Proteas Women’s captain Laura Wolvaardt has reclaimed her status as the No 1-ranked ODI women’s batter.
Wolvaardt made 59* in her team’s successful series opener in Kimberley, where they beat the England Women by six wickets.
She added 35 runs to her tally in the second ODI where England bounced back with their own series-levelling, six-wicket victory in Durban.
Wolvaardt’s one-slot rise to No 1 has ended Nat Sciver-Brunt’s six-month grip on the top spot. The England all-rounder has slipped to third place with 732 points, one point short of Sri Lanka Women captain Chamari Athapaththu, who is in second place.
Fellow South African Chloe Tryon advanced eight slots to joint 17th place with Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner with 544 points, while Ellyse Perry gained two places to fourth (714 points) – her highest position in three and a half years – among the batters after scoring a hundred in Brisbane against India.
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