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Lahore : Former world champion England has vaulted three places to third in the ICC Women’s Championship, after the conclusion of round five of seven following its convincing 3-0 series win over Pakistan in Taunton on Monday.
England’s women won by seven wickets (in Leicester), 212 runs (in Worcester) and 202 runs (in Taunton) in what was a high-scoring series with the home side scoring 360 runs or more in the final two matches of the series and two England batters Tammy Beaumont and Lauren Winfield sharing three centuries between them.
The newly appointed England captain was thrilled with the effort, but reminded her side of the long journey ahead. “We have only played three matches (in this season), and we aren’t looking too far ahead. It’s been a brilliant effort so far, but now comes the test of maintain this level of performance as we build towards a home ICC Women’s World Cup next summer.”
Coach Mark Robinson was happy for the move up the championship table. “Every international game of cricket is important, but it was clearly very important that we secured maximum points from these three ICC Women’s Championship matches against Pakistan, to put ourselves back into the mix at the top of the table.”
World champion and number-one ranked Australia leads the pack with 24 points with two rounds remaining, while the recently crowned ICC Women’s World Twenty20 champion West Indies is close behind on 20 points. After pipping Pakistan, England has climbed to 19 points and in doing so, has leap-frogged New Zealand (fourth), South Africa (fifth) and India (sixth). Pakistan has retained its seventh position, while Sri Lanka is in eighth spot.
The final two rounds of the inaugural edition of the ICC Women’s Championship are scheduled to be played between September and November, with the top four sides at the end of the competition qualifying for next year’s ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, which will be staged in England from 26 June to 23 July. The bottom four sides will get a final chance of qualification through the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier in early 2017.
England’s impressive performance against Pakistan is also reflected in the latest MRF Tyres ICC ODI Women’s Player rankings.
Knight began her reign as England captain in Leicester in style when she became the first women’s captain to score 50 runs and take five wickets in the same match. She finished the series with 88 runs (three innings, two not-outs) and five wickets, for which she has been rewarded with jumps in all the three categories.
In the batting table, Knight has moved up three places to a career-best 13th position, in the bowlers chart she is now at a career-high 33rd spot (up by nine places), while in the all-rounders rankings, she has gained a position to rest in eighth place.
Beaumont was the star performer for England with the bat. The 25-year-old opener from Kent scored two centuries on her way to finishing as the leading run scorer with 342 runs, including 104 in Worcester and 168* in Taunton. As a result, she has returned to the batting table in a career-best 37th spot.
Lauren Winfield has achieved a career-high 55th place (up by 36 places) following her series contribution of 166 runs, while Natalie Sciver has claimed a career-best 26th spot (up by seven places) after finishing as the third highest scorer in the series with 155 runs.
Pakistan’s Bismah Maroof (107 runs) was her side’s top run-scorer and fourth overall in the series, which was enough for her to retain 14th position.
Meg Lanning of Australia is the number-one ranked batter, followed by New Zealand’s Suzie Bates and Mithali Raj of India.
Amongst the bowlers, Katherine Brunt has moved ahead of the West Indies’ Anisa Mohammed in second place following her nine wickets in the series, Anya Shrubsole’s six wickets in the series have helped her push up eight spots for a career-best ninth place.
Other movers were Laura Marsh 24th (up by four places), Sadia Yousuf 28th (up by one place) and Natalie Sciver 65th (up by eight places).
India’s Jhulan Goswami is the number-one ranked bowler and she leads Brunt by 72 points.
Ellyse Perry is the number-one ranked all-rounder, followed by the West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor and New Zealand’s Suzie Bates.
The ICC Women’s Championship will resume in September with all eight sides scheduled to feature in the final two rounds, which will culminate in November.
