Dubai, 23 March 2007Bangladesh and Ireland players progress in LG ICC ODI Player Rankings
With none of the world’s very top players engaged in ODIs, last week was a chance for cricketers from Bangladesh and Ireland to make their impact on the LG ICC Player Rankings.
Promising all-rounder Saqibal Hasan moved into the top 50 of the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers for the first time in his career with a solid performance against Ireland . In the three ODIs played last week Saqib took five wickets at an average of 20 and an economy rate of 3.70 and in the process moved up 11 places to 49th position in the rankings.
The left-arm slow bowler from Khulna , who celebrates his 21st birthday tomorrow (Monday), also gained four places in LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders. He now sits in 11th place, just behind New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori.
Things were not quite so positive for Saqib’s team-mate Abdur Razzak – the only player from either side in the top 20 of the batting or bowling rankings. He dropped one place to 17th in bowlers’ log.
Staying with the bowlers, Kyle McCallan consolidated his position as Ireland ’s top-ranked bowler gaining one place to 67th position but the off-spinner’s place is under pressure from medium-pacer Andre Botha, who moved up 11 places to 75th position, level with Bermuda ’s Dwayne Leverock.
It was also a good series for David Langford-Smith who jumped nine places and into the top 100 in 92nd position while his captain Trent Johnston gained 16 places to 111th spot.
In the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen Shahriar Nafees gained two places to 35th position, moving past Runako Morton of the West Indies and New Zealand’s Ross Taylor. Nafees averaged 102.00 in the three-match series, having hit 204 runs including a top score of 90 not out.
It was also a productive series for Nafees’ fellow opener Tamim Iqbal, whose century in the third ODI set up his side’s 3-0 series win. Tamim gained 15 places and currently stands in 67th position on the batting ladder while Mohammad Ashraful went up six places to 52nd spot, level with Pakistan ’s Salman Butt.
For Ireland , Niall O’Brien took over as his country’s highest-ranked batsman. His 73-ball 70 in the third ODI gave him a series average of 34.33 and moved him up 11 places to 80th position in the charts. He is now one place above his brother, Kevin, who lost two places during the series.
As several of the top teams are involved in Tests at present, there are no more ODIs scheduled until the West Indies takes on Sri Lanka at Port of Spain on 10 April.
LG ICC One-Day Rankings (as of 23 March)
Batsmen
Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 Graeme Smith SA 792 ! 41.11 792 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
2 S.R.Tendulkar Ind 777 44.33 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
3 Ricky Ponting Aus 770 43.40 832 v NZ at Hobart 2007
4 Md Yousuf Pak 752 43.07 777 v SA at Raw alp indi 2003
5 Matthew Hayden Aus 740 43.80 854 v Ind at Centurion 2003
6 Mike Hussey Aus 736 55.60 863 v NZ at Perth 2007
7 Kevin Pietersen Eng 735 48.18 834 v Aus at Antigua 2007
8 AB de Villiers SA 733 ! 37.66 733 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
9 MS Dhoni Ind 728 45.50 806 v WI at Kingston 2006
10 S.Chanderpaul WI 721 39.62 754 v SA at Durban 1999
11 H.H.Gibbs SA 718 36.53 750 v SL at Durban 2003
12 Michael Clarke Aus 717 44.04 756 v SL at Melbourne 2008
13 K.C.Sangakkara SL 716 36.03 760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007
14 Andrew Symonds Aus 713 39.68 778 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
15 R.R.Sarwan WI 692 44.55 798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006
16 Yuvraj Singh Ind 691 36.09 739 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2006
17 Chris Gayle WI 690 39.02 804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006
18 Jacques Kallis SA 688 45.21 816 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
19 M.Jayawardena SL 678 33.24 737 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2001
20 Ian Bell Eng 657 36.29 705 v Ind at Birmingham 2007
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
1 Daniel Vettori NZ 790 ! 31.87 4.18 790 v Eng at Christchurch 2008
2 Nathan Bracken Aus 770 21.89 4.37 806 v SL at St George's 2007
3 Shane Bond NZ 736 19.32 4.20 811 v SA at St George's 2007
4 Chaminda Vaas SL 699 27.26 4.19 861 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2004
5 Kyle Mills NZ 683 26.66 4.65 694 v Ban at Queenstown 2007
6 Andre Nel SA 682 26.95 4.61 685 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
7 Daren Powell WI 673 ! 29.96 4.58 673 v SA at Johannesburg 2008
8 Brett Lee Aus 671 22.81 4.71 853 v SA at Melbourne 2006
9 M.Muralidaran SL 668 23.00 3.87 913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002
10 Jerome Taylor WI 660 27.17 4.74 688 v SA at Cape Town 2008
11 M.F.Maharoof SL 653 24.39 4.65 671 v Eng at Dambulla 2007
12 Brad Hogg Aus 636 26.84 4.52 687 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
13 Makhaya Ntini SA 635 24.12 4.46 782 v WI at Cape Town 2004
14= Andrew Flintoff Eng 634 25.10 4.37 755 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
Jacob Oram NZ 634 31.24 4.48 768 v Aus at The Oval 2004
16 M.G.Johnson Aus 632* 25.41 4.80 659 v SL at Melbourne 2008
17 Abdur Razzak Ban 622 24.20 4.08 711 v Eng at Bridgetown 2007
18 Lasith Malinga SL 621 25.58 4.80 687 v Ban at Colombo (RPS) 2007
19 Harbhajan Singh Ind 615 33.51 4.18 735 v WI at Bridgetown 2002
20 Peter Ongondo Ken 610 ! 25.14 4.34 610 v Ber at Nairobi 2007
All-rounders
Rank Player Team Points HS Rating
1 Shoaib Malik Pak 347 402 v WI at Brisbane 2005
2 Andrew Flintoff Eng 337 544 v SL at The Rose Bowl 2004
3= Chris Gayle WI 335 511 v Zim at Harare 2003
Jacob Oram NZ 335 353 v Eng at Auckland 2008
5 Jacques Kallis SA 334 505 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
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