West Indies makes the most of ICC Women’s Championship matches against New Zealand

Sri Lanka to host South Africa next month in final first round match

Top four sides from the event to progress to the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017

The West Indies has taken full advantage of its home One-Day Internationals (ODIs) against New Zealand when it surged to the top of the ICC Women’s Championship table and its players making significant movements in the Reliance ICC ODI Women’s Rankings, which were released on Saturday morning.

The West Indies won all four ODIs against New Zealand, with the first three matches counting towards the ICC Women’s Championship. This event has been introduced to create a more extensive and meaningful bilateral playing programme for women’s cricket, with the top four sides from this competition qualifying for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017.

The victories not only helped the West Indies to draw level with New Zealand at seven-all from 15 ODIs to date, it also put the ICC Women’s World Cup India 2013 losing finalist on top of the table on net run-rate. World champion Australia also won its matches against Pakistan and is on six points, but West Indies’ convincing victories has put it ahead by +0.35 on net run-rate. With six more rounds to be played in the tournament, plenty of movement at the top of the tree is on the cards.

The first round of the ICC Women’s Championship will conclude next month when South Africa will travel to Sri Lanka for a four-ODI series, with the first three to count towards the ICC Women’s Championship. The championship matches will be played in Colombo on 15, 17 and 19 October.

Meanwhile, the West Indies’ five wickets, 65 runs, eight wickets and four runs victories in the series have meant its players have also made gains in the player rankings.

Left-arm spinner Anisa Mohammed has led the charge in the bowlers’ rankings when she has jumped seven places to claim a career-high second position. Anisa captured 12 wickets in the four-match series, including eight wickets in the three ICC Women’s Championship matches. Her series best was in the second ODI when she bagged four for 32.

Anisa’s rise means the West Indies now boasts the top two-ranked bowlers, with Stafanie Taylor leading the pack. Shanel Daley in fifth position is the other West Indies bowler to feature inside the top 10.

Medium-pacers Tremayne Smartt and Shakera Selman are the other notable West Indies bowlers to head in the right direction. The medium-pacer returned figures of five for 24, one for 40, one for 14 and none for 20, for which he has been rewarded with a jump of 10 places that has put her in 16th position, while Selman’s three wickets in the series has given her a lift of 17 places that has put her in 21st position.

Amongst the batters, Deandra Dottin has returned to the top 10 after a consistent performance in the series in which she aggregated 176 runs in four matches. For this, she has been rewarded with a rise of three places that has put her in ninth position.

Stafanie Taylor has also gained one place and is now in fourth position, following her 159 runs in the four matches.

The good news for New Zealand is its batters Sophie Devine and Rachel Priest have made upward movements. Devine has achieved a career-best 19th position after rising 11 places following her contribution of 161 runs in four matches, while Priest has also achieved a career-high 33rd place (up by six places).

The batting table is headed by India captain Mithali Raj, who leads England’s Charlotte Edwards by 12 ratings points.

In the all-rounders’ category, Daley has leapfrogged Australia’s Ellyse Perry into second position.

Series results:

*First ODI, 12 Sep, St Kitts – West Indies won by five wickets

*Second ODI, 14 Sep, St Kitts – West Indies win by 65 runs

*Third ODI, St Kitts – West Indies won by eight wickets

Fourth ODI, St Kitts – West Indies won by four runs

Forthcoming first round matches:

Sri Lanka v South Africa

*15 Oct – First ODI, Colombo

*17 Oct – Second ODI, Colombo

*19 Oct – Third ODI, Colombo

21 Oct – Fourth ODI, Colombo

*Denotes matches that will count towards the ICC Women’s Championship

Points table (after West Indies-New Zealand matches):

Note – two points for a win, no point for a loss and one point for a no-result

Reliance ICC ODI Women’s Rankings (as on 20 September, after the conclusion of West Indies-New Zealand series)

