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Jan 20
2014
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Women’s teams begin build-up for ICC World Twenty20
Bangladesh 2014
Seven of the 10 women’s teams scheduled to
take part in the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014
will be seen in action in a series of Twenty20
Internationals over the next fortnight.
A total of 13 matches featuring Australia,
England, India, Ireland, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South
Africa will be played in a tri-series in Doha, Qatar from 19
January.
For some of the teams this will be a final
tune-up before the start of the ICC World Twenty20 due to be
played in Bangladesh from 16 March to 6 April.
Aiding their sides in the build-up will be
some of the world’s leading batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders.
Taylor, Edwards lead England
In the three-match T20I series as part of
the Ashes starting from 29 January, England’s charge will be
led by the two top-ranked batsmen in the Reliance ICC
Women's Rankings for T20I Batters, Sarah Taylor and captain
Charlotte Edwards.
Australia duo of Meg Lanning in fourth and
Jessica Cameron in eighth position are the other batsmen in
the top 10 who will be in action during the Ashes.
Outside the top 10, some of the batsmen
likely to be in action during the Ashes are Alex Blackwell
and Lydia Greenway (joint 13th), Jenny Gunn (21st), Alyssa
Healy (23rd), Laura Marsh (26th), Arran Brindle (27th) and
Danielle Wyatt (34th).
Meanwhile, England’s Danielle Hazell in
fifth will start the Ashes series as the highest ranked
bowler on either side in the Reliance ICC Women's Player
Rankings for T20I Bowlers.
Australia’s bowling pair of Ellyse Perry
(eighth) and Erin Osborne in ninth place are the others who
are likely to feature in the series.
Outside the top 10, the bowlers likely to
be in action are Katherine Brunt (14th), Sarah Coyte (16th),
Danielle Wyatt (27th) and Anya Shrubsole (33rd).
All eyes on rival captains
India captain Mithali Raj and her Sri Lanka
counterpart Shashikala Siriwardena will start off the
three-match series between the two sides as the top-ranked
batsmen from their sides.
In the series starting from 25 January in
Visakhapatnam, Raj in seventh place is the highest ranked
batsman from either side, while Siriwardena
in 30th is the highest-ranked batsman from her side.
Apart from Raj, Poonam Raut in tenth spot
is the only other batsman on either side in the top 10.
Just outside the top 10, Harmanpreet Kaur
in 11th in the only other player in the top 20 likely to
feature in the series.
India’s Jhulan Goswami in 12th is the
top-ranked bowler in the series and the only bowler in the
top 20. Outside the top 20, Ekta Bisht in 25th and Udeshika
Prabodhani in 29th are the other bowlers likely to play the
series.
Three-way tussle in Doha
Ireland’s Clare Shillington is the only batsman in the top 10 from the teams featuring in a
tri-series in Doha, Qatar. Apart from Ireland, Pakistan and
South Africa are the other teams featuring in the tri-series
starting on 19 January.
Shillington is at a career-best ninth in
the batting table.
Just outside the top 10 the other batsmen
likely to play are Mignon du Preez (12th), Nain Abidi
(15th), Bismah Maroof (16th), Trisha Chetty (17th) and
Javeria Khan (19th).
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Sadia Yousaf in
second place will start off as the highest ranked bowler
during the tri-series. Apart from Yousaf, South Africa’s
Marizanne Kapp in sixth is the other bowler in the top 10
who is likely to feature in the series.
Outside the top 10 the bowlers likely to
play are Nida Dar (13th), Sana Mir (19th), Sunette Loubser
(26th), Bismah Maroof (31st), Dan van Niekerk (32nd), Qanita
Jalil (35th), Isobel Joyce (36th) and Kim Garth (39th).
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