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Sciver-Brunt has taken back the top rank in the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings.

Posted on July 29, 2025 by [email protected]

Nat Sciver-Brunt, the captain of England, scored 98 runs in the final of the three-match series against India in Durham. Regaining her position at the top of the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings.

In what turned out to be a losing effort, the all-rounder stabilized the batting. When the openers’ early wickets fell, and India won the match by 13 runs and clinched the series 2-1.

Sciver-Brunt took the top spot for the third time in her career after defeating Smriti Mandhana by three points. She had previously held the top spot from June to December 2024 and from July 2023 to April 2024.

Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain of India, moved up 10 spots to 11th place in the batters’ list after her brilliant and game-winning century (102 off 84 balls).

Richa Gosh rose nine spots to 39th position with a career-high rating of 516 points. While her teammate Jemimah Rodrigues rose two spots to 13th.

Other changes in this week’s report include the Ireland vs. Zimbabwe series in Belfast. Which the home team won 2-0.

Following hits of 50 and 67, Player of the Series Orla Prendergast moved up 12 spots to a career-best, joint-22nd position. In addition, she broke into the top 10 of the all-rounders’ list from 13th position last week and moved up 10 spots to 33rd among the bowlers. Reaching a personal-best rating of 447. After taking two wickets for 20 in the opening game.

Sciver-Brunt

Ireland’s players also had some notable improvements. Amy Hunter rose two spots to 28th place in the batters’ list, while skipper Gaby Lewis went up one spot to 17th.

Teammate Modester Mupachiwana has moved up two spots to 53rd place. While Zimbabwe’s skipper, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano, has reached a career-high 40th position with rating points of 513 thanks to her 48 and 56 scores.

The second and third games in the three-match T20I series between Ireland and Zimbabwe in Dublin. Where the visitors were once again thoroughly thrashed, are also included in this week’s edition.

Lewis was the series’ top batsman, hitting 154 runs to win Player of the Series. She moved up to a tie for 14th place with Rodrigues of India after scoring 67 and 87 in the second and third innings, respectively.

In the first two games, Cara Murray took three wickets for 19 and three for 17, moving her up three spots to 45th on the bowlers’ list. With seven wickets taken, she was the series’ top wicket-taker at the conclusion.

India won the series thanks to bowlers.

Posted on July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 by [email protected]

India easily defeated England by six wickets at Old Trafford on Wednesday, securing a decisive 3-1 lead in the five-match series under the leadership of an all-around performance. India overtook the score with three overs remaining, chasing 127 for victory.

England chose to bat, and their innings got off to a poor start. Sophia Dunkley was at her best against Shree Charani in the third over. She hit the first ball beyond cover point for a boundary. Then worked a flighted delivery over cover for a six. Despite being costly in the opening two overs, Charani eventually got rid of Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

Even though England continued to score goals, particularly when Tammy Beumont replaced Sneh Rana, the striking rotation was insufficient to keep the scoring rate under check. Radha Yadav’s superb fielding in the second half limited the scoring rate, therefore the early inability to apply any pressure backfired.

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England’s attempts to hurry up were successful. By the 19th over, England had fallen to 110 for 7, as wickets continued to fall at a rapid pace. Sophie Ecclestone and Izzy Wong’s sixes in the last over helped England cross the run-a-ball threshold, but the total wasn’t competitive enough.

In the powerplay, Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma blasted from both ends. Destroying any chance England had of making the pursuit difficult for India. In just the first four overs, India reached 45/0. The third half-century opening partnership of the series had set the stage for a resounding victory, but England did manage the scoring pace for a few overs after that, even getting Shafali caught at backward square leg.

Mandhana eventually retired as well, giving the short third fielder an advantage, but India held firm. Experienced professionals Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues ensured. There was no fear as they effortlessly rotated the strike on their way to their 42-run partnership for the third wicket. 4. The hosts were not too comforted by England’s quick dismissals of Harmanpreet and Amanjot Kaur.

Shafali Verma may have luck on her third visit to England.

Posted on June 27, 2025 by [email protected]

Shafali Verma will be making his third tour of England. But this time around, a lot has changed. To begin with, she is no longer a teenager.

