DUBAI–West Indies teenaged batting star Stafanie Taylor has risen to number two in the latest ICC Women's batting rankings, released yesterday. Following her prolific scoring in the recent one-day series against India which brought her 220 runs, Taylor jumped two places to be second behind Indian stroke-maker Mithali Raj. The 19-year-old also claimed nine wickets with her off-spin to jump six places to number 10 in the bowlers rankings.
Latest ranking
BATTING
1 ( - ) Mithali Raj (IND) 796
2 (+2) Stafanie Taylor (WI) 743
3 (-1) Shelley Nitschke (AUS) 685
4 (-1) C. Edwards (ENG) 656
5 ( - ) Claire Taylor (ENG) 640
6 ( - ) Lisa Sthalekar (AUS) 580
7 ( - ) Alex Blackwell (AUS) 575
8 ( - ) Cri-Zelda Brits (SA) 572
9 ( - ) Sarah Taylor (ENG) 569
10 ( - ) Lydia Greenway (ENG) 564
BOWLING
1 (+1) Shelley Nitschke (AUS) 740
2 (+1) Lisa Sthalekar (AUS) 724
3 (+1) Laura Marsh (ENG) 715
4 (-3) Jhulan Goswami (IND) 705
5 (+1) Katherine Brunt (ENG) 688
6 (-1) Rumeli Dhar (IND) 648
7 ( - ) Nicola Browne (NZ) 623
8 ( - ) Jenny Gunn (ENG) 614
9 ( - ) Ellyse Perry (AUS) 609
10 (+6) Stafanie Taylor (WI) 602