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South Africa's Tazmin Brits has reached a career-high fourth position in the ICC Women's ODI rankings after her century against New Zealand. Australia's Ash Gardner also made significant gains, jumping seven spots to fifth place following her spectacular 115-run innings. New Zealand captain Sophie Devine returned to her career-best eighth position despite her team's losses. The rankings update also saw improvements for several bowlers including South Africa's Marizanne Kapp and Nonkululeko Mlaba.

Key Points: Brits and Gardner Rise in ODI Rankings After World Cup Centuries

  • Tazmin Brits achieves career-best fourth position with 706 rating points
  • Ash Gardner climbs seven spots to fifth after scoring 115 against New Zealand
  • Sophie Devine returns to career-high eighth position despite team losses
  • Marizanne Kapp and Nonkululeko Mlaba both improve in bowling rankings
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Women's World Cup centurions Brits and Gardner gain big in latest ODI rankings

South Africa's Tazmin Brits reaches career-high 4th while Australia's Ash Gardner jumps to 5th in ICC Women's ODI rankings following World Cup centuries.

"Brits’ century is her fifth this year, setting a record for the most three-figure scores by a woman cricketer in a single calendar year. - IANS"

Dubai, Oct 7

South Africa's opening batter Tazmin Brits has risen two spots to a career-high fourth position in this week’s update of the ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings. She moved into fourth place among batters after scoring 101 in the Proteas’ six-wicket win over New Zealand in the Women’s World Cup on Monday.

Brits’ century is her fifth this year, setting a record for the most three-figure scores by a woman cricketer in a single calendar year. South Africa bounced back in impressive fashion after their loss to England in their campaign opener.

Australia’s Ash Gardner moves up to fifth place among batters, a personal best, after jumping seven spots to 697 rating points, just behind Brit’s 706.

Her previous best finish was 10th place in January this year. Gardner’s improvement is due to a spectacular 115 runs off 83 balls in their tournament debut against the White Ferns, a match Australia won by 89 runs.

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine has risen seven places to equal her career-best eighth position in the batters’ rankings, after scoring 112 and 85 in losses to Australia and South Africa. The last time she reached this position was in October 2024.

Pakistan opener Sidra Amin’s 81-run innings against India has earned her a personal best, jumping three places to 10th, her first appearance in the top 10 of the Women’s ODI Batting Rankings, after previously being ranked 13th in December 2023.

India’s Deepti Sharma has improved her ranking, moving up one place to 17th, after scoring 53 against Sri Lanka and 25 against Pakistan.

South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp has moved one spot up to fifth in the ICC Women’s ODI Bowling Rankings. Meanwhile, her teammate Nonkululeko Mlaba’s four-wicket performance against New Zealand has elevated her six positions, reaching a career-high 13th place with 589 points. Her previous best was 19th in September this year.

Australia’s Alana King moved up from eighth to seventh in the latest update. At the same time, her fellow Australian Annabel Sutherland is just 19 points behind Mlaba, with a total of 570, and now ranks 14th, her career-best position. Her previous highest ranking was 17th in December 2024.

-- IANS

- IANS

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Rohit P
Gardner's jump from 10th to 5th is incredible! Shows what consistent performance can do. The competition in women's cricket is really heating up now. 🇮🇳
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Ananya R
While it's great to see international players doing well, I wish our media gave more coverage to Indian women cricketers. Deepti Sharma moving up to 17th deserves more celebration! 🇮🇳💪
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Vikram M
Five centuries in a year by Brits is just mind-blowing! This is the kind of consistency we need to see in cricket. Women's cricket is truly coming of age. 🏏✨
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Siddharth J
Good to see Sidra Amin from Pakistan also making progress. Cricket should bring nations together. Hope we see more such positive developments in women's sports across South Asia.
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Kavya N
The bowling rankings are equally competitive! Mlaba's jump to 13th and Sutherland's career-best show how balanced women's cricket has become. Exciting times ahead for the sport! 🎯

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