5 women’s cricketers who can shine in The Hundred
The Hundred is the latest and most innovative format to be a part of cricket. The English Cricket Board will be playing out this experimental format this English summer. The teams will feature both men’s and women’s teams. Here are five women’s cricketers who can put out solid performances.
5. Beth Mooney (Welsh Fire)
Currently ranked No. 2 batter in the ICC Women’s T20I ranking, the hard-hitting Australian wicketkeeper-batter Beth Mooney is a perfect fit for such formats. In her 58-match T20I career, Mooney has 1554 runs at 36.13. Representing the Perth Scorchers, Mooney finished as the leading run-scorer in the Women’s Big Bash League 2020-21, with a whopping 551 runs at a stellar average of 55.10 with four half-centuries from 14 games.
4. Sophie Devine (Birmingham Phoenix)
The veteran New Zealand all-rounder Sophie Devine has been named captain of Birmingham Phoenix for the inaugural Women’s Hundred. Currently the No. 1 all-rounder in the ICC Women’s T20I ranking, Devine has 2474 runs in 98 T20Is, while with the ball, she has bagged 94 wickets at an economy of 6.32. Representing Perth Scorchers in WBBL 2020-21, she got 6 wickets, while she lit up the league with the bat, finishing as the third-highest run-getter with 460 runs at a staggering average of 51.11 including a century in 12 games.
3. Sophie Ecclestone (Manchester Originals)
A Chester-born slow left-arm spinner, Sophie Ecclestone has set the international stage on fire ever since a young age. The 22-year-old England player is currently the No. 1 ranked bowler in the ICC T20I women’s ranking and has been her nation’s first-choice spinner for some time now. In her 42-match T20I career, Ecclestone has bagged 61 wickets at an impressive average of 15.03. What stands out, even more, is her economy of 5.82.
2. Meg Lanning (Welsh Fire)
The aggressive Australian batter is currently the No. 3 ranked batter in the ICC T20I rankings for women. With an experience of 110 T20Is under her belt, Lanning has amassed 2914 runs at 35.97 with two centuries and 13 half-centuries in her career thus far. She was the second-highest scorer in the WBBL 2020-21, where she got 493 runs at 41.08 and 6 half-centuries for Melbourne Stars.
1. Nat Sciver (Trent Rockets)
A skiddy medium-pacer who can very well bat, Nat Sciver boasts being the No. 2 all-rounder currently in the ICC T20I rankings. She has been a part of the England Women’s for nearly a decade and has got 1570 runs and 67 wickets from 83 T20Is. A regular name in Melbourne Stars in the WBBL, Sciver got 252 runs at 36 and finished as the third-highest wicket-taker with 19 wickets at an economy of 6.71 from 14 games in the 2020-21 edition.