Schedule of Round 6 matches in the ICC Women’s Championship:
Sri Lanka vs Australia
18 Sep – 1st ODI, Dambulla
20 Sep – 2nd ODI, Dambulla
23 Sep – 3rd ODI, Dambulla
South Africa vs New Zealand
8 Oct – 1st ODI, De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
11 Oct – 2nd ODI, De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
13 Oct – 3rd ODI, De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
West Indies vs England
14 Oct – 3rd ODI, Sabina Park, Kingston
16 Oct – 4th ODI, Sabina Park, Kingston
19 Oct – 5th ODI, Sabina Park, Kingston
| ICC Women’s Championship 2014 – 2016 | |||||||
| Teams | P | W | L | Tie | N/R | Points | NRR |
| Australia | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | +0.745 |
| West Indies | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +0.497 |
| England | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | +0.754 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.232 |
| South Africa | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | -0.069 |
| India | 15 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | +0.008 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1.030 |
| Sri Lanka | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -1.152 |
Note – two points for a win, no point for a loss and one point for a no-result
MRF Tyres ICC Women’s Rankings (as on 28 June, after England-Pakistan ODI series):
Rank Team Points
1 Australia 128
2 England 124
3 New Zealand 115
4 India 107
5 West Indies 104
6 South Africa 93
7 Pakistan 81
8 Sri Lanka 71
9 Bangladesh 45
10 Ireland 29
MRF Tyres ICC ODI Women’s Player Rankings (as on 28 June, after England-Pakistan ODI series):
Batting (Top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Ratings
1 ( – ) Meg Lanning Aus 834! 50.57 834 v NZ at Bay Oval 2016
2 ( – ) Suzie Bates NZ 775! 40.50 775 v Aus at Bay Oval 2016
3 ( – ) Mithali Raj Ind 722 49.54 839 v Aus at Baroda Vadodar 2004
4 ( – ) Ellyse Perry Aus 717 42.48 725 v NZ at Bay Oval 2016
5 ( – ) Stafanie Taylor WI 690 45.63 765 v Ind at St Kitts (WP) 2012
6 (+2) Alex Blackwell Aus 663 34.71 683 v Ind at Canberra 2008
7 (-1) Sarah Taylor Eng 640 39.76 803 v Aus at Chelmsford 2009
8 (-1) C Edwards Eng 639 38.16 749 v NZ at Lincoln 2015
9 ( – ) H Kaur Ind 630 35.57 679 v SA at Bangalore 2014
10 ( – ) Trisha Chetty SA 583! 31.63 583 v WI at East London 2016
Selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Rating
13 (+3) Heather Knight Eng 562! 32.73 562 v Pak at Taunton 2016
14 ( – ) Bismah Maroof Pak 549 26.30 551 v Ban at Karachi 2015
17 (-4) Javeria Khan Pak 517 28.80 573 v SA at Sharjah 2015
26 (+7) Natalie Sciver Eng 437*! 41.41 437 v Pak at Taunton 2016
32 (-5) Nain Abidi Pak 387 19.33 459 v Ire at Dublin 2012
37 (RE) T Beaumont Eng 357*! 39.21 357 v Pak at Taunton 2016
55 (+36) Lauren Winfield Eng 270*! 22.20 270 v Pak at Taunton 2016
64 (+21) Georgia Elwiss Eng 249*! 30.71 249 v Pak at Taunton 2016
Bowling (Top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player
1 ( – ) Jhulan Goswami Ind 730 21.78 3.18 796 v Eng at Chennai 2007
2 (+1) Katherine Brunt Eng 658 22.59 3.36 796 v Ind at Mumbai 2013
3 (-1) A Mohammed WI 638 17.99 3.26 704 v Aus at Sydney 2014
4 ( – ) Shibnam Ismail SA 615 19.27 3.53 641 v Eng at Johannesburg 2016
5 ( – ) Ellyse Perry Aus 609 24.53 4.32 698 v Ind at Mumbai 2012
6 ( – ) Stafanie Taylor WI 606 18.72 3.10 768 v NZ at Kingston 2013
7 (+1) D van Niekerk SA 564* 17.23 3.35 583 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
8 (-1) Jenny Gunn Eng 543 27.80 3.78 693 v Ind at Scarborough 2014
9 (+8) Anya Shrubsole Eng 539*! 25.64 4.14 539 v Pak at Taunton 2016
10 ( – ) Jess Jonassen Aus 537*! 21.23 4.26 537 v NZ at Bay Oval 2016
Selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player
12 (-3) Sana Mir Pak 529 26.06 3.57 610 v SA at Sharjah 2015
24 (+4) Laura Marsh Eng 447 27.65 3.88 711 v Aus at Perth 2011
26 (-2) Nida Dar Pak 437* 24.24 3.71 463 v Ban at Cox’s Bazar 2014
28 (+1) Sadia Yousuf Pak 391* 19.29 3.38 524 v Ire at Doha 2014
29 (-2) Asmavia Iqbal Pak 379 32.79 4.43 458 v SA at Sharjah 2015
13 ( – ) Danielle Hazell Eng 517* 33.07 3.88 545 v NZ at Lincoln 2015
33 (+9) Heather Knight Eng 367*! 21.34 4.33 367 v Pak at Taunton 2016
65 (+8) Natalie Sciver Eng 220*! 21.76 4.64 220 v Pak at Taunton 2016
All-rounders (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Ellyse Perry Aus 437 446 v NZ at Bay Oval 2016
2 ( – ) Stafanie Taylor WI 418 559 v NZ at Kingston 2013
3 ( – ) Suzie Bates NZ 336! 336 v Aus at Bay Oval 2016
4 ( – ) Jhulan Goswami Ind 288 308 v Aus at Canberra 2016
5 ( – ) D van Niekerk SA 268 /* 284 v Eng at Centurion 2016
6 ( – ) Marizanne Kapp SA 249 /* 273 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
7 ( – ) Sophie Devine NZ 245! 245 v Aus at Bay Oval 2016
8 (+1) Heather Knight Eng 206 /*! 206 v Pak at Taunton 2016
9 (-1) Katherine Brunt Eng 186*/ 193 v Ind at Mumbai 2013
10 (-1) Bismah Maroof Pak 172 /* 178 v WI at St Lucia 2015
