Ashleigh Gardner has risen to the Top of the Women's T20I all-Rounders Rankings

In the most recent ICC Women's T20I player rankings for all-rounders,, Australian all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner has surpassed West Indies captain Hayley Matthews, India's Deepti Sharma, and New Zealand captain Sophie Devine to claim a career-best No. 1 position.

Ashleigh Katherine Gardner, an all-round cricket player for Australia, was born on April 15, 1997. She is a right-handed batter and right-arm off-break bowler. She regularly represents Australia and competes for the Sydney Sixers and New South Wales Breakers in the Women's Big Bash League.

Gardner, who was named Player of the Match in the final game for her 32-ball unbeaten 66 and bowling stats of 2/20, has led the all-rounders' list for the first time after moving up three ranks during a closely contested five-match T20I series that Australia won 4-1.

With Matthews sliding two slots (381) to fourth, Gardner (417 points) has a commanding lead over Devine (389) and Deepti (387) in second and third place, respectively.

In the most recent weekly report, the 25-year-old Australian is also up two spots to a career-best seventh position among batsmen and up three spots to a career-best 14th position among bowlers.

Deepti Sharma, who is third among all-rounders with 387 points, is keeping a similar position in the T20I bowlers' rankings while moving up three spots to 29th in the batting standings thanks to her 34-ball 53 in the fifth and final T20I.

Smriti Mandhana of India is third among batters with 727 points, while Tahlia McGrath of Australia is first with 814 points, followed by Beth Mooney of the same nation (760 points). Jemimah Rodrigues of India dropped two spots (607) to land in 12th position among batters.