ICC Women’s ODI Rankings: Australia hold strong at summit while India sit at the third spot

The annual update of the ICC female hate ranking He has reaffirmed AustraliaThe domain at the top, only ash England and India Continue closing the gap. The recalibration, which takes into account the results of the last three years with a heavier emphasis on recent matches, has seen subtle but significant changes in the classification, highlighting the competitive nature of the Women’s International Cricket.

The reign of Australia continues in the classification of the ODI female ICC team

Australia, the seven -time Women’s Crick World Cup champion of the ICC, is still the undisputed leaders in the 50 female Cricket, with a formidable 167 qualification points. Despite its continuous supremacy, its advantage over England in second place has been reduced from 44 points to 40 after the last update. England now sits in 127 points, while India, mounted in a wave of recent successes, has risen to 121 points that results in only six points behind England.

This annual update, which assigns a 50 percent weighting to the matches played between May 2022 and April 2024 and a complete weighting to more recent games, has recalibrated the classifications to better reflect the current form. Notably, South AfricaThe 2022 World Cup achievements are no longer counted, which affect their position and that of other teams such as the Western Indies.

New Zealand (96), South Africa (90) and Sri Lanka (82) Complete the six top without changes. Proteas, despite reaching the World Cup semifinals in 2022, have fallen nine qualification points, which underlines the impact of the update methodology. The western Indies have been reduced from seventh to ninth, surpassed by Bangladesh (79) and Pakistan (78), After losing ten qualification points.

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India and England advance as the persecution intensifies for the first place

While Australia’s domain remains clear, the narrative under them is one of the adjustment competition. The consistent actions of England have solidified their control in second place, but it is the increase in India that stands out. Winning eight qualification points in general, India has closed the gap to England from 11 points to only six, indicating its growing threat to the established order.

This progress is a will in the recently of India, including a strong performance in the Tri-Serie Odi series against Sri Lanka and South Africa. Key players such as Smriti mandhanaThey achieved their 11th century Odi, have promoted the rise of India and injected a new emotion into the classification career.

In other places, the annual update has led to reorganization among the lowest teams. The United States has been abandoned from the table after losing the state of Odi, leaving a total of 15 teams in the ranking. The new structure guarantees that recent results have more weight, rewarding teams that have had a good performance in the last cycle and maintaining the dynamic classification and reflecting current strengths.

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