Athapaththu sets career-best ratings across all three women's rankings

Chamari Athapaththu has recorded career-best rating points in all three ICC Women's Player Rankings categories at once, according to the update the ICC published on 1 September.

The Sri Lanka captain reached 734 rating points as a batter, 552 as a bowler and 405 as an all-rounder. She held sixth place in the T20I Batting Rankings, moved up three places to 33rd among bowlers, and stayed third in the all-rounder table.

The movement followed her performance against the UAE at the Women's Asia Cup, where she made an unbeaten 48 from 25 balls and took 1 for 10 from three overs in a nine-wicket win.

Sri Lanka rise across the table

Athapaththu was not the only Sri Lankan to gain. Imesha Dulai climbed four places to a career-high 18th on 625 points after scoring 25 from 18 deliveries in the same match. Mithali Ayodhya rose 18 places to 70th, reaching a career-best 444 points with figures of 3 for 14, and Sugandika Kumari moved up five places to 23rd after taking 2 for 18.

Movement elsewhere in the tournament

India's Nandani Sharma made the largest single jump in the update, climbing 38 places to 112th after taking 3 for 18 against Thailand.

Thailand players gained in the same fixture: Nannapat Koncharoenkai moved up one place to 29th after scoring 41 from 48 balls against India, and Suleeporn Laomi climbed five places to joint-63rd with 3 for 26.

Bangladesh's Sobhana Mostary advanced one place to 39th on a career-best rating of 500, while Marufa Akter gained two places to 37th after taking 2 for 6 against Indonesia.

Beyond the Asia Cup, the Isle of Man's Lucy Barnett reached joint-67th after leading the Continental Cup in Romania with 257 runs, and Romania's Rebecca Blake sits joint-89th with a T20I average of 153.00 from 20 matches.

All positions and rating points are those published in the ICC's update of 1 September.