DUBAI: Beth Mooney piped Sri Lankan Chamari Athapaththu to reclaim the top spot in the women’s ODI players rating revealed on Tuesday.
After two weeks at the top of the ODI batting rankings, Athapaththu fell to third with 758 rating points and Mooney took over with 769.
Mooney scored 81 not out and 33 in the first two ODIs against England as Australia recovered the Ashes in the second match.
England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt, who scored 111 not out off 99 balls in the second ODI, is carefully following Australia. Sciver-Brunt rose to No. 2 with a career-best rating of 763 after her knock failed.
In England’s maiden ODI triumph in Bristol, the ace all-rounder took two wickets. She again tops the ODI all-rounders’ rankings with a career-best rating of 402.
Heather Knight, Sciver-Brunt’s teammate, batted from the bottom order and scored an unbeaten 75 to finish the first ODI. England’s captain rose four spots to No.14 in the batters’ rankings, level with Sophie Devine of New Zealand.
Australia’s top all-rounder and June 2023 ICC Women’s Player of the Month. Ash Gardner rose to No.8 on the bowlers’ list with 631 rating points. In the first two ODIs, she rose to No.5 in the all-rounders list with 330 rating points.
Sri Lankan heroes rose in the T20I standings after beating New Zealand in the third and final T20I.
Athapaththu rose to ninth in the batters’ rankings after a blazing 47-ball 80 not out while chasing 143. Harshitha Madavi, with whom she shared a record-breaking undefeated 143-run stand, jumps five ranks to No.22.
Inoka Ranaweera bowled well for 3/20. The left-arm senior spinner rose six spots to share seventh place with Lea Tahuhu after restricting New Zealand to 140/9.
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