Sri Lanka's Udeshika Prabhodhani has jumped five places to take over as the number-one ranked bowler for the first-time ever in the latest Reliance ICC Women's Player Rankings for T20I Bowlers.
The latest player rankings were released on Wednesday at the end of the group stage of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 2014 in Sylhet. The four teams that have progressed to the semi- finals are Australia, England, South Africa and West Indies. The semi-finals will be played in Dhaka on 3 and 4 April, while the final will be held on held on Sunday, 6 April.
Prabodhani, who claimed five wickets at an average of 9.40 and at an economy of 3.35, now has a best-ever 657 ratings points. The left-arm medium-pacer now leads number-two ranked New Zealand's Morna Nielsen by just five ratings points. Nielsen herself moved up a place to a career-best second.
The most impressive jump was that of Bangladesh captain Salma Khatun, who jumped 18 places to a best-ever third place with a career-best 643 ratings points. Khatun picked up six wickets from four matches at an average of 10.33 at an economy rate of 3.87.
The top 10 of the bowlers' table has seen a few other changes as well.
Shaquana Quintyne of West Indies in seventh (up by four) has made a return to the top 10, while Sri Lanka's Shashikala Siriwardena has moved up four places to ninth and Australia bowler Sarah Coyte is now in tenth place (up by nine).
West Indies has three bowlers in the top 10, the most for any team. Sri Lanka has two, while Australia, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand and South Africa have one bowler each.
Outside the top 10, the major movers are Shibnam Ismail (up by five) and Ellyse Perry (up by two) in joint 12th, Anya Shrubsole in 15th (up by 24), Tremayne Smartt in 16th (up by six) and Isobel Joyce in 19th (up by four).
Australia captain Meg Lanning continues to top the Reliance ICC Women's Rankings for T20I Batters. Lanning is now at a career-best 688 ratings points, after ending the group stage as the leading run-getter.
Lanning has scored 184 runs from four games at an average of 46 and a strike rate of 167.27. She is also the only batter to have hit a hundred in the tournament, with her knock of 126 against Ireland also being her career-best.
England captain Charlotte Edwards has moved up a place to second, swapping places with teammate Sarah Taylor. Stafanie Taylor has risen one spot to seventh, while Harmanpreet Kaur has re-entered the top 10 in ninth place (up by two).
India now has three batters in the top 10, the most for any team. Australia, England and West Indies have two, while New Zealand has one batter in the top 10.
The only other positive movements inside the top 20 are, Ireland's Isobel Joyce in 13th (up by six) and Lizelle Lee in 20th (up by eight).
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka captain Siriwardena has taken over as the number-one ranked all-rounder for the first-time ever on the Reliance ICC Women's Player Rankings for T20I All-rounders. Also moving up three places to a best-ever second is Bangladesh skipper Salma Khatun.
The player rankings will now be updated on Monday, 7 April, after the final of the tournament.
