Following a two-week loss to her captain Meg Lanning, Australia's Beth Mooney has reclaimed the top batter ranking in the ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings.
Mooney finished the Commonwealth Games on a high note, leading the competition in runs scored with 179 after a 41-ball 61 against India in the championship match. With this previous week's scores of 70 not out over Pakistan and 36 versus New Zealand, she has moved 18 points ahead of Lanning in the rating standings with 743 points.
The 28-year-old, who previously held the top spot from March 8, 2020 to March 21, 2021, and from October 9, 2021 to July 26, 2022, has seized the top spot for the third time in her career.
Tahlia McGrath, Mooney's teammate, has continued to soar. She currently ranks 12th among all-rounders and enters the top five with the bat for the first time after 14 games with batting averages of 93.75 and 13.66, respectively.
Jemimah Rodrigues of India, who had been out of the top 10 batters since October 2021, gained seven ranks thanks to her comeback to form in Birmingham, where she scored 146 runs.
Despite not winning a medal, England's bowlers hold the top three slots in the bowling rankings. Fast bowler Katherine Brunt moved up to second, her highest rank in 11 years, after switching places with Sarah Glenn. Sophie Ecclestone, a left-arm spinner, is still in first place with a comfortable lead of 34 rating points over Brunt.
Among batters, Tazmin Brits of India and Javeria Khan of Pakistan both made significant gains, moving up six and five spots, respectively, to take the 20th and 22nd spots, while Deepti Sharma of India moved up two spots to take the 32nd and 36th spots, respectively.
Renuka Singh of India was the best wicket-taker at the Commonwealth Games, and her 11 wickets have earned her a spot in the top 20 for the first time.
Fast bowlers Megan Schutt of Australia and Shabnim Ismail of South Africa have each climbed two spots to take the fourth and fifth spots on the bowlers' list. Nonkululeko Mlaba of South Africa and Radha Yadav of India, both left-arm spinners, are now ranked eighth and fourteenth, respectively.
Haley Jensen from New Zealand moved up 31 positions to land in position 13, while Ashleigh Gardner from Australia moved up to position 22 and Nadine de Klerk from South Africa moved up to position 28.
With five wickets at an economy rate of 4.20 and 96 runs at a strike rate of 137.14, Gardner is now the second-best all-rounder in the world, only behind Sophie Devine, who led New Zealand to the bronze medal.