- Taylor climbs to third in batting rankings; gains for Pakistan players despite defeat
- West Indies and Pakistan retain their pre-series team rankings
Following its 3-0 win over Pakistan in St. Lucia on Saturday, the West Indies has joined world number-one Australia on the top of the ICC Women’s Championship table.
Stafanie Taylor’s side has leapfrogged South Africa and is now level with Australia on 16 points. However, both Australia and South Africa have played one less round of matches. In their fourth round matches next year, Australia will host India and South Africa will host England.
The ICC Women’s Championship is a qualifying tournament for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 and is being participated by Australia, England, India, New Zealand Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies. The top four sides from the ICC Women’s Championship will obtain automatic qualification for the event proper to be staged in England, while the bottom four sides will get a final chance of qualification through the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier in 2017.
The tournament structure sees each team will play each other in one home or away series that will include three ODIs over a two and a half year period. As such, each side is guaranteed, at least, 21 ODIs over the tournament period.
Pakistan played four ODIs against the West Indies on the tour and though it won the opening match of the series, only the last three matches counted towards the ICC Women’s Championship. Nevertheless, all four matches count towards the ICC Women’s Team Rankings, which has seen no changes to their pre-series rankings except that both have gained one point each. The ICC Women’s Team Rankings will now be updated at the conclusion of the three-match T20I series, which will be played in St George’s, Grenada, from 29 October to 1 November.
Reflecting on the series victory in the aftermath of Saturday’s win, West Indies Women’s team coach Vasbert Drakes said: “I thought that we executed really well throughout the series and recognised the importance of trying to dominate this game, and we did that really well.
“The consistency in everyone was a highlight. Merissa Aguilleira improved tremendously batting at number-five, while Stafanie (Taylor) showed again why she’s the best player in the world. She dominated again and led from the front. Kyshona (Knight) batted well and Shamilia (Connell) bowled really fast and consistent.
“It was a collective effort with everyone contributing as a group. Going forward we know that we still have a lot of work to do but we can look forward to the South African leg.”
The West Indies won the opening match of the ICC Women’s Championship by three wickets and then took an assailable 2-0 lead by winning the second match by 109 runs. It swept the series with a six wicket win.
The West Indies’ dominance is also reflected in the last ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings, which has seen a number of its players move in the right direction.
Taylor has claimed three places to third in the ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings for Batters, while there were notable gains for Nain Abidi (up six places to 25th), Merissa Aguilleira (up 14 places to 28th), Asmavia Iqbal (up six places to a career-high 42nd), Britney Cooper (up 16 places to 71st) and Aliya Riaz (up 12 places to 100th).
In the ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings for Bowlers, Anisa Mohammed has retained her second place behind runaway leader Jhulan Goswami of India, while 24-year-old skipper Taylor has dropped one place to fourth. There was better news for Tremayne Smartt who has vaulted four places to 14th.
Stafanie Taylor continues to lead the all-rounders’ tables and holds a 65-point advantage over Australia’s Ellyse Perry.
Forthcoming matches in ICC Women’s Championship:
New Zealand v Sri Lanka
3 Nov – 1st ODI, Bert Sutcliffe, Lincoln
5 Nov – 2nd ODI, Bert Sutcliffe, Lincoln
7 Nov – 3rd ODI, Bert Sutcliffe, Lincoln
Australia v India
2 Feb – 1st ODI, Hobart
5 Feb – 2nd ODI, Hobart
7 Feb – 3rd ODI, Hobart
South Africa v England
7 Feb – 1st ODI, Benoni
12 Feb – 2nd ODI, Benoni
14 Feb – 3rd ODI, Benoni
Points table:
| ICC Women’s Championship 2014 – 2016 | |||||||
| Teams | P | W | L | Tie | N/R | Points | NRR |
| Australia | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.922 |