Reliance ICC Women's Player Rankings for T20Is (as of 1 April, after Group stage at the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014)
Batters
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave S/R HS Rating
1 ( - ) Meg Lanning Aus 688! 30.08 117 688 v Pak at Bangladesh 2014
2 (+1) C Edwards Eng 670 32.37 108 812 v Pak at Taunton 2009
3 (-1) Sarah Taylor Eng 661 30.63 110 721 v Aus at Chelmsford 2013
4 ( - ) Suzie Bates NZ 654 26.15 106 659 v Pak at Bangladesh 2014
5 ( - ) Mithali Raj Ind 646 37.12 101 761 v WI at Ahmedabad 2011
6 ( - ) Deandra Dottin WI 597 24.05 137 649 v Eng at Bridgetown 2013
7 (+1) Stafanie Taylor WI 583 35.36 106 770 v NZ at St Lucia 2010
8 (-1) Poonam Raut Ind 570 28.08 93 572 v Ban at Cox's Bazar 2014
9 (+2) H Kaur Ind 555 21.73 91 594 v Aus at Visakhapatnam 2012
10 (-1) Jessica Cameron Aus 551 21.66 110 610 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2012
11 (-1) Clare Shillington Ire 534 20.55 98 612 v Pak at Dublin 2013
12 ( - ) Mignon du Preez SA 533 21.09 93 537 v Pak at Doha 2014
13 (+6) Isobel Joyce Ire 528! 24.04 95 528 v Pak at Bangladesh 2014
14 ( - ) Alex Blackwell Aus 522 20.31 94 566 v Eng at Canberra 2011
15 ( - ) S.Siriwardena SL 521! 20.39 85 521 v Ban at Bangladesh 2014
16 (-3) Bismah Maroof Pak 519 23.10 78 523 v Ban at Cox's Bazar 2014
17 (-1) Lydia Greenway Eng 506 24.18 98 601 v SA at Potchefstroom 2011
18 (-1) Nain Abidi Pak 505 18.26 81 530 v Ire at Doha 2014
19 (-1) Sophie Devine NZ 499 22.93 108 504 v WI at Bay Oval 2014
20 (+8) Lizelle Lee SA 494* 26.35 89 509 v Ire at Bangladesh 2014
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating
1 (+5) U Prabodhani SL 657! 19.76 4.75 657 v Ban at Bangladesh 2014
2 (+1) Morna Nielsen NZ 652! 16.34 4.88 652 v SA at Bangladesh 2014
3 (+18) Salma Khatun Ban 643! 13.41 4.25 643 v SL at Bangladesh 2014
4 (-3) Danielle Hazell Eng 640 17.28 5.18 685 v NZ at Chelmsford 2011
5 ( - ) Marizanne Kapp SA 632 13.03 4.27 645 v Ire at Doha 2014
6 (-4) Shanel Daley WI 614 14.14 4.80 674 v Ind at St Kitts (WP) 2012
7 (+4) S Quintyne WI 606 17.64 5.41 625 v NZ at Invercargill 2014
8 (-4) A Mohammed WI 597 14.22 5.23 673 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2011
9 (+4) S.Siriwardena SL 586 17.25 5.43 603 v Eng at Bangladesh 2014
10 (+9) Sarah Coyte Aus 585 19.87 6.23 657 v Ind at Visakhapatnam 2012
11 (-4) Erin Osborne Aus 581 24.32 5.93 631 v Ind at Galle 2012
12= (+5) Shibnam Ismail SA 577 21.18 5.72 591 v Ire at Bangladesh 2014
(+2) Ellyse Perry Aus 577 20.77 6.02 686 v NZ at Nelson 2010
14 (-2) Julie Hunter Aus 569 17.56 5.85 642 v NZ at Melbourne 2013
15 (+24) Anya Shrubsole Eng 564 12.78 5.69 577 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2012
16 (+6) Tremayne Smartt WI 545 16.78 5.28 561 v NZ at Invercargill 2014
17 (-2) Jhulan Goswami Ind 542 19.40 5.13 671 v Aus at Visakhapatnam 2012
18 (-10) Sadia Yousuf Pak 541 15.00 5.14 641 v Ire at Doha 2014
19 (+4) Isobel Joyce Ire 538 26.29 5.15 563 v NZ at Bangladesh 2014
20 (-10) Sana Mir Pak 536 18.32 4.96 636 v Ban at Dublin 2012
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 (+1) S.Siriwardena SL 305 309 v Eng at Bangladesh 2014
2 (+3) Salma Khatun Ban 291*/ ! 291 v SL at Bangladesh 2014
3 (-2) Stafanie Taylor WI 289 422 v SL at Bridgetown 2012
4 (-1) Isobel Joyce Ire 284 291 v Aus at Bangladesh 2014
5 (+1) Suzie Bates NZ 244 274 v Aus at Taunton 2011