ICC: Mooney top-ranked after remarkable show at ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020

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Australia opener Beth Mooney has grabbed the top spot for batters in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’sT20I Player Rankings after helping her team win the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup for the fifth time.

  • Healy, Wolvaardt, Jonassen and Sharma among others to move up in rankings update carried out after the knockout stage of the tournament

Mooney scored 259 runs at an average of 64 in six innings, the highest aggregate by anyone at a single edition of the competition and was named Player of the Tournament. Mooney has topped the rankings for the first time, having reached number two in March 2018.

India opener Shafali Verma slipped to third position after grabbing the top spot at the end of the league of the tournament while New Zealand’s Suzie Bates remains in second position in the latest update carried out after the knockout stage.

Mooney’s opening partner Alyssa Healy has risen two slots to fifth position after a blistering 39-ball 75 in the final against India while South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt has advanced 13 slots to reach a career-best 31st place after a valiant 27-ball 41 in their semifinal against Australia.

Australia left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen is at a career-best 728 points and fifth place, her best position since a career-best fourth ranking in November 2017. Her team-mates Sophie Molineux and Delissa Kimmince have advanced 10 places each to reach joint-16th and 31st places, respectively.

India’s Deepti Sharma has advanced 10 slots to reach 43rd position among batters and is among the top five all-rounders for the first time.

MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings (as of 9 March 2020 after the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020):

Batter (top 10)

Rank (+/-)PlayerTeamPtsAvgeS/RHighest Rating
1(+2)Beth MooneyAus76238.21123766 v India at Mumbai 2018
2( – )Suzie Bates NZ75030.30112770 v Pak at Guyana 2018
3(-2)Shafali VermaIndia74427.05146761 v SL at Melbourne 2020
4( – )Sophie DevineNZ74231.36127749 v SL at Perth 2020
5(+2)Alyssa HealyAus71425.43132717 v SL at Sydney 2019
6(-1)Meg LanningAus71236.20117785 v WI at Melbourne 2014
7(-1)S MandhanaIndia69425.23119732 v Aus at Melbourne 2020
8( – )S TaylorWI66136.39104836 v NZ at St Lucia 2010
9( – )J RodriguesIndia64326.57111753 v NZ at Auckland 2019
10( – )Natalie SciverEng636!25.90112636 v WI at Sydney 2020

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-)PlayerTeam PtsAvgeS/RHighest Rating
31=(+13)L WolvaardtSA495*!22.42103495 v Aus at Sydney 2020
43(+10)Deepti SharmaIndia422*!18.3991422 v Aus at Melbourne 2020
134=(+32)Nicola CareyAus170*!30.0083170 v India at Melbourne 2020
146=(+49)Richa GhoshIndia160*!16.3389160 v Aus at Melbourne 2020

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank (+/-)PlayerTeamPtsAvgeEcoHighest Rating
1( – )S EcclestoneEng779!15.326.00779 v WI at Sydney 2020
2( – )Megan SchuttAus76315.175.97806 v Pak at Guyana 2018
3( – )Shabnim IsmailSA74318.655.73751 v India at Surat 2019
4( – )Amelia KerrNZ740!19.525.68740 v Aus at Melbourne 2020
5(+1)Jess JonassenAus728!20.085.43728 v India at Melbourne 2020
6(-1)Deepti SharmaIndia71619.375.95746 v WI at Guyana 2019
7( – )Radha YadavIndia70416.366.29769 v WI at Guyana 2019
8( – )Poonam YadavIndia69814.385.64733 v Ire at Guyana 2018
9( – )Ellyse PerryAus67419.385.86767 v NZ at Nelson 2010
10(+1)Leigh KasperekNZ67013.646.14717 v Ire at Dublin 2018

Other selected rankings

Rank(+/-)PlayerTeamPtsAvgeEcoHighest Rating
16=(+10)S MolineuxAus61219.616.01672 v Eng at Hove 2019
31(+10)D KimminceAus54922.746.71680 v Eng at Hove 2019
61(+10)Nicola CareyAus432*!24.116.38432 v India at Melbourne 2020
69(+21)N de KlerkSA410*!14.337.03410 v Aus at Sydney 2020
92(+17)N MlabaSA321*!55.666.68321 v Aus at Sydney 2020

All-rounders (top five)

Rank (+/-)PlayerTeamPtsHighest Rating
1( – )Sophie DevineNZ398405 v Ban at Melbourne 2020
2( – )Ellyse PerryAus363421 v India at Canberra 2020
3( – )Natalie SciverEng349!349 v WI at Sydney 2020
4( – )H MatthewsWI304403 v NZ at Bay Oval 2018
5(+2)Deepti SharmaIndia302*/!302 v Aus at Melbourne 2020

For more information on player rankings, please click here.

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