ICC Women's T20I rankings: Shafali Verma returns to top 10 after England heroics
On the England side, Charlie Dean emerged as a standout performer. Her Player of the Match-winning figures of 3/23 in the final T20I helped her leap eight spots to sixth in the Bowling Rankings, where she now shares the position with Nashra Sandhu (Pakistan) and Georgia Wareham (Australia).Several other England bowlers saw positive movement in the rankings:Linsey Smith climbed nine places to 38thIssy Wong gained seven places to 50thEmily Arlott, a recent debutant, improved 15 places to 67thIn the batting department, Sophia Dunkley made a notable jump after scoring 151 runs, including valuable knocks of 22 and 46 in the final two games. She moved up seven places to 19th in the batting rankings. Meanwhile, Tammy Beaumont, riding on recent strong form, surged 19 places to 45th.- Ends
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