West Indies, led by the skipper Hayley Matthews, hosted South Africa, led by skipper Laura Wolvaardt, for a three-match ODI series followed by a three-match T20I series. South Africa sealed the ODI series 2-1, while West Indies clinched the T20I series. Papua New Guinea hosted Vanuatu and Samoa for the PacificAus Sports Cricket Invitational Cup 2025.
Batting Rankings:
South Africa:
Tazmin Brits was the leading run-scorer for her side and the 2nd highest run-scorer of the series, with 132 runs at a strike rate of 122.22 and an average of 66 in three innings, including one unbeaten 98 in the 1st T20I. As a result, she has climbed up a couple of spots to the 6th position (697 points).
Nadine de Klerk scored 46 runs at a strike rate of 106.97 and an average of 23 in three innings with the bat for her side in the series against the West Indies. As a result, she has climbed up 3 spots to the 51st position (445 points). Annerie Dercksen scored 26 runs at a strike rate of 130 in a couple of innings with the bat for her side in the series. As a result, she earned a significant rise as she climbed up 8 spots to equal the 79th position (332 points) alongside Scotland’s Ailsa Lister.
West Indies:
Hayley Matthews ended as the leading run-scorer of the series with 147 runs at an average of 73.50 in 3 innings. Courtesy of her impressive performances in the T20I series against South Africa, she has achieved her career-best ratings (770 points) and is just 24 points away from dethrowning Australia’s Beth Mooney from the top spot in the latest T20I Batting Rankings.
Chinelle Henry scored 49 runs at a strike rate of 102.08 and an average of 24.50 in three innings with the bat for her side in the series against South Africa. As a result, she has climbed up three spots to the 86th position (319 points). One of the biggest positives of the series for the West Indies, Jannillea Glasgow, scored 68 runs at a strike rate of 109.67 without being dismissed in the three innings in the series against South Africa. As a result, she has earned a massive rise as she has climbed up 140 spots to the 96th position (289 points).
Bowling Rankings:
South Africa:
Nonkululeko Mlaba picked up three wickets at an average of 21.33 and an economy of 5.33 in three innings with the ball for her side in the series against the West Indies. As a result, she has earned a significant rise as she has climbed up 6 spots to equal the 8th position (704 points) alongside Australia’s Georgia Wareham and Pakistan’s Nashra Sandhu.
Ayabonga Khakha picked up three wickets at an average of 22.66 and an economy of 7.55 in three innings with the ball for her side in the series against the West Indies. As a result, she has climbed up four spots to equal the 38th position (531 points) alongside her teammate Nadine de Klerk and Pakistan’s skipper Fatima Sana, who has also climbed up one spot.
West Indies:
Afy Fletcher ended as the leading wicket-taker for her side and the series with 5 wickets at an average of 16.20 and an economy of 6.75 in three innings with the ball, for her side in the series against South Africa. As a result, she has climbed up three spots to the 12th position (692 points). Aaliyah Alleyne picked up one wicket in a couple of innings with the ball for her side in the series. She has climbed up a couple of spots to the 79th position (371 points).
All-rounder Rankings:
Henao Thomas from Papua New Guinea was the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 99 runs at a strike rate of 83.19 and an average of 24.75 and also picked up four wickets in four innings with the ball for her side. As a result of her outstanding performances, she has earned a massive rise as she has climbed up 49 spots to equal the 76th position (63 points) alongside UAE’s Heena Hotchandani and Lucy Barnett from the Isle of Man women.
West Indies:
Afy Fletcher has climbed up one spot to the 23rd position (161 points). Karishma Ramharack climbed up a couple of spots to equal the 54th position (87 points) alongside Ireland’s Eimear Richardson and Omaima Sohail from Pakistan.
South Africa:
Nonkululeko Mlaba has climbed up three spots to the 32nd position (123 points). Ayabonga Khakha has climbed up a couple of spots to the 53rd position (88 points). Annerie Dercksen has climbed up four spots to equal the 87th position (59 points) alongside New Zealand’s Hannah Rowe.
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