ST JOHN’S, Antigua — West Indies Women’s captain, Stafanie Taylor has moved up in the record books to fifth place on the all-time top women’s scorers in ODI cricket during the recent series vs New Zealand.

Taylor surpassed New Zealand’s Debbie Hockley to move into the top five with 4,230 career runs. The list is still topped by Mithali Raj of India with 6,295 runs.

She is also in second place in Women’s T20 career runs with 2,582 runs, just 24 runs short of becoming the all-time leading scorer in Twenty20 Women’s Cricket. Charlotte Edwards of England who is now retired, holds the top spot with 2,605 runs.

As one who is always focused on team achievements before individual accolades, Taylor was said to have displayed typical modesty on handling the news describing it as a “pleasant surprise.”

Taylors said she is hoping that her achievements “can inspire the younger generation of cricketers in the Caribbean to go after their dreams of playing international cricket.”

West Indies Women continue to dominate and do well in ODI and T20 based on the latest player rankings released by the International Cricket Council.

Taylor maintains her number one ranking in T20 batting while Deandra Dottin stays in fifth place. Hayley Matthews also remains the number one ranked T20 all-rounder followed by Dottin in 2nd and Taylor in 3rd. Matthews is 3rd in the T20 bowling rankings.

Taylor hopes her team will rebound to successfully defend their title in November this year at the 2018 ICC World T20 Championships, which will be hosted in Guyana, St Lucia and Antigua and Barbuda.