South Africa opener Tazmin Brits has climbed two places to secure a career-best fourth position in the latest ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings. Her remarkable rise follows a scintillating century (101 runs) in South Africa’s six-wicket victory over New Zealand in the ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.
Brits’ latest ton marked her fifth century of the year, making her the first woman cricketer to score five hundreds in a calendar year—a record that highlights her consistency and dominance at the international level.
“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑪𝒖𝒑,” 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒖𝒑𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆.
Ash Gardner, Sophie Devine, and Sidra Amin Make Big Gains
Australia’s Ash Gardner also achieved a new milestone, jumping seven places to a career-best fifth position with 697 rating points, just behind the Brits’ 706. Gardner’s rise came on the back of her blistering 115 off 83 balls in Australia’s 89-run win over New Zealand.
New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine moved up seven spots to eighth place, equalling her previous career-high after scoring 112 and 85 in consecutive matches. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Sidra Amin entered the top 10 for the first time, climbing three spots to 10th place following her crucial 81-run knock against India.
“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓,” 𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝑪𝑪 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅.
Indian and South African Bowlers Shine
India’s Deepti Sharma advanced one position to 17th after contributing scores of 53 and 25 against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, respectively. On the bowling front, South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp moved up to fifth, while her teammate Nonkululeko Mlaba jumped six places to a career-best 13th following her four-wicket haul versus New Zealand.
Australia’s Alana King climbed from eighth to seventh, and Annabel Sutherland reached her highest-ever 14th place with 570 points, just behind Mlaba.
With the Women’s World Cup entering its crucial phase, the latest ICC rankings reflect the growing competition among top-performing players across teams.
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