India, England Close Gap As Australia Stay On Top In ICC Women’s ODI Rankings

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday launched the up to date Women’s ODI crew rankings. Australia proceed to steer the desk, however England and India have made positive aspects and closed the hole on the prime. According to the ICC web site, Australia’s lead has narrowed to 40 factors from 44 after the annual replace. They now have 167 ranking factors, whereas England are second with 127 factors. India, in third place, gained eight ranking factors and now sit at 121 — lowering their hole with England from 11 factors to only six.

New Zealand (96), South Africa (90), and Sri Lanka (82) stay in fourth, fifth, and sixth locations, respectively. However, South Africa misplaced 9 ranking factors regardless of retaining their place.

The rankings replace takes into consideration matches performed from May 2022 to April 2024 at a 50% weighting, and matches after April 2024 at full worth. As a outcome, South Africa’s 2022 World Cup semi-final efficiency is now not counted.

This change additionally affected the West Indies, which reached the semi-finals in 2022. They dropped 10 factors, falling from seventh to ninth place with 72 factors. They now path Bangladesh (79) and Pakistan (78), who’ve moved as much as seventh and eighth place, respectively.

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