{"id":62675,"date":"2025-08-12T13:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/62675\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:54:09","slug":"latest-icc-t20i-player-rankings-new-no-1-bowler-announced-displaces-pakistan-women-spinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/62675\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest ICC T20I Player Rankings: New No.1 Bowler Announced, Displaces Pakistan Women Spinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Australia seamer Annabel Sutherland<\/a> has claimed the top spot in the ICC women\u2019s T20I bowling rankings for the first time, ending Pakistan spinner Sadia Iqbal\u2019s brief reign at No.1.<\/p>\n

Annabel Sutherland crowned No.1 women’s T20I bowler <\/p>\n

Sutherland\u2019s rise comes despite not featuring in any international matches over the past five months. The 23-year-old last played a T20I in March, when she picked up 4-35 against New Zealand, but benefited from Iqbal\u2019s dip in form during Pakistan\u2019s 2-1 series defeat to Ireland. <\/p>\n

Sutherland made her T20I debut in 2020 and has claimed 40 wickets in 45 games so far. She moved up a spot in Tuesday\u2019s ranking, maintaining her rating point of 736.<\/p>\n

Iqbal, who managed only three wickets in the three matches, slipped to joint second alongside India\u2019s Deepti Sharma<\/a> following the Ireland series. The top five are rounded off by Sophie Ecclestone and Lauren Bell. The only other bowler from England in the top ten is Charlie Dean<\/a>, at joint-sixth with Georgia Wareham.<\/p>\n

Ireland\u2019s Orla Prendergast enters the top 20 for the first time <\/p>\n

The Ireland-Pakistan series in Dublin proved particularly rewarding for Ireland\u2019s Orla Prendergast<\/a>, who was named Player of the Series after a standout all-round display. The 23-year-old was the highest run-scorer, making 144 runs at an average of 72. She also claimed four wickets with her medium pace, including 3-28 in the first T20I, which stalled Pakistan from chasing 143. <\/p>\n

Her performance also pushed her to a career-best 19th among batters – a jump of eight places – and sixth among all-rounders, climbing three spots. She currently has 1,446 runs at 28.35 from 66 T20Is, along with 50 scalps at an average of 18.88. <\/p>\n

For Pakistan, Muneeba Ali, who became just the eighth Full Member women\u2019s batter with multiple T20I tons<\/a>, improved to joint 32nd from 35th.<\/p>\n

Latest ICC women’s T20I rankings Batting rankings Ranking Player Points 1 Beth Mooney (AUS) 794 2 Hayley Matthews (West Indies) 774 3 Smriti Mandhana (India) 767 4 Tahlia McGrath (Australia) 757 5 Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa) 731 6 Tazmin Brits (South Africa) 693 7 Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka) 689 8 Suzie Bates (New Zealand) 671 9 Shafali Verma (India) 655 10 Alyssa Healy (Australia) 639 Bowling rankings Ranking Player Points 1 Annabel Sutherland (AUS) 736 2 Deepti Sharma (India) 732 2 Sadia Iqbal (Pakistan) 732 4 Sophie Ecclestone (England) 727 5 Lauren Bell (England) 714 6 Georgia Wareham (Australia) 704 6 Charlie Dean (England) 704 8 Afy Fletcher (West Indies) 702 9 Nashra Sandhu (Pakistan) 700 10 Nonkululeko Mlaba (South Africa) 696 All-rounder rankings Ranking Player Points 1 Hayley Matthews (West Indies) 505 2 Amelia Kerr (New Zealand) 434 3 Deepti Sharma (India) 387 4 Ash Gardner (Australia) 372 5 Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka) 361 6 Orla Prendergast (Ireland) 298 7 Marizanne Kapp (South Africa) 270 8 Sophie Ecclestone (England) 269 9 Nida Dar (Pakistan) 260 10 Kathryn Bryce (Scotland) 243 <\/p>\n

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