Mandhana loses top spot to Wolvaardt; Jemimah in top-10
South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt has moved up two positions to the No.1 spot.
PTI
Dubai, 4 Nov
Smriti Mandhana dropped a rung to second
but Jemimah Rodrigues scaled nine positions to be 10th in the latest ICC
women's ODI rankings after India's title-winning World Cup performance.
South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt has
moved up two positions to the No.1 spot in the latest list. Wolvaardt overtook
Mandhana after her incredible effort of striking hundreds in both the semifinal
and final.
The two innings took Wolvaardt to 571 runs,
the most in a single edition of the tournament, and the run was rewarded with a
career-high rating of 814.
Mandhana, who held the top spot for the
entirety of the World Cup, was named in the Team of the Tournament alongside
Wolvaardt. India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the final on Sunday.
Rodrigues' match-winning hundred against
the Australians in the semifinal in Navi Mumbai meant the 25-year-old entered
the top-10, while Phoebe Litchfield made a 13-spot jump to a career-high 13th
(637) thanks to a century in the same match.
Australia's Ellyse Perry moved to seventh,
sharing the spot with New Zealand's Sophie Devine, who has announced her
retirement from the format.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur also rose
four spots to 14th in the updated list.
There was marked movement in the bowling
rankings, with South Africa's Marizanne Kapp now the closest to knock Sophie
Ecclestone off the top spot thanks to her 5/20 against England in the other
World Cup semifinal.
Kapp moved two spots to a rating of 712,
with Australians Annabel Sutherland (sixth) and Kim Garth (seventh) making
one-spot moves in the top 10.
World Cup's Player of the Tournament Deepti
Sharma cemented her credentials with seven wickets and 82 runs across the
semifinal and final at the tournament. As a result, she gained a spot to fourth
in the all-rounder rankings, overtaking Sutherland (388).
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