South Africa has moved to second place in the ICC Women’s Championship after defeating India 2-1 in the second round clash, which concluded in Bangalore on Friday. The ICC Women’s Championship is a qualifying tournament for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 with the top four sides earning automatic qualification for the event to be staged in England.
South Africa claimed the first spoils in the three-ODI series when it defeated India by two wickets in a game, which saw Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp claim four wickets apiece to dismiss the hosts for 114 in 38.5 overs. Number-seven batter Chloe Tryon then scored 50 as South Africa recovered from 31 for five to achieve victory with two wickets and 8.5 overs to spare. Jhulan Goswami led India’s fight back with three for 22, while Harmanpreet Kaur and Shubhlakshmi Sharma equally shared four wickets between them.
India bounced back in the second ODI to level the series with a six-wicket victory. Tryon continued her fine run of form with the bat when she made 49 not out as South Africa scored 186 for eight in 50 overs. For India, Shikha Pandey (three for 19) and left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht (three for 28) shared wickets. In turn, Pandey (59), Poonam Raut (47) and Kaur (42 not out) guided their side home with 32 balls and six wickets remaining.
South Africa claimed the first spoils in the three-ODI series when it defeated India by two wickets in a game, which saw Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp claim four wickets apiece to dismiss the hosts for 114 in 38.5 overs. Number-seven batter Chloe Tryon then scored 50 as South Africa recovered from 31 for five to achieve victory with two wickets and 8.5 overs to spare. Jhulan Goswami led India’s fight back with three for 22, while Harmanpreet Kaur and Shubhlakshmi Sharma equally shared four wickets between them.
India bounced back in the second ODI to level the series with a six-wicket victory. Tryon continued her fine run of form with the bat when she made 49 not out as South Africa scored 186 for eight in 50 overs. For India, Shikha Pandey (three for 19) and left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht (three for 28) shared wickets. In turn, Pandey (59), Poonam Raut (47) and Kaur (42 not out) guided their side home with 32 balls and six wickets remaining.
In the series finale on Friday, South Africa bowled India out for 180 in 47.3 overs with Pandey finishing as the top scorer with 59. For South Africa, Sunette Loubser (three for 28) and Marcia Letsoalo (three for 46) were the pick of bowlers. In the run chase, Nadine Moodley (54) and skipper Mignon du Preez (46) put on 108 runs for the third wicket to steer South Africa to victory with four wickets and 12 balls to spare.
As a consequence, in the latest Reliance ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings for Batters, Harmanpreet Kaur has moved up two places to a career-high fifth position, while South Africa’s Mignon du Preez has moved up two places to 18th.
However, the biggest movers were Chloe Tryon in 54th spot (up 60 places) and India’s Shikha Pandey 62nd position (up by 113 places).
Australia’s Meg Lanning has now become the number-one batter after India captain Mithali Raj dropped three places to fourth, following scores of four, six and 23.
In the Reliance ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings for Bowlers, South Africa bowler Dane van Niekerk has moved up seven places to a career-high eighth position, while Loubser has gained two places and is now in 11th spot, one ratings point behind team-mate and 10th ranked Shibnam Ismail, who has slipped three places.
Jhulan Goswami has cemented her third position and is now 17 ratings points adrift of England’s Jenny Gunn. India’s Bisht is another upward mover, nine places, to a career-high 27th place.
Stafanie Taylor of the West Indies leads the bowlers’ table.
Twenty-one-year-old van Niekerk has moved up one place to a career-high number-four in the all-rounders’ rankings, 11 ratings points and one place behind her team-mate Kapp, while West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor continues to lead the way.
The ICC Women’s Championship is a qualifying tournament for the ICC Women’s World Cup with the top four sides progressing to the 2017 event to be staged in England. The bottom four sides will get a final chance of qualification through the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier in 2017.
The tournament structure will see each team will play each other in one home or away series that will include three ODIs over a two and a half year period. As such, each side is guaranteed at least 21 ODIs over the tournament period.
Pakistan will play host to Sri Lanka in the third series of the second round. The series will take place in Sharjah in January. In the fourth and final series of the second round, fourth-placed England will travel to New Zealand in February with all three ODIs taking place in Mount Maunganui.
