Dubai, 12 February 2009
New Zealand batter Amy Satterthwaite is coming into form at just the right time ahead of next month’s ICC Women’s World Cup 2009. She has rocketed into the top 20 of the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Women’s Player Rankings following a good Rose Bowl Series against Australia which concluded in Wellington on Thursday.
The 22-year-old left-hander, who played in only three ODIs, finished as the second leading run-getter in the series with 136 runs at an average of 68. For this achievement, she has been rewarded with a jump of 22 places which has put her in 20th spot in the latest rankings.
Also making her way in the top 20 for the first time in her career is Satterwaite’s team-mate Sarah Tsukigawa who has leaped two places to 19th position.
Satterthwaite’s and Tsukigawas’ vaults means New Zealand now has six batters in the top 20 with the others being Nicola Browne (ninth), Haidee Tiffen (10th), Aimee Mason (11th) and Sara McGlashan (12th) who has dropped out of the top 10 after falling two places.
Australia’s Shelley Nitschke, who was the top scorer of the series with 144 runs, has improved her ranking by one place and is now in eighth position but captain Karen Rolton has slipped one place to seventh.
Lisa Sthalekar (second) and Alex Blackwell (fourth) are the other Australians in the top 20 of the list which is headed by England’s Claire Taylor.
On the bowling front, Sthalekar has swapped places with team-mate Emma Sampson and is now in fourth position while Sarah Andrews has entered in the top 20 for the first time in her career by rising three places to 20th.
The other Australian bowlers in the top 20 are Nitschke (second), Kirsten Pike (12th) and Ellyse Perry (17th) with the latter two slipping two and one places respectively.
New Zealand vice-captain Mason has suffered the most in the latest bowling rankings after a wicketless Rose Bowl Series which has cost her four places and dropped her to 13th spot.
England’s Isa Guha is on top of the bowling chart by a distance.
There is no change in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Women’s Player Rankings for all-rounders though Sthalekar has extended her advantage over team-mate Nitschke. However, Rolton has dropped two places to eighth which means Rumeli Dhar of India and Sri Lanka captain Shashikala Siriwardena have climbed to sixth and seventh positions respectively.
Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Women’s Player Rankings (as of 12 February)
Batters
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Ranking
1 ( - ) Claire Taylor Eng 804 39.13 820 v NZ at Blackpool 2007
2 ( - ) Lisa Sthalekar Aus 759 37.36 804 v Ind at Sydney 2008
3 ( - ) Mithali Raj Ind 722 46.50 841 v Aus at Baroda Vadodar 2004
4 ( - ) Sarah Taylor Eng 698* 40.11 705 v Ind at Taunton 2008
5 ( - ) Alex Blackwell Aus 661 34.70 692 v Ind at Canberra 2008
6 (+1) C. Edwards Eng 654 37.05 691 v SA at Pretoria 2005
7 (-1) Karen Rolton Aus 651 48.85 873 v Ind at Vapi 2004
8 (+1) Shelley Nitschke Aus 636 ! 29.15 636 v NZ at Hamilton 2009
9 (-1) Nicola Browne NZ 626 29.86 653 v Aus at Lincoln 2008
10 (+1) Haidee Tiffen NZ 563 29.66 750 v Ind at Lincoln 2006
11 (+1) Aimee Mason NZ 552 22.31 624 v Eng at Blackpool 2007
12= (-2) Sara McGlashen NZ 524 22.47 581 v Eng at Derby 2007
(+1) Dedunu Silva SL 524*! 21.91 524 v Pak at Bogra 2009
14 ( - ) Lydia Greenway Eng 483 22.55 503 v Aus at Sydney 2008
15 ( - ) S.Siriwardena SL 476* 20.26 482 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2008
16 ( - ) Cri-Zelda Brits SA 465* 29.24 530 v NET at Stellenbosch 2008
17 ( - ) Caroline Atkins Eng 463* 28.46 471 v Ind at Taunton 2008
18 ( - ) Jenny Gunn Eng 456 22.37 527 v Aus at Melbourne 2008
19 (+2) Sarah Tsukigawa NZ 453* 22.00 456 v Aus at Lincoln 2008
20= (+22) A.Satterthwaite NZ 443*! 24.20 443 v Aus at Hamilton 2009
(-1) Jaya Sharma Ind 443 30.75 665 v Aus at Vapi 2004
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Ranking
1 ( - ) Isa Guha Eng 719 18.43 740 v Ind at Taunton 2008
2 ( - ) Shelley Nitschke Aus 677* 22.30 681 v NZ at Hamilton 2009
3 ( - ) Jhulan Goswami Ind 667 22.23 797 v Eng at Chennai 2007
4 (+1) Lisa Sthalekar Aus 663 27.31 674 v NZ at Hamilton 2009
5 (-1) Emma Sampson Aus 651* 21.94 666 v NZ at Whangarei 2009
6 ( - ) Holly Colvin Eng 619* 19.90 632 v Ind at Arundel 2008
7 ( - ) Jenny Gunn Eng 592 31.22 672 v Aus at Melbourne 2008
8 (+1) Nicola Browne NZ 567 33.48 648 v Eng at Shenley 2007
9 (-1) Rumeli Dhar Ind 565* 33.52 609 v SL at Dambulla 2008
10 (+2) Katherine Brunt Eng 545* 26.33 560 v Ind at Taunton 2008
11 (-2) Kirsten Pike Aus 503* 23.97 567 v NZ at Lincoln 2008
12 (+1) Nicky Shaw Eng 502* 32.93 517 v Ind at Taunton 2008
13 (-4) Aimee Mason NZ 498 33.78 586 v Aus at Darwin 2007
14 ( - ) Alicia Smith SA 493* 22.10 536 v Ire at Crowthorne 2008
15 (+2) Ashlyn Kilowan SA 483*! 20.16 483 v Eng at Shenley 2008
16 (-1) Sajida Shah Pak 481* 26.91 499 v NET at Stellenbosch 2008
17 (-1) Ellyse Perry Aus 475* 25.33 491 v Ind at Canberra 2008
18 ( - ) Amita Sharma Ind 470 31.18 650 v Pak at Karachi 2005
19 (+1) Neetu David Ind 456 16.34 794 v NZ at Pretoria 2005
20 (+3) Sarah Andrews Aus 448* 22.45 483 v NZ at Lincoln 2008
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Ranking
1 ( - ) Lisa Sthalekar Aus 503 514 v Ind at Canberra 2008
2 ( - ) Shelley Nitschke Aus 431 /*! 431 v NZ at Hamilton 2009
3 ( - ) Nicola Browne NZ 355 383 v Eng at Lincoln 2008
4 ( - ) Aimee Mason NZ 275 342 v Eng at Blackpool 2007
5 ( - ) Jenny Gunn Eng 270 353 v Aus at Melbourne 2008
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