Australia fast bowler Ellyse Perry has returned to the top 10 of the Reliance Mobile ICC Women’s ODI Rankings

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Australia fast bowler Ellyse Perry has returned to the top 10 of the Reliance Mobile ICC Women’s ODI Rankings after inspiring her side to a 3-0 win over New Zealand in the Rose Bowl series.

The 19-year-old from New South Wales had series figures of 5-118 which has helped her climb three places to eighth spot.

Perry also had a successful Rose Bowl series in Australia in early February in which she had claimed 13 wickets in Australia’s 5-0 win. Then, she was rewarded with a jump of 10 places. This means in the last eight Rose Bowl series matches, Perry has claimed 18 wickets and has jumped a total of 13 places which by all means is an excellent effort.

New Zealand’s Aimee Watkins is the other bowler to improve her rankings as she has jumped two places to 12th spot after picking up two wickets in three matches. However, her team-mate Nicola Browne has slipped three places to 11th after recording figures of 0-33, 1-39 and 0-39.

Australia fast bowler Sarah Andrews, who announced her retirement from international cricket on Tuesday after playing in three Tests, 39 ODIS and 16 T20Is, signed off on her career in 10th place. The 28-year-old from New South Wales had bowling figures of 1-37, 1-47 and 1-30 in the series.

The bowling list is headed by India’s Jhulan Goswami while Australia’s Shelley Nitschke is in second position and Lisa Sthalekar, who took 5-35 in the third ODI, is in third spot.

There is plenty of movement in the latest batters’ listing with Nitschke reclaiming her second position from Claire Taylor of England after a series aggregate of 170 runs that also included her maiden ODI century in the second match. The 33-year-old scored 113 off 130 balls with seven fours and four sixes to help Australia take an assailable 2-0 lead by reaching the victory target of 256 with six wickets and 15 balls to spare.

New Zealand trio of Sara McGlashan, Amy Satterthwaite and Suzie Bates may have ended up on the losing side but they have managed to improve their rankings with Satterwaite and Bates returning to the top 20.

McGlashan has jumped three places to share 11th spot with Sri Lanka’s Dedunu Silva after scores of nought, 34 and 46, Satterthwaite has lifted five places to 18th position after scoring 90 runs in the series while Bates has occupied 18th position after rising three places following scores of eight, 61 and 15.

The batting chart is headed by Mithali Raj of India.

Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Women’s Rankings (as of 9 March, after the end of Rose Bowl series)

Batters
Rank : Player
1 : Mithali Raj (Ind)
2 : Shelley Nitschke (Aus)
3 : Claire Taylor (Eng)
4 : Sarah Taylor (Eng)
5 : C. Edwards (Eng)
6 : Alex Blackwell (Aus)
7 : Lisa Sthalekar (Aus)
8 : Stafanie Taylor (WI)
9 : Nicola Browne (NZ)
10 : Cri-Zelda Brits (SA)
11= : Dedunu Silva (SL)
11= : Sara McGlashan (NZ)
13 : Caroline Atkins (Eng)
14= : Amita Sharma (Ind)
14= : Lydia Greenway (Eng)
16 : S Siriwardena (SL)
17 : Anjum Chopra (Ind)
18 : A. Satterthwaite (NZ)
19 : Suzie Bates (NZ)
20= : Pamela Lavine (WI)
20= : Deandra Dottin (WI)

Bowlers
Rank : Player
1 : Jhulan Goswami (Ind)
2 : Shelley Nitschke (Aus)
3 : Lisa Sthalekar (Aus)
4 : Katherine Brunt (Eng)
5 : Rumeli Dhar (Ind)
6 : Holly Colvin (Eng)
7 : Nicky Shaw (Eng)
8= : Laura Marsh (Eng)
8= : Ellyse Perry (Aus)
10 : Sarah Andrews (Aus)
11 : Nicola Browne (NZ)
12 : Aimee Watkins (NZ)
13 : C.Westhuizen (SA)
14 : Isa Guha (Eng)
15 : Alicia Smith (SA)
16 : Sana Mir (Pak)
17 : Amita Sharma (Ind)
18 : Jenny Gunn (Eng)
19 : Gouher Sultana (Ind)
20 : S.Siriwardena (SL)

All-rounders
Rank : Player
1 : Shelley Nitschke (Aus)
2 : Lisa Sthalekar (Aus)
3 : Nicola Browne (NZ)
4 : Aimee Watkins (NZ)
5= : Rumeli Dhar (Ind)
5= : Stafanie Taylor (WI)

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