Schutt surges to top of ICC bowling rankings

Megan Schutt has reclaimed the title of world’s best one-day bowler in the latest update to the International Cricket Council’s rankings, while Ellyse Perry has strengthened her grip on the title of the game’s top allrounder.

Australia’s dominance in their 3-0 win in the ODI leg of the multi-format women’s Ashes has been reflected in the ICC charts, while their position as the world’s top team in the 50-over format has also strengthened, with Meg Lanning’s team now 22 points clear of England on top of the ODI team rankings.

Schutt headed into the series ranked No.4 in the ODI bowling charts but her superb series with the ball – where she collected five wickets at 14 but was particularly crucial in tying down England’s batters, bowling with an economy rate of 2.6 – was enough for her to leapfrog her way back to the top of the table.

Sitting 13 points behind her in second spot is teammate Jess Jonassen, after the left-arm spinner took five wickets at 15.6 across the three matches.

Fresh off her record 7-22 in the third ODI, Perry has jumped five spots to fourth on the bowling charts, while her knock of 62 in the second ODI was enough to see her sit in third spot in the batting rankings.

She’s one of three Australian batters in the top 10, joined by Lanning (sixth) and Alyssa Healy, who rose to a career-best seventh spot – up from No.15 – after scoring two half-centuries.

Perry went into the series as the world’s top-ranked ODI allrounder and now possesses 529 ratings points, a career-best, and sits a remarkable 135 points clear of her nearest rival, India’s Deepti Sharma.

Jonassen also climbed into the world’s top five ODI allrounders for the first time after a steely 31no to steer Australia home in the second match.

Australia’s next one-day engagement will be their tour of the Caribbean in September.

But first, they’ll be out to secure the women’s Ashes trophy when the next leg of the series – the one-off Test in Taunton – gets underway on July 18.

Already holding a 6-0 lead in the points-based series after winning the three ODIs, a draw in the Test will be enough to ensure Australia retain the trophy.

England must win the Test and all three T20Is that will follow to deny their rivals.

Women’s ODI team rankings

1. Australia – 144 points

2. England – 122

3. India – 122

4.  New Zealand - 113

5. South Africa – 98

6. West Indies – 87

7. Pakistan – 78 

8. Sri Lanka – 56

9. Bangladesh – 49

10. Ireland – 21

Top 10 ODI batters

1. Smriti Mandhana (Ind) – 802 points

2. Amy Satterthwaite (NZ) – 759

3. Ellyse Perry (Aus) – 740

4. Tammy Beaumont (Eng) – 722

5. Mithali Raj (Ind) – 717

6. Meg Lanning (Aus) – 706

7. Alyssa Healy (Aus) – 703

8. Sophie Devine (NZ) – 683

=8. Suzie Bates (NZ) – 683

10. Natalie Sciver (Eng) – 671

Top 10 ODI bowlers

1. Megan Schutt (Aus) – 762 points

2. Jess Jonassen (Aus) – 749

3. Jhulan Goswami (Ind) – 731

4. Ellyse Perry (Aus) – 716

5. Sana Mir (Pak) – 714

6. Shikha Pandey (Ind) – 690

7. Marizanne Kapp (SA) – 676

8. Shabnim Ismail (SA) – 668

9. Poonam Yadav (Ind) – 658

10. Katherine Brunt (Eng) – 649

Top 5 ODI allrounders

1. Ellyse Perry (Aus) – 529 points

2. Deepti Sharma (Ind) – 394

3. Stafanie Taylor (WI) – 375

4. Dane van Niekerk (SA) – 345

5. Jess Jonassen (Aus) – 307