| West Indies | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.558 |
| South Africa | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.097 |
| England | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -0.163 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.386 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.509 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -0.232 |
| India | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -0.286 |
Note – two points for a win, no point for a loss and one point for a no-result
ICC Women’s Team Rankings (after the conclusion of West Indies-Pakistan ODIs. The table will again be updated their 3-match T20I series, which ends on 1 November)
Ranking Team Points
1 Australia 134
2 England 124
3 New Zealand 109
4 India 105
5 West Indies 100
6 South Africa 92
7 Pakistan 82
8 Sri Lanka 74
9 Bangladesh 57
10 Ireland 26
(Developed by David Kendix)
ICC Women’s Player Rankings (as on 26 October after West Indies-Pakistan series):
Batting
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Ranking
1 ( – ) Meg Lanning Aus 796*! 47.21 796 v Eng at Worcester 2015
2 ( – ) Sarah Taylor Eng 717 40.22 803 v Aus at Chelmsford 2009
3 (+3) Stafanie Taylor WI 702 45.62 765 v Ind at St Kitts (WP) 2012
4 (-1) C. Edwards Eng 695 38.21 749 v NZ at Lincoln 2015
5 (-1) Mithali Raj Ind 679 48.82 839 v Aus at Baroda Vadodar 2004
6 (-1) Suzie Bates NZ 674 36.54 734 v WI at Kingston 2013
7 ( – ) H. Kaur Ind 643 35.62 678 v SA at Bangalore 2014
8 ( – ) Ellyse Perry Aus 640! 38.86 640 v Eng at Worcester 2015
9 (+1) Alex Blackwell Aus 570 33.29 683 v Ind at Canberra 2008
10 (-1) Deandra Dottin WI 565 27.89 650 v NZ at Kingston 2013
Selected Others:
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Ranking
11 (+5) Javeria Khan Pak 555 29.66 573 v SA at Sharjah 2015
13 (-1) Bismah Maroof Pak 546 25.88 551 v Ban at Karachi 2015
25 (+6) Nain Abidi Pak 424 19.76 459 v Ire at Dublin 2012
28 (+14) M. Aguilleira WI 400 20.22 526 v SA at St Kitts (WP) 2013
32 (-4) Kycia Knight WI 390* 19.51 404 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2015
37 (-2) H. Matthews WI 359* 29.66 380 v Pak at St Lucia 2015
42 (+6) Asmavia Iqbal Pak 326! 14.53 326 v WI at St Lucia 2015
43 (+1) Sana Mir Pak 318 16.13 326 v WI at St Lucia 2015
44 (-4) S. Campbelle WI 311 18.79 403 v NZ at St Kitts (WP) 2014
71 (+16) Britney Cooper WI 212*! 15.05 212 v Pak at St Lucia 2015
100 (+12) Aliya Riaz Pak 149* 13.16 152 v WI at St Lucia 2015
Bowling
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Econ Highest Ranking
1 ( – ) Jhulan Goswami Ind 765 20.98 3.16 796 v Eng at Chennai 2007
2= ( – ) A. Mohammed WI 656 17.72 3.23 704 v Aus at Sydney 2014
(+2) Katherine Brunt Eng 656 23.26 3.37 796 v Ind at Mumbai 2013
4 (-1) Stafanie Taylor WI 647 18.62 3.09 768 v NZ at Kingston 2013
5 ( – ) Ellyse Perry Aus 608 24.08 4.25 698 v Ind at Mumbai 2012
6 (+1) Shibnam Ismail SA 583* 18.40 3.45 595 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
7 (+1) Jenny Gunn Eng 582 27.63 3.77 693 v Ind at Scarborough 2014
8 (+1) D. van Niekerk SA 579* 16.13 3.24 583 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
9 (+2) Erin Osborne Aus 552 25.18 4.02 581 v Eng at Melbourne 2014
10 (-4) Sana Mir Pak 550 25.10 3.46 610 v SA at Sharjah 2015
Selected Others:
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Econ Highest Ranking
14 (+4) T. Smartt WI 509* 33.40 3.68 524 v NZ at St Kitts (WP) 2014
22 ( – ) Nida Dar Pak 447* 21.90 3.52 463 v Ban at Cox’s Bazar 2014
24 (-2) Asmavia Iqbal Pak 419 31.55 4.19 458 v SA at Sharjah 2015
35 (-6) Shakera Selman WI 373* 25.53 3.36 467 v NZ at St Kitts (WP) 2014
39 (+9) Anam Amin Pak 347*! 10.60 2.62 347 v WI at St Lucia 2015
48 (-1) Bismah Maroof Pak 321* 21.93 3.60 327 v WI at St Lucia 2015
49 (+9) Hayley Matthews WI 304*! 19.87 3.83 304 v Pak at St Lucia 2015
58 (+5) Deandra Dottin WI 245*! 30.34 4.87 245 v Pak at St Lucia 2015
73= (+11) Sania Khan Pak 180*! 54.25 4.52 180 v WI at St Lucia 2015
(+23) S. Connell WI 180*! 36.33 4.73 180 v Pak at St Lucia 2015
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Ranking
1 ( – ) Stafanie Taylor WI 454 560 v NZ at Kingston 2013 2 ( – ) Ellyse Perry Aus 389! 389 v Eng at Worcester 2015 3 ( – ) Jhulan Goswami Ind 307! 307 v NZ at Bangalore 2015 4 ( – ) D. van Niekerk SA 281*/*! 281 v Pak at Sharjah 2015 5 ( – ) Suzie Bates NZ 255! 255 v Ind at Bangalore 2015