Batters

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge HS Ranking

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

2 ( - ) C.Edwards Eng 723! 38.07 723 v Ind at Scarborough 2014

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

4 (+1) Stafanie Taylor WI 697 43.50 765 v Ind at St Kitts (WP) 2012

5 (-1) Suzie Bates NZ 651 37.20 734 v WI at Kingston 2013

6 ( - ) H.Kaur Ind 640* 35.06 673 v SL at Visakhapatnam 2014

7= ( - ) Jessica Cameron Aus 635 38.53 660 v Pak at Brisbane 2014

( - ) Meg Lanning Aus 635* 39.22 673 v Eng at Hove 2013

9 (+3) Deandra Dottin WI 626 27.44 650 v NZ at Kingston 2013

10 (-1) Alex Blackwell Aus 602 33.79 683 v Ind at Canberra 2008

Selected rakings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge HS Ranking

15 (-5) A.Satterthwaite NZ 524 27.49 653 v Aus at Sydney 2012

19 (+11) Sophie Devine NZ 470 23.23 473 v WI at St Kitts (WP) 2014

22 (-4) Sara McGlashan NZ 428 22.63 573 v Eng at Derby 2007

26 (-4) Nicola Browne NZ 414 27.05 645 v Aus at Lincoln 2008

30 (+5) Shanel Daley WI 397 21.29 473 v NZ at Mumbai 2013

33 (+6) Rachel Priest NZ 391*! 24.15 391 v WI at St Kitts (WP) 2014

35 (-5) S.Campbelle WI 387 19.58 403 v NZ at St Kitts (WP) 2014

37 (-9) Katie Perkins NZ 381* 28.87 422 v WI at St Kitts (WP) 2014

44 (-7) M.Aguilleira WI 347 18.98 526 v SA at St Kitts (WP) 2013

45 (+16) Kycia Knight WI 339*! 19.30 339 v NZ at St Kitts (WP) 2014

Bowlers

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge HS Ranking

1 ( - ) Stafanie Taylor WI 723 17.16 768 v NZ at Kingston 2013

2 (+7) A.Mohammed WI 696! 16.67 696 v NZ at St Kitts (WP) 2014

3 (-1) Jenny Gunn Eng 693! 27.00 693 v Ind at Scarborough 2014

4 (-1) Jhulan Goswami Ind 671 21.36 796 v Eng at Chennai 2007

5 ( - ) Shanel Daley WI 664*! 21.56 664 v NZ at St Kitts (WP) 2014

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

7 (-1) Sana Mir Pak 590 23.84 598 v Aus at Brisbane 2014

8 (-1) Sunette Loubser SA 568*! 17.53 568 v Pak at Doha 2014

9 (-1) Erin Osborne Aus 567* 26.56 581 v Eng at Melbourne 2014

10 ( - ) Shibnam Ismail SA 551* 20.20 557 v Ire at Doha 2014

Selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge HS Ranking

16 (+10) Tremayne Smartt WI 500* 29.54 524 v NZ at St Kitts (WP) 2014

17 (+4) Morna Nielsen NZ 498*! 26.03 498 v WI at St Kitts (WP) 2014

21 (+17) Shakera Selman WI 463* 24.92 467 v NZ at St Kitts (WP) 2014

25 (-7) Sian Ruck NZ 447* 32.75 538 v WI at Kingston 2013

29 (+11) S.Quintyne WI 417*! 24.76 417 v NZ at St Kitts (WP) 2014

47 ( - ) Sophie Devine NZ 294 40.43 510 v Ind at Sydney 2009

48 (+2) Suzie Bates NZ 288 30.22 294 v WI at Lincoln 2014

All-rounders

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Ranking

1 ( - ) Stafanie Taylor WI 504 560 v NZ at Kingston 2013

2 (+1) Shanel Daley WI 264 /* 273 v Aus at Mumbai 2013

3 (-1) Ellyse Perry Aus 243 286 v Eng at Hobart 2014

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

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