DUBAI – The Australian women’s cricket team on Sunday regained the top spotin the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20I Team Rankings after theyclinched an eight-wicket win over England to lift their fourth World T20title at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua.
Australia, who made their fifth straight appearance in the finals, areleading the rankings with a tally of 7,937 points, besides a rating of 283.Runners-up England are placed second on the list with 6,567 points and 274raiting points.
The Indian women’s cricket team, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, continued toremain on fifth with 7,993 points after their semi-final exit from theWorld T20 tournament following an eight-wicket defeat against England. TheWomen in Blue are sitting behind third-placed New Zealand (7,925 points)and fourth-placed West Indies (6,089 points) in the list.
While West Indies bowed out in the semi-finals of the prestigious T20Itournament after slumping to a 71-run defeat at the hands of ultimatewinners Australia, New Zealand snapped a seven-match losing streak with a54-run win over Pakistan before making an exit.
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South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are standing at sixth,seventh, eighth and ninth spots, respectively, in the updated Women’s WorldT20I rankings, with Ireland completing the top ten.
