Taylor, Matthews advance in MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings

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• Aliya, Fargana among others to move up in latest weekly update ahead of ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2021 in Zimbabwe

West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor has moved up in the list of batters in the latest update to the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after a match-winning century against Pakistan that helped complete a 3-0 series win.

Tuesday’s updates, which take into account the second and third ODIs between Pakistan and the West Indies as well as the three Zimbabwe versus Bangladesh matches, sees Taylor move up two slots to 12^th position after an unbeaten 102 in the third ODI in Karachi.

Taylor’s compatriot Hayley Matthews is another big gainer, moving up four slots to 25^th among batters and up three slots to 20^th among bowlers. She is also up two places to 12^th in the all-rounders’ list after a match-winning four-wicket haul in the second match and a score of 49 in the third.

For Pakistan, Aliya Riaz (up three places to 37^th) and Omaima Sohail (up two places to 39^th) have moved up the list for batters and Nashra Sandhu (up one place to 21^st) and Anam Amin (up four places to 43^rd) have progressed among bowlers.

Bangladesh’s Fargana Hoque has gained seven places to reach joint-26^th position after smashing a 53 not out in the second ODI against Zimbabwe while her team-mate Rumana Ahmed has moved up two places to 34^th. Captain Salma Khatun (up five places to 39th) and Nahida Akter (up 11 places to 45^th) have advanced in the bowlers’ list.

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