West Indies players Hayley Matthews, Shemaine Campbell, and Chinelle Henry have climbed the ICC Women’s ODI Rankings following their performances in the ICC Women’s Championship series against India in Vadodara.
Matthews, the West Indies captain, advanced six slots to a career-best-equalling seventh position in the batting rankings after her stunning 106 off 109 deliveries in the second match. She also moved up two places to seventh among bowlers.
Campbell rose 13 places to 52nd in the batting rankings, thanks to scores of 38 and 46 during the series. Henry also made progress, moving up to 65th in the rankings.
India’s Deepti Sharma also made notable strides, as she is back in the top five in bowling rankings after her match-winning six for 31 in the final ODI. Her unbeaten knocks of 44 and 39 helped her climb from 33rd to 30th in the batting rankings.
Matthews and Sharma remain third and sixth among all-rounders, respectively, in a list led by South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp.
South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt and England’s Sophie Ecclestone finished the year as number one in batting and bowling, respectively.
Ecclestone also ended 2024 as the top bowler in T20I rankings, while Australia’s Beth Mooney and Matthews claimed the top spots in the T20I batting and all-rounder rankings, respectively.
The ODI Rankings also see some other India players make notable progress.
Jemimah Rodrigues is up four places to 22nd after scores of 52 and 29, Richa Ghosh has moved up seven places to 41st with unbeaten scores of 13 and 23, and Harleen Deol is up four places to 54th after notching 115 in the second match and finishing as the highest run-scorer of the series with an aggregate of 160 runs.
Seam bowler Renuka Singh Thakur is up three places to 17th after being named the Player of the Series for her 10 wickets in three matches.
Meanwhile, India’s 3-0 series win over the West Indies solidified their third-place position in the ICC Women’s Championship with 31 points from 21 matches. Australia have already secured the title with 39 points from 24 matches, while England sit second with 32 points from 24 matches. West Indies are ninth with 14 points. Sportsmax
