Dubai, May 26 -- England's left-arm spinner Linsey Smith has risen 38 slots to take a career-best second position in the ICC Women's T20I Bowling Rankings after helping her side beat New Zealand 2-1 in a home series with less than three weeks to go for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026.
Smith finished with six wickets in the three matches to be named Player of the Series against the reigning world champions in the format, her best being a haul of three for 25 in the second T20I in Canterbury.
Smith overtook fellow left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone, who is down to third place, and one step ahead of Lauren Bell, who sat out the final T20I after claiming three wickets in the first two matches.
England's stand-in captain for the series, Ch...