England young gun takes strides in latest rankings update
Charlie Dean moves to a career high following strong performances against New Zealand.
Spin-bowling all-rounder Charlie Dean has made a jump into the top 10 in the latest Women's ODI bowling rankings following strong performances for England in their two victories over New Zealand on home soil.
The 23-year-old off-spinner claimed 4/38 (9) and Player of the Match honours on the way to a nine-wicket win at Chester-le-Street, before 2/35 (10) at Worcester in an eight-wicket victory in match two.
The six wickets meant Dean jumped nine places to 7th on the bowling rankings (614 rating points), her highest career position.
Dean joins Sophie Ecclestone (first) and Kate Cross (second) as England players in the top ten, with the pair solidifying their positions with exemplary performances of their own.
After a solid outing of 2/28 (7) in match one, Ecclestone kicked on with a five-wicket haul in match two, finishing with 5/25 (9), a spell that included 39 dot balls. The stretch moved her further ahead at the top with a rating of 802 (a career-high), with Cross (683 rating points) edging past Australian Megan Schutt (682).
Dean's efforts also led to a five-spot jump in the all-rounder rankings, moving to 11th (206). Above her, compatriot Nat Sciver-Brunt (up one spot to second, 401 points) made ground on No.1 Marizanne Kapp (405).
ICC Women's All-Rounder Rankings
Sciver-Brunt (770) holds her No.1 spot in the batting rankings, while there was a 33-place jump for Maia Bouchier, who has made 67 and 100* in consecutive outings.
On the T20I ranking front, Sri Lanka's meetings with the West Indies have led to a handful of shuffles.
Sri Lanka's Inoshi Priyadharshani has moved into the top 10 (683), creeping past fellow spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba, despite a wicketless outing in her last match in Hambantota. On the other side, fellow spinner Afy Fletcher has made an eight-spot move to 18th in perhaps the most noteworthy shift from the series thus far, helped by figures of 4/23 and 2/25 across the two matches within the counting week.
Whilst not enjoying the most prolific series by her standards, Hayley Matthews' scores of 29 and 49 take her to a career-high rating of 746 in the batting rankings, sat in third behind Australians Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath.
She remains fifth in the T20I bowling rankings (703) and holds top spot (524) on the all-rounder list.