Forthcoming fixtures:
Pakistan v Sri Lanka
9 Jan – First ODI, Sharjah
11 Jan – Second ODI, Sharjah
13 Jan – Third ODI, Sharjah
New Zealand v England
11 Feb – First ODI, Mount Maunganui
13 Feb – Second ODI, Mount Maunganui
15 Feb – Third ODI, Mount Maunganui
Points table:
Teams
P
W
L
Tie
N/R
Points
NRR
Australia
6
6
0
0
0
12
0.952
South Africa
6
3
2
0
1
7
0.334
West Indies
6
3
3
0
0
6
0.584
England
3
2
0
0
1
5
0.686
India
6
1
4
0
1
3
-0.371
Sri Lanka
3
1
1
0
1
3
-0.583
Pakistan
3
0
3
0
0
0
-1.357
New Zealand
3
0
3
0
0
0
-1.712
Note – two points for a win, no point for a loss and one point for a no-result
ICC Women’s ODI Team Rankings:
The ICC Women's Championship is being contested by the following eight teams who have been seeded according to their rankings following the ICC Women’s World Cup India 2013:
1. Australia
2. West Indies
3. England
4. New Zealand
5. Sri Lanka
6. South Africa
7. India
8. Pakistan
Following the completion of the round-robin matches, the final standings of the points table will represent each team’s final event ranking, and the top four teams will automatically qualify for the ICC WWC 2017.
Reliance ICC Women’s Player Rankings (as on 29 November after India-South Africa series):
Batting
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Ranking
1 (+1) Meg Lanning Aus 727*! 45.64 727 v WI at Bowral 2014
2 (+1) C. Edwards Eng 723! 38.07 723 v Ind at Scarborough 2014
3 (+1) Sarah Taylor Eng 707 39.71 803 v Aus at Chelmsford 2009
4 (-3) Mithali Raj Ind 680 48.88 839 v Aus at Baroda Vadodar 2004
5 (+2) H. Kaur Ind 678*! 36.38 678 v SA at Bangalore 2014
6 (-1) Stafanie Taylor WI 675 43.14 765 v Ind at St Kitts (WP) 2012
7 (-1) Suzie Bates NZ 651 37.20 734 v WI at Kingston 2013
8 ( - ) Deandra Dottin WI 594 26.98 650 v NZ at Kingston 2013
9 ( - ) Jessica Cameron Aus 580 37.63 660 v Pak at Brisbane 2014
10 ( - ) Alex Blackwell Aus 561 33.16 683 v Ind at Canberra 2008
Selected Others:
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Ranking
18 (+2) Mignon du Preez SA 519 32.22 540 v SL at Potchefstroom 2013
19 (-3) Marizanne Kapp SA 505* 30.56 539 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
20 (-1) Trisha Chetty SA 475 29.02 531 v SL at Potchefstroom 2013
22 ( - ) D. van Niekerk SA 446*! 27.39 446 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
27 ( - ) Poonam Raut Ind 402* 26.27 466 v Eng at Lord's 2012
37 (+2) Smriti Mandhana Ind 373* 26.90 379 v SA at Bangalore 2014
38 (-8) Amita Sharma Ind 368 16.83 505 v WI at St Kitts (WP) 2012
45 (+4) Jhulan Goswami Ind 345 13.01 349 v SA at Bangalore 2014
53 (-12) Lizelle Lee SA 319* 27.20 353 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
54 (+60) C-L. Tryon SA 315* 15.30 321 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
62 (+113) Shikha Pandey Ind 262*! 46.33 262 v SA at Bangalore 2014
69 (+6) Marcia Letsoalo SA 242*! 4.83 242 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
70 (+1) Sunette Loubser SA 240* 12.75 269 v WI at Dominica 2013
81 (+21) V. Vanitha Ind 202*! 17.00 202 v SA at Bangalore 2014
89 (-9) N. Niranjana Ind 196* 8.00 214 v SL at Visakhapatnam 2014
97 (-1) Ekta Bisht Ind 179*! 10.28 179 v SA at Bangalore 2014
Bowling
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Ranking
1 ( - ) Stafanie Taylor WI 711 17.44 768 v NZ at Kingston 2013
2 ( - ) Jenny Gunn Eng 693! 27.00 693 v Ind at Scarborough 2014
3 ( - ) Jhulan Goswami Ind 676 21.05 796 v Eng at Chennai 2007
4 ( - ) A. Mohammed WI 655 17.66 704 v Aus at Sydney 2014
5 ( - ) Katherine Brunt Eng 653 21.52 796 v Ind at Mumbai 2013
6 ( - ) Shanel Daley WI 616 22.09 664 v NZ at St Kitts (WP) 2014
7 (+1) Sana Mir Pak 590 23.84 598 v Aus at Brisbane 2014
8 (+7) D. van Niekerk SA 578* 15.48 583 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
9 ( - ) Erin Osborne Aus 564 25.82 581 v Eng at Melbourne 2014
10 (-3) Shibnam Ismail SA 560* 18.61 595 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
Selected Others:
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Ranking
11 (+2) Sunette Loubser SA 559* 17.40 568 v Pak at Doha 2014
14 (+6) Marizanne Kapp SA 533*! 23.60 533 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
27 (+9) Ekta Bisht Ind 440*! 22.29 440 v SA at Bangalore 2014
49 (-1) R. Gayakwad Ind 275* 14.80 295 v SA at Bangalore 2014
58 (-1) C-L. Tryon SA 240* 22.11 272 v Pak at Doha 2014
63 (+19) Ayabonga Khaka SA 232*! 151.00 232 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
70 (+3) S. Sharma Ind 207*! 48.42 207 v SA at Bangalore 2014
82 (+35) Shikha Pandey Ind 156* 31.25 170 v SA at Bangalore 2014
87 (+5) H. Kaur Ind 131*! 70.25 131 v SA at Bangalore 2014
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Ranking
1 ( - ) Stafanie Taylor WI 480 560 v NZ at Kingston 2013
2 ( - ) Ellyse Perry Aus 296! 296 v WI at Bowral 2014
3 ( - ) Marizanne Kapp SA 269*/* 273 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
4 (+1) D. van Niekerk SA 258*/*! 258 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
5 ( - ) Jhulan Goswami Ind 233 245 v Aus at Ahmedabad 2012
As a consequence, in the latest Reliance ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings for Batters, Harmanpreet Kaur has moved up two places to a career-high fifth position, while South Africa’s Mignon du Preez has moved up two places to 18th.
