After the ICC Women’s ODI Team Rankings’ yearly update on Wednesday, May 14, Australia continues to have a commanding lead at the top of the table.
Even though the upgrade eliminated games played between October 2021 and April 2022, including the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 in New Zealand, Australia currently leads England by four points.
Like the annual rankings update for the men’s squad, the women’s updates were shifted from the beginning of October to the beginning of May this year. Weightings for matches between October 2021 and September 2023 were 50% prior to the upgrade, and after that, they were 100%. Following the modification, the weightings are 100% after May 2022 and 50% for matches between May 2022 and April 2024.
Australia won both the home and away series against India by a combined score of 3-0, while they also won the series against England at home and in Bangladesh by a score of 3-0.
In previous three-match series, they also defeated South Africa 2-1 at home and the West Indies and New Zealand 2-0.
India is still in third place but has closed the 11-point gap with England to six points. Australia is on 167 points and England is on 127.
During their 100% weightage tenure, England outscored South Africa and Ireland 2-1 in away series, defeated Pakistan and Sri Lanka 2-0 at home, and defeated New Zealand 3-0 at home and 2-1 away.
India, who recently defeated South Africa in a tri-series played in Sri Lanka, blanked Ireland, the West Indies, and South Africa 3-0, and New Zealand 2-1 at home in the same time frame.
The West Indies and South Africa advanced to the knockout stages of the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, however their performance is no longer taken into account and has caused their rating points to decline.
Although South Africa lost nine rating points, they are still fifth in the table’s unaltered top six. After losing 10 rating points, the West Indies fell to ninth place, behind Pakistan and Bangladesh.
A total of 15 teams are now rated in ODIs, with the USA no longer competing after losing their ODI status. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will take their place when they have played eight ODIs and will be ranked.
ICC Women’s ODI Team Rankings
| New ranking | Old ranking | Change | New rating | Old rating | Change | |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 168 | -1 |
| England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 124 | 3 |
| India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 113 | 8 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 100 | -4 |
| South Africa | 5 | 5 | 0 | 90 | 99 | -9 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 6 | 0 | 82 | 84 | -2 |
| Bangladesh | 7 | 8 | 1 | 79 | 79 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 9 | 1 | 78 | 70 | 8 |
| West Indies | 9 | 7 | -2 | 72 | 82 | -10 |
| Ireland | 10 | 10 | 0 | 50 | 49 | 1 |
| Thailand | 11 | 11 | 0 | 44 | 45 | -1 |
| Scotland | 12 | 12 | 0 | 44 | 42 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 |
| PNG | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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