Sutherland and Schutt climb to fourth and fifth in ODI bowlers' rankings

Megan Schutt and Annabel Sutherland have risen in the ICC ODI rankings for bowlers following Australia's strong showing in their home series against Bangladesh. Sutherland moved up a spot to fourth while Schutt jumped up two places to fifth.The list continues to be led by their Australia team-mate, legspinner Alana King.

Schutt started Australia's home summer with a wicket off her first ball in the first ODI against Bangladesh. She took 2 for 19 in the first match and followed it with 4 for 36 in the second. Australia won both the games to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Sutherland struck regularly in the opening game to finish with 4 for 30 and followed it with an unbeaten 25 to see Australia home. She went wicketless in her ten overs in the second ODI in Brisbane.

Sutherland also rose three places to 17th in the rankings for batters. Thanks to her two successive unbeaten knocks, Ellyse Perry is back in the top ten. She rose two places from 12th while a century from Georgia Voll saw her move to 28th.

West Indies completed a clean sweep in their T20I series against Zimbabwe, and saw their former captain Stafanie Taylor move to 40th in the batters' list and 39th among the allrounders. Taylor made 74 runs in the three matches, including an unbeaten 64 off 39, and also took three wickets in the series. In the process, she also became only the fourth woman to achieve the double of 3000 runs and 100 wickets in T20Is.

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