Pakistan spinner Sadia Iqbal celeberating a wicket on this undated image. — Asian Cricket Council
Spinner Sadia Iqbal turned the primary participant from Pakistan to prime the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) Girls’s T20I rankings when she briefly overtook long-time number-one England’s left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone.
Nevertheless, it didn’t final lengthy as Ecclestone recaptured her No.1 rating slot within the weekly replace carried out on Tuesdays, the ICC mentioned in a press launch.
Ecclestone had began the continuing ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup 2024 within the prime spot — which she had occupied since February 2020. Sadia drew stage together with her on 757 ranking factors after taking three for 17 towards Sri Lanka in a Group A match on Thursday.
The England spinner slipped to second spot with 750 factors two days later after going wicketless towards Bangladesh in a Group B match.
Sadia’s reign on the prime was, nonetheless, restricted to 2 days as Ecclestone grabbed two for 15 towards South Africa to win the Participant of the Match award and regain the highest spot, ending the fascinating neck-and-neck battle between the 2 left-arm spinners for the week.
Sadia turned solely the second Pakistani participant to prime the ladies’s rankings. Former captain Sana Mir was prime of the ODI bowling rankings in 2018-2019.
There have been different notable actions too after the England-South Africa match as South Africa openers Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits each attained career-best-equalling rankings after transferring up two spots every.
Captain Wolvaardt reached third place after scores of 52 not out towards the West Indies and 42 versus England, and Brits reached sixth place with scores of 57 not out towards the West Indies and 13 towards England.
