Islamabad
\nPakistan spinner Sadia Iqbal reclaimed the top spot among bowlers in the Women\u2019s T20I ranking, which was announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday.
\nIqbal, who played a pivotal role in Pakistan\u2019s campaign during the ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup last year, climbed one position to reclaim the No.1 ranking.
\nHer return to the top comes after England\u2019s premier spinner Sophie Ecclestone missed the recent T20I series against the West Indies, prompting a reshuffle in the rankings.
\nEcclestone, who had been holding the top spot, dropped to fourth, allowing Iqbal to regain the position she briefly held during last year\u2019s World Cup.
\nMeanwhile, England pacer Lauren Bell made significant strides, surging 13 places to reach sixth overall after taking seven wickets in the series.
\nOther English bowlers also moved up, with Linsey Smith climbing 37 spots to 41st and Issy Wong jumping 32 places to joint-62nd.
\nOn the batting front, West Indies captain Hayley Matthews delivered an outstanding performance in England, scoring 177 runs at an average of 88.50 across three matches.
\nHer efforts earned her the Player of the Series title and a two-place jump to second in the T20I batting rankings. She now closely trails Australia\u2019s Beth Mooney, who remains the No.1 ranked batter. Tahlia McGrath of Australia slipped to third due to Matthews\u2019 impressive rise.
\nEngland batters also made notable progress. Nat Sciver-Brunt moved up five places to ninth, Heather Knight advanced seven spots to joint-17th, and Sophia Dunkley climbed eight positions to joint-29th following her consistent contributions with the bat.
\nMatthews further cemented her dominance in the T20I all-rounder rankings.
\nAlong with her batting exploits, she also picked up three wickets during the series, strengthening her grip as the top-ranked all-rounder in the format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad Pakistan spinner Sadia Iqbal reclaimed the top spot among bowlers in the Women\u2019s T20I ranking, which was announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday. Iqbal, who played a pivotal role in Pakistan\u2019s campaign during the ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup last year, climbed one position to reclaim the No.1 ranking. Her return …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":81653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81654,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81641\/revisions\/81654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}