Multiple new No.1s crowned in latest women's rankings update
Alana King and Smriti Mandhana have climbed to the top of the Women's ODI Bowling and Batting Rankings respectively in the latest update on Tuesday.The pair made the move in the three ODIs within the week of action, with King (775) ending Sophie Ecclestone's near four-year reign at the top of the rankings.Across the week King led both teams with seven wickets at an average of 16.71, claiming 4/33 form 10 overs in the third ODI, helping the hosts to a 185-run victory. It propelled her to her first No.1 rating, with her rating of 775 also a career high.King is joined by four Australian bowlers in the top eight – Ash Gardner (third), Annabel Sutherland (fifth), Megan Schutt (seventh) and Kim Garth (eighth)Mandhana (790) meanwhile made notable scores of 58 and 31 in the week, doing enough to move past Wolvaardt (790), who will have the opportunity to reclaim the spot when the Proteas take on New Zealand across March and April.There were a number of other performers from the series to enjoy rankings boosts.After losing two of the three T20Is on home soil, Australia bounced back to claim the three ODIs as part of the multi-format series, and found success through Beth Mooney, Ash Gardner and Alyssa Healy, the latter calling time on her ODI career.Making a century in her final match in the format, Healy signs off in fourth place on the rankings (744), wedged between Mooney (749) and Gardner (724). Gardner (516) meanwhile holds the No.1 spot in the ODI All-Rounder Rankings, almost 100 rating points ahead of West Indies Hayley Matthews (418) in second.Annabel Sutherland (408) made a two-spot move on the All-Rounder Rankings, while youngster Georgia Voll (534) made a 23-spot jump to 34th in the Batting Rankings after averaging 54 in the three ODIs.Despite losing all three matches, there was joy for Harmanpreet Kaur (652), who moved four spots back into the top 10 for batters (ninth), thanks to scores of 53, 54 and 25.
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