ICC Women’s ODI rankings: Smriti Mandhana returns to the top position after five years; Laura Volvard instead | Cricket news
Indian cricket star Smriti Madhana has returned to the top position in the ICC Women’s ODI batting rankings, displacing South Africa’s Laura Volvardt who took over for more than six months. Mandana, who last held the number one place in November 2019, is now with a 727 rating points, while Volvard shared the second position with England’s nut silver-bunt.The ranking of the Volvard in the ongoing series against the West Indies led to a change in the ranking, where he scored 27 and 28 runs in the first two Odis. This dip gave Madhana an opportunity to retrieve her position on the summit of women’s ODI batting rankings.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The three -match series between South Africa and the West Indies has seen many players taking important steps in the ranking. South Africa’s Tazmin Brits have upgraded five places at 27th position after their half -century in the first match of the series.
Currently a 1–1 tied series saw South Africa recovering from the loss of the first four wickets to win a 40-run win in Barbados. Former South African captain Sune Luus made remarkable progress in both batting and bowling rankings, after 76 impressive innings in the second match, both of them climbed seven places to 42nd place.West Indies opener Kina Joseph has made adequate progress in the rankings by jumping to 12 positions to share 67th position after 60s in the first match. The bowling rankings have also seen the movement, spinners AFY Fletcher and Nonkuleko Mlaba have made significant progress.Fletcher and Mlaba, who claimed four wickets in each match, have progressed by reaching the 19th and 23rd places respectively. Fletcher moved to four places while Mlaba secured six places in the bowlers rankings.
