ICC Women's Championship sees Edwards, Mir and Gunn climb ODI rankings

Edwards recorded scores of 53 and 108 not out, her ninth One-Day International (ODI) century, in the first two ODIs to propel her side to a 2-0 victory after the third match at Lord’s was declared a no result on Monday due to rain.

India skipper Mithali Raj has retained her place at the top of the batting rankings with scores of 34 and 30, respectively, to be the second-highest run-scorer for her side in the series, while her teammate Smriti Mandhana was the biggest mover on the table, jumping 23 places to a career-high 40th, following her knocks of 32 and 74.

In the Reliance ICC Women’s Rankings for ODI Bowlers, England’s Jenny Gunn has moved up to two places to second, her highest ranking to date, after claiming five victims in two matches at an economy rate of 2.95. Gunn has also moved up one place to fourth on the all-rounder list.

Other players moving in the right direction include India’s Rajeshwari Gayakwad, the second highest wicket-taker of the series who has risen 37 spots to reach a career-best ranking of 48th  after claiming four wickets for 42 runs.

In the second series played, Australia defeated visitor Pakistan 3-0 in Brisbane, with batter Jessica Cameron finishing the series with an impressive average of 84.00 to secure her seventh place position in the batting table.

Pakistan’s Bismah Maroof has jumped two places to 13th after scores of 53, 26 and 36.  For Australia, Nicole Bolton (up 37 spots to 53) and Jess Jonassen (up 16 to 66th) were the biggest movers in the batting table.

In the bowling table, Pakistan captain Sana Mir moved up four places to sixth after consistent economical displays of 3-28, 2-27 and 0-31 with the ball to be the second highest wicket-taker of the series, with Qanita Jalil jumping 10 spots to 16th place.

Australian medium-paced bowler Sarah Coyte has moved up four places to 19th in the bowling rankings after producing spells of 2-27, 1-20 and 2-41.

West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor is unchanged as the world’s leading bowler and all-rounder as it currently stands and the 23-year-old Jamaican is set to feature in the West Indies-New Zealand series which will take place in St. Kitts on September 12, 14 and 17.

The Sri Lanka-South Africa fixtures will be announced in due course.

Reliance ICC Women's ODI Rankings (as on 26 August 2014, after the first round ICC Women’s Championship series between England and India, and Australia and Pakistan)

Batters

Rank    (Change)          Player               Team    Points               Average            Highest Ranking

   1       ( - )       Mithali Raj                   Ind       735                  50.05               839 v Aus at Baroda Vadodar 2004

   2       (+5)      Charlotte Edwards         Eng      723      !          38.07               723 v Ind at Scarborough 2014

   3       (-1)       Sarah Taylor                 Eng      707                  39.71               803 v Aus at Chelmsford 2009

   4       (-1)       Suzie Bates                   NZ       672                  37.75               734 v WI at Kingston 2013

   5       (-1)       Meg Lanning                Aus      651      *          40.23               673 v Eng at Hove 2013

   6       (-1)       Stafanie Taylor             WI       649                  43.03               765 v Ind at St Kitts (WP) 2012

   7       ( - )       Jessica Cameron           Aus      648                 38.53                660 v Pak at Brisbane 2014

   8       (-2)       Harmanpreet Kaur         Ind       640      *          35.06                673 v SL at Visakhapatnam 2014

   9       ( - )       Alex Blackwell             Aus      615                  34.01               683 v Ind at Canberra 2008

  10      ( - )       Amy Satterthwaite        NZ       574                 28.79                653 v Aus at Sydney 2012

  11      ( - )       Lydia Greenway           Eng      557                 30.29                664 v NZ at Lincoln 2012

  12      ( - )       Deandra Dottin             WI       548                  25.45               650 v NZ at Kingston 2013

  13      (+2)      Bismah Maroof             Pak       538      !          24.00               538 v Aus at Brisbane 2014

  14      ( - )       Heather Knight             Eng      527                  29.41               537 v Ind at Scarborough 2014

  15      (-2)       Javeria Khan                 Pak       507                  25.57               544 v SA at Doha 2014

