Chamari Athapaththu is the new No. 1 batter in women's ODIs

Chamari Athapaththu, who scored an unbeaten 195 in just 139 balls to take Sri Lanka to a remarkable win over South Africa in their final ODI in Potchefstroom last week, has risen to the No. 1 spot in the ICC's batting rankings for women's ODIs. Athapaththu's thump poor various records in ladies' cricket, remembering the most noteworthy individual score for a fruitful ODI pursue. It was likewise the second-most elevated individual score in a fruitful ODI pursue across ladies' and men's cricket, behind Glenn Maxwell's 201 not out against Afghanistan at the 2023 World Cup. Pursuing South Africa's 301 for 5, itself the aftereffect of Laura Wolvaardt's extraordinary 147-ball 184 not out - which took her series count to 335 runs - Sri Lanka returned home in 44.3 overs to square the series. The second-best individual score for Sri Lanka in the pursuit was Nilakshika Silva's 50 not out in 71 balls. Following that work, Athapaththu accomplished her most elevated truly appraising of 773 on the ICC table, and moved past Nat Sciver-Brunt, who has 764 focuses. Wolvaardt, who had entered the main five in the last update of the rankings, climbed two additional spots, past Beth Mooney and Smriti Mandhana, to third place. Hayley Matthews, in the mean time, hopped seven spots to come to No. 11 on similar table subsequent to scoring 140 not out and 44 in West Indies' successes over Pakistan in the initial two ODIs of their three-match series. Among bowlers, Sadia Iqbal, the Pakistan left-arm spinner, climbed six spots to enter the main 20 after returns of 2 for 38 and 1 for 36 in the two games against West Indies.