Shafali was a T20I cricket player when she made her first trip to England for the multi-format series in 2021. During that tour, she made her debut in both Test and ODI cricket. Despite her inconsistency, India was pleased with the high-impact blows she made during the 2022 England tour. Which was for the Commonwealth Games and the bilateral series. For both Shafali and India, the trade-off between risk and reward was excellent.

In the middle of 2025, Shafali remains unpopular in ODIs during a home World Cup year and has recently been called up to the T20I squad. Following India’s humiliating loss in the T20 World Cup 2024 league stage. Shafali’s position on the team appeared untenable. It’s not like India found other batters who could attack right away as she could; very few people in the world, much less India, can do it. Nevertheless, she was dropped.

In the past, Shafali Verma may have benefited by her rejection in terms of time. Since she was allowed to participate in all 50-over domestic competitions. In addition to leading the run-scoring statistics with 527 runs at an average of 75 and a strike rate of 152.31, she led Haryana to a quarterfinal finish in the Senior Women’s One Day Trophy. Kiran Navgire was the only other batter to bat at a greater strike rate during the competition, but she only managed to score 116 runs.

Shafali Verma

Shafali went on to compete in the Senior Women’s One Day Challenger Trophy, where the national selectors choose the top one-dayers. As captain of Team A, she also led the charts there with 414 runs at an average of 82.80 and a strike rate of 145.26. No one else in the competition scored at a faster pace than her. She had about 200 runs more than the next best.

As the top run scorer for the runners-up Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 2025 WPL and fourth-best player overall. Shafali was unable to be excluded from India’s T20I squad. The fact that India only participated in one T20I series because of her dismissal was irrelevant. When the 2026 T20 World Cup journey begins, they have their best opener back.

“In one-day cricket, everyone claimed that she only bats for ten to fifteen overs. However, she hit consecutive hundreds and batted for longer in [the domestic] one-dayers. Shafali performed well even in the Senior Women’s Multi-Day Challenger Trophy. She has recently begun playing longer innings on a regular basis. She has scored 130-140 in Under-23 cricket. So it’s not like she hasn’t done it before. Although she strives to maximize the powerplay in T20s, she possesses the talent.

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When 15-year-old Shafali made her debut for India, Kala, a former player, was the chief selector. In addition to working with DC, Kala also coached teams in the one-day and multi-day Challenger Trophy, where he saw firsthand the harm Shafali could cause as an opponent.

Kala stated, “I keep telling her that no one has the mindset she has—hitting sixes from ball one.” ‘Don’t leave your game,’ I remind her every time we speak. No one in the women’s game hits sixes at will like her; her power game comes naturally. I advised her to hold onto the traits that have led her to this point. I initially chose her because she is a different cricket player.

However, Kala also consciously taught Shafali the value of switching up your strike. Avoiding getting caught up in the pursuit of massive hits. Finding holes when the field stretches is something she has worked on.

During the England tour, Radha Yadav takes Shuchi Upadhyay’s place due to injury.

Posted on June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 by [email protected]

In place of Shuchi Upadhyay, left-arm spinner Radha Yadav has been selected for the India Women’s white-ball tour of England. The tour will not include Upadhyay due to a left-shin injury.

Upadhyay made her ODI debut against South Africa during the tri-series in Sri Lanka. She was called up for the forthcoming England tour for the first time in her T20I career.

According to the BCCI, the shin illness was discovered at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE) in Bengaluru during the pre-tour camp.

In December of last year, she took the third-most wickets at the Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy. In nine innings at an average of 15.44 and an economy rate of 3.48, she took 18 wickets at that time. She won the championship with her team, Madhya Pradesh, and was awarded the Player of the Tournament.

Radha Yadav, who has participated in 84 T20Is and seven One-Day Internationals, last played for India in December 2024, taking four wickets against the West Indies. But in the ensuing ODI series against them, she was passed over.

She took the most wickets in the home one-dayers against New Zealand before to the West Indies series.

India will play England Women in three ODIs and five T20Is beginning on June 28.

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