Rodrigues, Mandhana advance in T20I rankings; Dottin becomes top-ranked all-rounder

Media Release
February 12, 2019

Feb 12: The India pair of Jemimah Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana have made impressive gains among batters in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings despite their side’s 3-0 series loss to New Zealand, while Windies all-rounder Deandra Dottin has grabbed the top spot among all-rounders in the latest update carried out on Tuesday.

Rodrigues’s 132 runs in the three-match series against New Zealand have lifted her four places to second position while Smriti Mandhana, who grabbed the top spot in ODIs last week, has gained four spots to reach sixth position after finishing as the leading run-getter in the series with an aggregate of 180. The stylish left-hander smashed two half-centuries including a fluent 86 in the last match in Hamilton that India lost by two runs.

Spinners Radha Yadav, up 18 places to 10th after taking four wickets in the series, and Deepti Sharma, up five places to 14th, are the India players to move up among bowlers.

For New Zealand, Sophie Devine has moved from 11th to eighth position among batters after scoring 153 runs in the series including a match-winning 72 in the last match, while captain Amy Satterthwaite’s 87 runs have lifted her from 23rd to 17th position. Among bowlers, Lea Tahuhu has moved up five slots to 11th position.

For the Windies, Dottin has been the standout performer in a 2-1 series win in Pakistan. Dottin has moved up two places to third among batters after scoring 158 runs in the series while her three wickets have lifted her two slots to 29th among bowlers. The net result has been a promotion to No.1 in the list of all-rounders.

Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof has gained three slots to tie with compatriot Javeria Khan in 15th position among batters while Sana Mir, who is top ranked in the ODI format, has moved up six places to take 28th position among T20I bowlers after taking three wickets in the series.

South Africa completed a 3-0 win over Sri Lanka in a home series ahead of their ICC Women’s Championship series. The gains for them include captain Dane van Niekerk moving up three slots to reach a career-best 12th among batters, up six places to 20th among bowlers and up two berths among all-rounders to third. The pace pair of Shabnim Ismail (up four places to seventh) and Marizanne Kappe (up seven places to 22nd) are other notable gainers. For Sri Lanka, Shashikala Siriwardene has benefited by four places to reach 30th position.

Other players to advance include Esha Oza of the United Arab Emirates (up 44 places to 46th) among batters and the Thailand pair of Chanida Sutthiruang (up 15 places to 38th) and Nattaya Boochatham (40th) among bowlers.

In the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Team Rankings, New Zealand have overtaken England to take second place. ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2018 champions Australia continue to lead the table while the Windies and India, semifinalists at the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean, are fourth and fifth, respectively.

MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings (as of 12 February 2019)

Batters (Top 20)

Rank      (+/-)      Player                   Team     Pts          Avge      S/R         Highest Rating

1              ( - )         Suzie Bates         NZ          765         30.69     112         767 v Pak at Guyana 2018

2              (+4)        J. Rodrigues        Ind         737         34.88     129         742 v NZ at Auckland 2019

3              (+2)        Deandra Dottin Win        727         26.6        127         731 v Eng at Bridgetown 2013

4              ( - )         Meg Lanning      Aus        695         34.04     117         783 v Win at Melbourne 2014

5              (-3)         Stafanie Taylor  Win        694         35.68     105         817 v NZ at St Lucia 2010

6              (+4)        S. Mandhana     Ind         693!       25.02     118         693 v NZ at Hamilton 2019

7              (-4)         H. Kaur              Ind            687         28.08     105         715 v Aus at Guyana 2018

8              (+3)        Sophie Devine   NZ          669!       27.92     125         669 v Ind at Hamilton 2019

9              (-2)         Beth Mooney    Aus        663         31.69     120         747 v Ind at Mumbai 2018

10           (-1)         Alyssa Healy       Aus        639!       22.8        122         639 v Eng at Antigua 2018

11           (-3)         Mithali Raj           Ind         623         37.81     101         813 v Win at Ahmedabad 2011

12           (+3)        D. van Niekerk  SA           622!       29.8        95           622 v SL at Centurion 2019

13           (-1)         Natalie Sciver     Eng         610         23.72     110         622 v Ind at Antigua 2018

14           (-1)         Elyse Villani         Aus        598         28.52     118         664 v Ire at Dublin 2015

15=         (+3)        Bismah Maroof Pak         571         25.19     89           647 v Ban at Karachi 2015

                (-1)         Javeria Khan       Pak         571         21.41     92           576 v NZ at Guyana 2018

17           (+6)        A.Satterthwaite                NZ          540         21.19     95           556 v Win at Bridgetown 2013

18           (+2)        Sarah Taylor       Eng         537         29           111         781 v Aus at Chelmsford 2013

19=         (-4)         H. Matthews      Win        536         19.54     110         593 v SL at St Lucia 2018

                (+2)        Danielle Wyatt  Eng         536         18.18     124         537 v SA at Taunton 2018 

 

Bowlers (top 20)

Rank      (+/-)      Player                   Team     Pts          Avge      Eco         Highest Rating

1              ( - )         Megan Schutt    Aus        796         15.45     5.76        804 v Pak at Guyana 2018

2              ( - )         Poonam Yadav  Ind         707         14.41     5.73        735 v Ire at Guyana 2018

3              (+1)        S. Ecclestone      Eng         703!       19.91     6.6          703 v Aus at Antigua 2018

4              (+1)        Ellyse Perry         Aus        700         19.19     5.9          752 v NZ at Nelson 2010

5              (+1)        Anya Shrubsole                Eng         695         13.7        5.53        754 v Win at Dharamsala 2016

