Matthews' marked move leads Women's Rankings top-10 shuffles
Hayley Matthews' Vadodara century leads to six-spot batting jump as West Indies, India players enjoy Rankings boost.
Hayley Matthews' seventh ODI century has propelled the West Indies opener back into the top 10 of the ICC Women's Batting Rankings.
A score of 106 from 109 balls lifted the opener into a share of seventh in the Tuesday update to close out the calendar year, with a rating of 652 to sit alongside Australia left-hander Beth Mooney.
While making a half-century in the same match, a score of four in the third ODI has meant a one-spot drop to third in the rankings (720 rating points), falling below Chamari Athapaththu (733).
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Outside the top 10, performers with the bat in Vadodara saw rankings jumps, with Jemimah Rodrigues closing in on a top 20 position (22nd) with a four spot jump thanks to scores of 29 and 52. Richa Ghosh (13 not out and 23 not out) moved seven spots to 41st (448 rating points), with Chinelle Henry's half-century in the third ODI leading to a 21-spot leap to 65th (349 rating points).
Women's ODI Batter Rankings
With the ball it was the off-spin of Deepti Sharma to make headlines, taking eight wickets across the two matches, including 6/31 in match three.
While only leading to a one-spot jump, Deepti made immense ground on the top four, with her rating of 665 closing in on fourth-spot Marizanne Kapp (677 rating points). Matthews' off-spin too saw a two-spot jump, sneaking past Charlie Dean and Nahida Akter to 7th (616) in a congested group at the bottom of the top 10, while the work of Titas Sadhu in the ODI series puts her in the top 100 for the first time.
Women's ODI Bowling Rankings
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In spite of their efforts, neither Matthews or Deepti moved in the All-Rounder Rankings after the series, and remain in third and sixth respectively after the weekly update.
Henry's effort though did lead to a rankings jump however, with the 29-year-old Jamaican moving into equal-27th with Megan Schutt thanks to a move of six spots.