DUBAI (Kashmir English): Pakistan’s left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal has maintained her top position in the latest ICC women’s T20I bowler rankings.
According to cricket’s global governing body, Sadia secured the top spot for T20I bowlers, with 746 rating. It’s tight at the top with just 44 rating point separating the top 10 players, as the one sitting at 10th spot, Afy Fletcher, has 702 rating.
Lauren Bell, England pacer, claimed three wickets in that Nottingham clash and the tall right-armer rose two spots to a career-best place of fourth on the latest rankings for T20I bowlers, according to the ICC.
8th ranked Nashra and 9th ranked Georgia Wareham of Australia have the same rating — 704.
Whereas, star India left-hander closes in on the top ranking for T20I batters as a pair of South African players make gains following the completion of their series against the West Indies.
ICC Women’s T20I batter rankings
India opener Smriti Mandhana gained after her recent century against England by reaching a new career-high rating on the fresh ICC Women’s T20I Batter Rankings.
Mandhana, the No1 ranked ODI batter, moved to third on the latest rankings for T20I batters.
It also saw Mandhana reach a new career-best rating of 771 points and close to within 23 points of No1 ranked player Beth Mooney at the top of the charts for T20I batters.
Unluckily, no Pakistani batter could secure a place in top 35 players.
