Laura Wolvaardt attains career-best 7th spot in ODI rankings for batters

Wolvaardt scored 58 in the final ODI between South Africa and Pakistan, ending with 125 runs in the three-game series, the most for the hosts. She is joint-seventh with Australia’s Ellyse Perry, who are ahead of India’s Mithali Raj by four points. Marizanne Kapp, who scored 115 runs in the series gained four places to reach 22^nd while Lara Goodall and Shabnim Ismail also moved up to 72^nd and 84^th respectively.

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In the rankings for bowlers, Ismail and Ayabonga Khaka maintain their fourth and 12^th spots while young left-arm spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba, who made her debut in the first ODI, entered the charts at 57^th spot.

For Pakistan, Aliya Riaz earned a career-best 36^th position while Nida Dar has moved to 44^th from the earlier 54^th. Nashra Sandhu has moved to 16^th in the bowlers’ charts with the leading bowler of the series, Diana Baig, moving to 35^th.

In the ODI Team rankings, South Africa and Pakistan maintain their fourth and seventh positions respectively.