Australia No. 1 in ICC rankings for women

Australia's dominance in all three formats has resulted in them taking first place in the new ICC rankings for women's teams. England are second with 124 points, ten behind Australia.

The women's ranking is a combined Test, ODI and T20 ranking, whereas the men's teams have a separate ranking for each format.

"The innovative new system treats results from Test, ODI and T20I cricket equally," the ICC said. "This means there will be rankings points to play for in every international match, while the volume of matches will ensure the table is a credible reflection of overall performance.

"The rankings table is based on results between three and four years, but with the first two years being weighted at only 50 per cent. Currently, results from October 2012 to September 2014 are weighted at 50%, while results since October 2014 are weighted at 100%."

Australia's standing was a result of their victory in the 2013 World Cup in India and the 2014 World T20 in Bangladesh, and their lead position in the ICC Women's Championship.

"It's certainly nice to be recognised as world number one. We've done a lot of hard work in the past few years to win the ICC Women's World Cup and ICC Women's World Twenty, as well as the Ashes recently," Australia captain Meg Lanning said. "We are looking forward to staying at the top of the tree for a long time, which is going to be a big challenge but we have the players to do that."