling rise as she has climbed up 113 spots to the 75th position (53 points).
The Ireland skipper Gaby Lewis has also climbed up a couple of spots to equal the 84th position (44 points), alongside India’s Radha Yadav, England’s Sarah Glenn, Robine Rijke from the Netherlands, who has also climbed up a couple of spots, as has New Zealand’s Eden Carson.
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