However, the biggest movers were Chloe Tryon in 54th spot (up 60 places) and India’s Shikha Pandey 62nd position (up by 113 places).
Australia’s Meg Lanning has now become the number-one batter after India captain Mithali Raj dropped three places to fourth, following scores of four, six and 23.
In the Reliance ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings for Bowlers, South Africa bowler Dane van Niekerk has moved up seven places to a career-high eighth position, while Loubser has gained two places and is now in 11th spot, one ratings point behind team-mate and 10th ranked Shibnam Ismail, who has slipped three places.
Jhulan Goswami has cemented her third position and is now 17 ratings points adrift of England’s Jenny Gunn. India’s Bisht is another upward mover, nine places, to a career-high 27th place.
Stafanie Taylor of the West Indies leads the bowlers’ table.
Twenty-one-year-old van Niekerk has moved up one place to a career-high number-four in the all-rounders’ rankings, 11 ratings points and one place behind her team-mate Kapp, while West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor continues to lead the way.
The ICC Women’s Championship is a qualifying tournament for the ICC Women’s World Cup with the top four sides progressing to the 2017 event to be staged in England. The bottom four sides will get a final chance of qualification through the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier in 2017.
The tournament structure will see each team will play each other in one home or away series that will include three ODIs over a two and a half year period. As such, each side is guaranteed at least 21 ODIs over the tournament period.
Pakistan will play host to Sri Lanka in the third series of the second round. The series will take place in Sharjah in January. In the fourth and final series of the second round, fourth-placed England will travel to New Zealand in February with all three ODIs taking place in Mount Maunganui.
Forthcoming fixtures:
Pakistan v Sri Lanka
9 Jan – First ODI, Sharjah
11 Jan – Second ODI, Sharjah
13 Jan – Third ODI, Sharjah
New Zealand v England
11 Feb – First ODI, Mount Maunganui
13 Feb – Second ODI, Mount Maunganui
15 Feb – Third ODI, Mount Maunganui
Points table:
Teams
P
W
L
Tie
N/R
Points
NRR
Australia
6
6
0
0
0
12
0.952
South Africa
6
3
2
0
1
7
0.334
West Indies
6
3
3
0
0
6
0.584
England
3
2
0
0
1
5
0.686
India
6
1
4
0
1
3
-0.371
Sri Lanka
3
1
1
0
1
3
-0.583
Pakistan
3
0
3
0
0
0
-1.357
New Zealand
3
0
3
0
0
0
-1.712
Note – two points for a win, no point for a loss and one point for a no-result
ICC Women’s ODI Team Rankings:
The ICC Women's Championship is being contested by the following eight teams who have been seeded according to their rankings following the ICC Women’s World Cup India 2013:
1. Australia
2. West Indies
3. England
4. New Zealand
5. Sri Lanka
6. South Africa
7. India
8. Pakistan
Following the completion of the round-robin matches, the final standings of the points table will represent each team’s final event ranking, and the top four teams will automatically qualify for the ICC WWC 2017.
