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Int'l Cricket Council
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Pakistan eager to keep momentum rolling ahead of World Cup ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, 2025
Opener Muneeba Ali was one of Pakistan's star performers during the Qualifier event in April, with the talented left-hander hitting a pair of half-centuries on the way to amassing a total of 223 runs across the tournament at an average of 44.60. That run of with the bat at the Qualifier saw Muneeba rise to a career-high rating on the current ICC Women's ODI Batter Rankings and the 27-year-old is hoping to continue that rich vein of form in Ireland and at the World Cup later this year. 'Despite the difference in formats between the Irish tour and the World Cup, we are looking to focus on T20Is and work on 50-over format game alongside as well," Muneeba said. 'We have identified where we were lacking in the Qualifiers tournament, and have tried to overcome that (during the training camp) and build upon the positives from that tournament.' Pakistan squad to face Ireland: Fatima Sana (c), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali, Najiha Alvi, Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Tuba Hassan and Waheeda Akhtar Series schedule: 6 Aug – First T20I at Clontarf Cricket Club, Dublin 8 Aug – Second T20I at Clontarf Cricket Club, Dublin 10 Aug – Third T20I at Clontarf Cricket Club, Dublin
Int'l Cricket Council
29-04-2025
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- Int'l Cricket Council
India pair rewarded on rankings following tri-series heroics against Sri Lanka
India's strong start to their ongoing tri-series against Sri Lanka and South Africa has seen a pair of their young batters reach new career-best marks on the latest ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings. India cruised to a nine-wicket victory over hosts Sri Lanka in the tri-series opener in Colombo and opener Pratika Rawal was the star of the show with an excellent half-century that helped her claim the Player of the Match award. Pratika stroked an unbeaten 50 from just 62 deliveries to help India register a nine-wicket triumph and the 24-year-old was rewarded with a new career-high rating and a 10-spot jump to 47th overall on the latest rankings for ODI batters. Women's ODI Batter Rankings Fellow top-order batter Harleen Deol also obtains a new career-best mark, with the 26-year-old rising four places to 49th on the list for batters following her unbeaten innings of 48 from the same contest with Sri Lanka. Every Harmanpreet Kaur boundary | WT20WC 2024 The best of Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur with the bat at the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 It wasn't all bad news for Sri Lanka, with opener Hasini Perera gaining five places to rise to 72nd and gaining a new career-high rating of her own after a decent innings of 30 at the top of the order. Sri Lanka are also boosted by the performance of Inoka Ranaweera, with the spinner taking the side's only wicket during the match during a tidy spell of 1/32 that was rewarded on the latest rankings update. Ranaweera removed Smriti Mandhana to claim Sri Lanka's only success with the ball and as a result moved up two places to 25th overall on the updated list for ODI bowlers. Women's ODI Bowler Rankings England tweaker Sophie Ecclestone remains out in front on the rankings for ODI bowlers, while India's Sneh Rana re-enters this list at 57th overall following her three-wicket haul against Sri Lanka in what was the 31-year-old's first international 50-over contest in almost 18 months.
