West Indies’ all-rounder Stafanie Taylor will start the upcoming three-match ODI series against the visiting England side, which starts on 29 October in Port of Spain, as the top ranked player across the Reliance ICC Women’s Player Rankings for ODIs.
Stafanie Taylor on top of ICC Womens's batting and bowling rankings. Photo: windiescricket.com/Randy Brooks
Taylor leads all three rankings’ tables – batting, bowling and all-rounder – and is the only player in history (man or woman) to ever be number one in both batting and bowling rankings in either Test or ODI cricket at the same time.
The latest Reliance ICC Women’s Player Rankings for ODIs were updated at the end of West Indies’ 2-1 series win in a three-match series against visiting New Zealand that finished at Kingston on 10 October.
England captain Charlotte Edwards is in third place of the Reliance ICC Women’s Player Rankings for ODI Batters and, in the second ODI of the upcoming series, will become only the second women’s captain to lead her side in 100 or more ODIs.
Only Australia’s former skipper and ICC Hall of Famer Belinda Clarke has captained more than Edwards (101 ODIs).
To date, Edwards has led her side in 98 ODIs, winning 61, losing 31, and recording six no results. She has also skippered 66 Twenty20 Internationals – more than any other women’s captain – winning 50 and losing 14, with one no-result and one tied encounter. Edwards has also led her side in seven Tests, after making her Test debut in July 1996 against New Zealand.
Sarah Taylor in eighth, Deandra Dottin in ninth and Lydia Greenway in 11th are some of the batters inside the top 20 who are likely to be seen in action during the series.
In the Reliance ICC Women’s Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers, England will be without the services of number-two ranked Katherine Brunt, but the other bowlers inside the top 10 who are likely to be in action for the visiting side are Jenny Gunn in seventh spot and Holly Colvin in 10th.
For West Indies, apart from top-ranked Taylor, who was the leading wicket-taker in the recent series against New Zealand (11) and player of the series, the others inside the top 10 likely to feature in the series are Shanel Daley in fourth place and Anisa Mohammed in sixth.
Upcoming Fixtures
West Indies v England
29 Oct – 1st ODI, Port of Spain
1 Nov – 2nd ODI, Port of Spain (d/n)
3 Nov – 3rd ODI, Port of Spain (d/n)
Reliance ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings (as on 27 October) (before West Indies-England ODI Series, after West Indies-New Zealand ODI Series and first two South Africa-Sri Lanka ODIs)
Batters
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 (+6) Stafanie Taylor WI 729 45.27 765 v Ind at St Kitts (WP) 2012
2 ( – ) Mithali Raj Ind 703 48.65 839 v Aus at Baroda Vadodar 2004
3 ( – ) C Edwards Eng 702 37.88 723 v Aus at Hove 2013
4 (-3) Suzie Bates NZ 685 36.98 734 v WI at Kingston 2013
5 (-1) Meg Lanning Aus 673*! 43.87 673 v Eng at Hove 2013
6 (-1) H Kaur Ind 669*! 37.32 669 v Ban at Ahmedabad 2013
7 (-1) Jessica Cameron Aus 652* 38.53 655 v Eng at Hove 2013
8 (+1) Sarah Taylor Eng 631 37.72 803 v Aus at Chelmsford 2009
9 (+1) Deandra Dottin WI 612 26.00 650 v NZ at Kingston 2013
10 (-2) A Satterthwaite NZ 610 28.79 653 v Aus at Sydney 2012
11 ( – ) Lydia Greenway Eng 591 30.57 664 v NZ at Lincoln 2012
12 ( – ) Alex Blackwell Aus 548 31.72 683 v Ind at Canberra 2008
13 ( – ) Bismah Maroof Pak 521! 23.59 521 v Ire at Dublin 2013
14 (+1) Trisha Chetty SA 511 31.40 521 v WI at St Kitts (WP) 2013
15 (+1) Mignon du Preez SA 506! 32.70 506 v Ban at Centurion 2013
16 (+1) Javeria Khan Pak 504*! 25.38 504 v Ire at Dublin 2013
17 (+1) Heather Knight Eng 496*! 27.88 496 v Aus at Hove 2013
18 (+1) Jodie Fields Aus 492 28.34 520 v NZ at Sydney 2012
19 (-5) Nicola Browne NZ 464 27.40 645 v Aus at Lincoln 2008
20 ( – ) C Jayangani SL 463* 29.78 470 v Eng at Mumbai 2013
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating
1 (+1) Stafanie Taylor WI 768*! 16.14 2.89 768 v NZ at Kingston 2013
2 (-1) Katherine Brunt Eng 757 21.25 3.29 796 v Ind at Mumbai 2013
3 ( – ) Jhulan Goswami Ind 655 21.52 3.20 796 v Eng at Chennai 2007
4 (+4) Shanel Daley WI 638*! 20.12 3.27 638 v NZ at Kingston 2013
5 (-1) Ellyse Perry Aus 609 23.13 4.20 698 v Ind at Mumbai 2012
6 ( – ) A Mohammed WI 599 17.36 3.10 658 v NZ at Mumbai 2013
7 (-2) Jenny Gunn Eng 598 27.74 3.75 669 v Aus at Melbourne 2008
8 (-1) Erin Osborne Aus 569*! 26.08 3.82 569 v Eng at Hove 2013
9 ( – ) C Seneviratna SL 559! 25.05 3.37 559 v WI at Dambulla 2013
10 ( – ) Holly Colvin Eng 558 22.96 3.66 715 v Aus at Lord’s 2009
11= ( – ) Laura Marsh Eng 539 27.56 3.87 711 v Aus at Perth 2011
( – ) Sunette Loubser SA 539*! 17.01 3.06 539 v Ban at Centurion 2013
13 (+1) Gouher Sultana Ind 516* 21.74 3.44 590 v WI at St Kitts (WP) 2012
14 (-1) Sian Ruck NZ 515* 32.75 3.68 538 v WI at Kingston 2013
15 ( – ) Sadia Yousuf Pak 501*! 16.20 3.23 501 v Ire at Dublin 2013
16 ( – ) Sana Mir Pak 498 27.93 3.57 536 v Ind at Cuttack 2013
17= ( – ) S.Siriwardene SL 482 22.89 3.68 535 v Eng at Colombo (NCC) 2010
( – ) Sarah Coyte Aus 482*! 22.53 4.32 482 v Eng at Hove 2013
19 ( – ) Shibnam Ismail SA 481* 22.86 3.71 509 v WI at Cuttack 2013
20 (+1) D v Niekerk SA 457*! 16.30 3.42 457 v Ban at Centurion 2013
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 ( – ) Stafanie Taylor WI 560 /*! 560 v NZ at Kingston 2013
2 (+2) Shanel Daley WI 249 /* 273 v Aus at Mumbai 2013
3 ( – ) Ellyse Perry Aus 239*/ ! 239 v Eng at Hove 2013
4 (+1) Jenny Gunn Eng 220 348 v Aus at Melbourne 2008
5 (-3) Nicola Browne NZ 211 377 v Eng at Lincoln 2008
! Indicates career-highest rating
* Indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after a minimum of 40 started innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating after he has conceded 1,500 runs
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