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South Africa women’s team captain Laura Wolvaardt on Tuesday dethroned India’s Smriti Mandhana to become the No. 1 batter in the latest ICC Women’s ODI rankings.
Wolvaarrdt rose to the top on the back of stellar Women’s World Cup campaign, where She scored the most 571 runs in the a single edition of the tournament, which included sublime centuries in the semi-final and final.
The Proteas skipper made epic 169 against England and 101 against India in the final, albeit her team ended on the losing side.
Laura Wolvaardt skipper jumped two spots and now sits on pole position with a career-high rating of 814.
Meanwhile, Mandhana is on second position with 811 rating points. Australia’s Ellyse Perry has also entered the top ten and now sits on seventh position. No Pakistan players is in the top 10 rankings with Sidra Amin on 12th position.
In Women’s bowlers rankings, Sophie Ecclestone is held firm on No. 1 position whereas Marizanne Kapp has jumped two positions to move up to number two spot.
Kapp was instrumental in the semi-final win against England where she picked up a five-wicket haul. The only Pakistan bowler in top ten is Nashra Sundhu with 610 rating points.
Deepti Sharma, who was named as the Player of the tournament in World Cup on the back of seven wickets and 82 runs in knockouts moved her a spot and she now sits on fourt position in ICC Women’s all-rounder ranking.
Ashleigh Gardner is on pole position in all-rounder rankings with 498 rating points.
For the unversed, India outplayed South Africa by 52 runs to win their maiden ICC Women’s World Cup title.
South Afirca were bowled out for 246 runs in 45.3 overs while chasing a stiff 299-run target. For India, Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma starred with the bat and bowl, which led their side to historical triumph.
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