Reliance ICC Women’s Player Rankings (as on 29 November after India-South Africa series):
Batting
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Ranking
1 (+1) Meg Lanning Aus 727*! 45.64 727 v WI at Bowral 2014
2 (+1) C. Edwards Eng 723! 38.07 723 v Ind at Scarborough 2014
3 (+1) Sarah Taylor Eng 707 39.71 803 v Aus at Chelmsford 2009
4 (-3) Mithali Raj Ind 680 48.88 839 v Aus at Baroda Vadodar 2004
5 (+2) H. Kaur Ind 678*! 36.38 678 v SA at Bangalore 2014
6 (-1) Stafanie Taylor WI 675 43.14 765 v Ind at St Kitts (WP) 2012
7 (-1) Suzie Bates NZ 651 37.20 734 v WI at Kingston 2013
8 ( - ) Deandra Dottin WI 594 26.98 650 v NZ at Kingston 2013
9 ( - ) Jessica Cameron Aus 580 37.63 660 v Pak at Brisbane 2014
10 ( - ) Alex Blackwell Aus 561 33.16 683 v Ind at Canberra 2008
Selected Others:
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Ranking
18 (+2) Mignon du Preez SA 519 32.22 540 v SL at Potchefstroom 2013
19 (-3) Marizanne Kapp SA 505* 30.56 539 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
20 (-1) Trisha Chetty SA 475 29.02 531 v SL at Potchefstroom 2013
22 ( - ) D. van Niekerk SA 446*! 27.39 446 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
27 ( - ) Poonam Raut Ind 402* 26.27 466 v Eng at Lord's 2012
37 (+2) Smriti Mandhana Ind 373* 26.90 379 v SA at Bangalore 2014
38 (-8) Amita Sharma Ind 368 16.83 505 v WI at St Kitts (WP) 2012
45 (+4) Jhulan Goswami Ind 345 13.01 349 v SA at Bangalore 2014
53 (-12) Lizelle Lee SA 319* 27.20 353 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
54 (+60) C-L. Tryon SA 315* 15.30 321 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
62 (+113) Shikha Pandey Ind 262*! 46.33 262 v SA at Bangalore 2014
69 (+6) Marcia Letsoalo SA 242*! 4.83 242 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
70 (+1) Sunette Loubser SA 240* 12.75 269 v WI at Dominica 2013
81 (+21) V. Vanitha Ind 202*! 17.00 202 v SA at Bangalore 2014
89 (-9) N. Niranjana Ind 196* 8.00 214 v SL at Visakhapatnam 2014
97 (-1) Ekta Bisht Ind 179*! 10.28 179 v SA at Bangalore 2014
Bowling
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Ranking
1 ( - ) Stafanie Taylor WI 711 17.44 768 v NZ at Kingston 2013
2 ( - ) Jenny Gunn Eng 693! 27.00 693 v Ind at Scarborough 2014
3 ( - ) Jhulan Goswami Ind 676 21.05 796 v Eng at Chennai 2007
4 ( - ) A. Mohammed WI 655 17.66 704 v Aus at Sydney 2014
5 ( - ) Katherine Brunt Eng 653 21.52 796 v Ind at Mumbai 2013
6 ( - ) Shanel Daley WI 616 22.09 664 v NZ at St Kitts (WP) 2014
7 (+1) Sana Mir Pak 590 23.84 598 v Aus at Brisbane 2014
8 (+7) D. van Niekerk SA 578* 15.48 583 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
9 ( - ) Erin Osborne Aus 564 25.82 581 v Eng at Melbourne 2014
10 (-3) Shibnam Ismail SA 560* 18.61 595 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
Selected Others:
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Highest Ranking
11 (+2) Sunette Loubser SA 559* 17.40 568 v Pak at Doha 2014
14 (+6) Marizanne Kapp SA 533*! 23.60 533 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
27 (+9) Ekta Bisht Ind 440*! 22.29 440 v SA at Bangalore 2014
49 (-1) R. Gayakwad Ind 275* 14.80 295 v SA at Bangalore 2014
58 (-1) C-L. Tryon SA 240* 22.11 272 v Pak at Doha 2014
63 (+19) Ayabonga Khaka SA 232*! 151.00 232 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
70 (+3) S. Sharma Ind 207*! 48.42 207 v SA at Bangalore 2014
82 (+35) Shikha Pandey Ind 156* 31.25 170 v SA at Bangalore 2014
87 (+5) H. Kaur Ind 131*! 70.25 131 v SA at Bangalore 2014
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Ranking
1 ( - ) Stafanie Taylor WI 480 560 v NZ at Kingston 2013
2 ( - ) Ellyse Perry Aus 296! 296 v WI at Bowral 2014
3 ( - ) Marizanne Kapp SA 269*/* 273 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
4 (+1) D. van Niekerk SA 258*/*! 258 v Ind at Bangalore 2014
5 ( - ) Jhulan Goswami Ind 233 245 v Aus at Ahmedabad 2012
By: Editor
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