  16      ( - )       Mignon du Preez           SA       506                 33.28                540 v SL at Potchefstroom 2013

  17      (+1)      Marizanne Kapp           SA       497                  *30.56              509 v Ire at Doha 2014

  18=    (+1)      Sara McGlashan           NZ       488                  23.42               573 v Eng at Derby 2007

            (+1)      Trisha Chetty                SA       488                  30.09               531 v SL at Potchefstroom 2013

  20      (-3)       Ellyse Perry                  Aus      470                  28.40               499 v Eng at Hobart 2014

Selected rankings

40        (+23)    Smriti Mandhana          Ind       373      *!         33.42   373 v Eng at Scarborough 2014

53        (+37)    Nicole Bolton               Aus      307      *!         71.75   307 v Pak at Brisbane 2014

66        (+16)    Jess Jonassen                Aus      245      *!         16.83   245 v Pak at Brisbane 2014

Bowlers

Rank    (Change)          Player               Team    Points               Average            Economy          Highest Ranking

   1       ( - )       Stafanie Taylor             WI       709                  16.82               2.98      768 v NZ at Kingston 2013

   2       (+2)      Jenny Gunn                  Eng      693      !          27.00               3.73      693 v Ind at Scarborough 2014

   3       ( - )       Jhulan Goswami           Ind       671                  21.36               3.20      796 v Eng at Chennai 2007

   4       (-2)       Katherine Brunt             Eng      653                  21.52               3.29      796 v Ind at Mumbai 2013

   5       ( - )       Shanel Daley                WI       602      *          21.41               3.30      638 v NZ at Kingston 2013

   6       (+4)      Sana Mir                      Pak       579                  24.21               3.44      598 v Aus at Brisbane 2014

   7       (+1)      Sunette Loubser            SA       568      *!         17.53               3.04      568 v Pak at Doha 2014

   8       (-2)       Erin Osborne                Aus      560      *          27.09               3.95      581 v Eng at Melbourne 2014

   9       (+2)      Anisa Mohammed         WI       552                  17.63               3.17      658 v NZ at Mumbai 2013

  10      (+2)      Shibnam Ismail             SA       551      *          20.20               3.51      557 v Ire at Doha 2014

  11      (-4)       Ellyse Perry                  Aus      539                  24.29               4.31     698 v Ind at Mumbai 2012

  12      (-3)       Holly Colvin                 Eng      538                  21.80               3.58      715 v Aus at Lord's 2009

  13      ( - )       Gouher Sultana             Ind       527      *          19.39               3.32      590 v WI at St Kitts (WP) 2012

  14      ( - )       Dane van Niekerk         SA       520      *!         14.68               3.22      520 v Pak at Doha 2014

  15      ( - )       Danielle Hazell             Eng      516      *          33.34               3.93      517 v Ind at Scarborough 2014

  16=    (+1)      H.A.S.D. Siriwardene    SL        493                  23.24              3.67      535 v Eng at Colombo (NCC) 2010

            (+10)    Qanita Jalil                   Pak       493      *!         28.40               3.94      493 v Aus at Brisbane 2014

  18      ( - )       Sian Ruck                     NZ       485      *          32.75               3.68     538 v WI at Kingston 2013

  19      (+4)      Sarah Coyte                  Aus      471      *          21.82               4.28      482 v Eng at Hove 2013

  20      ( - )       Nicola Browne              NZ       470                  34.14               3.94      663 v Eng at Derby 2011

Select rankings

48=      (+37)    Rajeshwari Gayakwad   Ind       288      *!         10.40   2.55            288 v Eng at Scarborough 2014

All-rounders

Rank    (Change)          Player               Team    Points               Highest Ranking

   1       ( - )       Stafanie Taylor             WI       460                  560 v NZ at Kingston 2013

   2       ( - )       Ellyse Perry                  Aus      253                  286 v Eng at Hobart 2014

   3       ( - )       Shanel Daley                WI       235      /*        273 v Aus at Mumbai 2013

   4       (+1)      Jenny Gunn                  Eng      232                  348 v Aus at Melbourne 2008

   5       (-1)       Marizanne Kapp           SA       226      */*       227 v Ire at Doha 2014