6              (-3)         Leigh Kasperek NZ          694         12.93     6.17        715 v Ire at Dublin 2018

7              (+4)        Shabnim Ismail  SA           681         19.1        5.93        701 v Aus at Nagpur 2016

8=           ( - )         D. Kimmince       Aus        666!       18.96     6.53        666 v Eng at Antigua 2018

                (-1)         Amelia Kerr        NZ          666         22.52     5.96        679 v Ind at Wellington 2019

10           (+18)     Radha Yadav      Ind         659*!     18.57     6.62        659 v NZ at Hamilton 2019

11=         (+5)        Lea Tahuhu         NZ          643         20.86     5.9          664 v Pak at Sharjah 2017

                (-1)         Nashra Sandhu Pak         643         19.6        5.38        670 v Win at Karachi 2019

13           (-4)         Nida Dar               Pak         639         17.54     5.1          695 v SA at Doha 2014

14           (+5)        Deepti Sharma  Ind         638!       21.61     6.02        638 v NZ at Hamilton 2019

15=         (-3)         R. Ahmed            Ban        636         19.34     5.37        676 v Win at Guyana 2018

                (-3)         S. Molineux        Aus        636*!     20.06     5.84        636 v Eng at Antigua 2018

17           ( - )         S.Siriwardene    SL            635         19.94     5.53        687 v Eng at Sylhet 2014

18           (-4)         Salma Khatun    Ban        633         18.08     4.88        717 v Ire at Sylhet 2014

19           (+2)        Anam Amin        Pak         621         19.84     5.14        717 v Ban at Delhi 2016

20=         (+4)        Afy Fletcher       Win        620         20.57     5.82        639 v Ban at Guyana 2018

                (+6)        D. van Niekerk  SA           620         20.63     5.46        642 v Eng at Paarl 2016

 

All-rounders (top five)

Rank      (+/-)     Player   Team     Pts          Highest Rating

1              (+1)        Deandra Dottin Win        424!       424 v Pak at Karachi 2019

2              (-1)         Stafanie Taylor  Win        387         519 v SL at Bridgetown 2012

3              (+2)        D. van Niekerk  SA           385         388 v SL at Johannesburg 2019

4              (+1)        Sophie Devine   NZ          378!       378 v Ind at Hamilton 2019

5              (-2)         Ellyse Perry         Aus        369         382 v NZ at Nagpur 2016

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June 13,2020

Islamabad, Jun 13: Pakistan cricket team’s former captain Shahid Afridi, who has tested positive for coronavirus,  appears to have contracted the virus during his recent visit to Muzaffarabad city of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) where Pakistan has been sending its corona positive patients.

The former Pakistan cricketer was seen attending gatherings in Muzaffarabad last month without wearing a mask and not maintaining social distancing. He spewed venom against India during his rallies. 

Afridi visited PoK to also express his solidarity with the people there who have been left to fend for themselves in combating COVID-19 as Pakistan has refused to provide any COVID fighting equipment like PPE kits and ventilators to the area’s handful of hospitals. 

In fact, Pakistan has been using the PoK as a “dumping ground” for COVID-19 affected persons from all across the country as authorities want to keep Punjab province free of corona positive persons. 

The locals held massive protests against Pakistan for setting up quarantine centres and shifting patients from parts of Pakistan to PoK. 

People are immensely suffering in Pakistan occupied Kashmir due to spread of coronavirus as the region lacks proper medical facilities and has a handful of COVID-19 testing labs. There is also lack of expert medical staff to conduct COVID-19 tests. 

A large number of people here are presumed asymptomatic and they are fast spreading the virus because of lack of medical care. 

Pakistan has reported over 1,25,000 coronavirus cases and 2,463 casualties. In Pakistan occupied Kashmir, the COVID-19 cases have increased to 534, whereas in Gilgit-Baltistan 1,030 have been  reported. 

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Agencies
January 16,2020

New Delhi, Jan 16: Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Thursday dropped from the BCCI's list of centrally contracted players, raising fresh doubts on the future of the former India captain who has not played since the World Cup semifinal loss to New Zealand last year.

The BCCI announced the central contracts for the period of October 2019 to September 2020. Dhoni was in the A category, which fetches a player Rs 5 crore, until last year.

Skipper Virat Kohli, his deputy Rohit Sharma and top pacer Jasprit Bumrah were retained in the highest A+ bracket of Rs 7 crore.

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News Network
March 23,2020

Colombo, Mar 23: Sri Lankan batting great Kumar Sangakkara has said he is currently in self-quarantine, following his government's guidelines for those recently returning from Europe, which has now become the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The authorities are concerned over people returning from the most-affected COVID-19 countries in Europe not registering with the police and practising isolation.

"I have no symptoms or anything like that, but I'm following government guidelines," Sangakkara told News First.

"I arrived from London over a week ago and the first thing was there was a news bulletin saying that anyone who had travelled from within March 1 to 15 should register themselves with the police and undergo self-quarantine. I registered myself with the police."

The former captain said this even as the government confirmed there have been at least three cases of recent returnees attempting to hide the novel coronavirus symptoms from authorities.

Both Sangakkara and his former teammate Mahela Jayawardene have been active on social media, urging Sri Lankans to avoid panic and to exercise proper social distancing, as the country went into curfew on Friday evening.

Sri Lanka has so far reported more than 80 active COVID-19 positive cases in the country.

Across the world, the number of infected has crossed three lakh besides a death toll of more than 14,000 people.

Meanwhile, former Australia pacer Jason Gillespie has also gone into a two-week isolation after returning from the United Kingdom.

Gillespie, who is the head coach at Sussex, had been in Cape Town with the team for a pre-season tour, which was cut short as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

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