Chamari rises to No. 1 position in Women’s ODI rankings

Sri Lanka’s star batter Chamari Athapaththu edged Natalie Sciver-Brunt to become the top-ranked batter in the ICC Women’s ODI batting rankings.

Powering Sri Lanka to the highest successful run chase in women’s ODIs has seen Chamari Athapaththu rise to the top of the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings in the latest update.

Athapaththu’s stellar knock in the third and final ODI helped Sri Lanka level the three-match series in South Africa.

Chasing a record target 302 to win, Athapaththu led Sri Lanka’s fightback with a brilliant 195*, the third-highest score in women’s ODIs.

It’s also the second-highest score by anyone in a successful run chase in ODI cricket – men’s and women’s – right behind Glenn Maxwell’s 201* against Afghanistan in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.

The knock achieved Athapaththu’s highest-ever rating (773) in the women’s batting rankings. The Sri Lankan also jumped two spots in the all-rounder rankings to enter the top 10 at ninth position.

Meanwhile, Laura Wolvaardt, who also shone with back-to-back ODI tons in the series against Sri Lanka, including a career-high of 184* that eventually went in vain, rose to third in the batting rankings.