Dubai: West Indies opener Hayley Matthews capped off 2024 in style, smashing her seventh ODI century to re-enter the top 10 of the ICC women’s batting rankings.
Matthews’ brilliant 106 off 109 balls in the second ODI against India not only guided her team to a competitive total but also elevated her to a joint-seventh position in the rankings with a rating of 652. She now shares the spot with Australia’s star left-hander Beth Mooney.
While Matthews excelled, Australia’s Alyssa Healy, who scored a half-century earlier in the series, slipped one spot to third in the rankings (720 points), overtaken by Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu (733 points), who moved into second place.
India’s Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh also saw upward movement in the rankings. Rodrigues jumped four spots to 22nd after scoring 29 and 52 in the series, while Ghosh moved up seven places to 41st, aided by her unbeaten scores of 13 and 23. (IANS)
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