Ireland Women Cricket: Ireland allrounder Orla Prendergast has risen in the ICC Women’s T20I rankings after playing a pivotal role in her side’s 2-1 series victory over Pakistan in Dublin, with several other players from both teams also making progress in the latest weekly update.
Prendergast, who was named the Player of the Series, finished with 144 runs and four wickets, progressing in all three lists. She made her first appearance inside the top 20 of the batting rankings after advancing eight slots to joint-19th place, thanks to her scores of 51 and 64 in the second and third matches, amassing career-best ratings points of 602.
She has also entered the top 50 of the bowling rankings for the first time after taking three for 28 in the series opener that helped her team to victory by 11 runs. Her all-round performance shot her up to sixth among the all-rounders with personal-best rating points of 298.
