Dubai , 15 March 2008
De Villiers and Nel enter top 10 for the first time but Gibbs drops out
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has snatched top spot of the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen from India ’s Sachin Tendulkar after a magnificent performance in the series against Bangladesh which concluded in Dhaka on Friday.
Smith required a career-best rating to grab the coveted spot after starting the series on 753 points and in third place behind Tendulkar and Australia ’s Ricky Ponting. However, his series effort of 199 runs not only won him the Player of the Series award but also earned him 39 ratings points which were enough for him to leapfrog his two closest rivals into top spot.
Smith’s top place in the ODI rankings is backed up by his 14th place in the Test rankings which is evidence of the fine form his takes to India for the three-Test series starting in Chennai on 26 March.
Tendulkar’s reign at the top of the batting charts lasted less than two weeks. The 35-year-old little master from India had stormed to the top of the batting charts following his match-winning performances in the recent tri-series finals against Australia . He had scored 117 not out and 91 in Sydney and Brisbane respectively to push Ponting into second place.
With only 22 ratings points separating top placed Smith from third-placed Ponting, the positions are unlikely to change for another couple of months before Australia goes head-to-head with the West Indies in the five-match ODI staring in Kingston from 21 June.
AB de Villiers also achieved his career-best ranking and broke into the top 10 for the first time. De Villiers jumped six places to ninth position after finishing as the second leading run-getter in the series with 109 runs for which he earned 27 ratings points.
Herschelle Gibbs, however, failed to retain his place and dropped out of the top 10 after losing three places. Gibbs scored 70 runs in three matches.
Jacques Kallis, who didn’t participate in the series, also dropped from 16th position to 19th place in the batting charts. He also lost ground in the all-rounders’ list slipping three places to fifth spot from second place.
Shakibul Hasan in 49th place is the highest-ranked Bangladesh batsman after gaining five places in the series while captain Mohammad Ashraful dropped eight positions to 59th place.
In the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, South Africa ’s Andre Nel achieved a career-best ranking to enter the top 10 for the first time in his career. The 30-year-old pacer claimed seven wickets in the series to jump 10 places to sixth position.
Makhaya Ntini, who was rested from the series, dropped two places to 13th spot while Albie Morkel jumped 34 places to 73rd position after bagging six wickets in the series and Charl Langeveldt’s climbed 12 places to 23rd spot after his effort of five wickets.
Bangladesh ’s left-arm slow bowler Abdur Razzak strengthened his place in the top 20 when he gained two places to rise to 16th position while Mashrafe Mortaza jumped three places to 26th spot.
LG ICC One-Day Rankings (post South Africa– Bangladesh Series)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 (+2) Graeme Smith SA 792! 41.11 792 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
2 (-1) S.R.Tendulkar Ind 777 44.33 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
3 (-1) Ricky Ponting Aus 770 43.40 832 v NZ at Hobart 2007
4 ( - ) Mohd Yousuf Pak 752 43.07 777 v SA at Rawalpindi 2003
5 ( - ) Matthew Hayden Aus 740 43.80 854 v Ind at Centurion 2003
6 ( - ) Adam Gilchrist Aus 738 35.89 820 v SL at Dambulla 2004
7 ( - ) Mike Hussey Aus 736 55.60 863 v NZ at Perth 2007
8 ( - ) Kevin Pietersen Eng 735 48.18 834 v Aus at Antigua 2007
9 (+6) AB de Villiers SA 733! 37.66 733 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
10 ( - ) MS Dhoni Ind 728 45.50 806 v WI at Kingston 2006
11 ( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 721 39.62 754 v SA at Durban 1999
12 (-3) H.H.Gibbs SA 718 36.53 750 v SL at Durban 2003
13 (-1) Michael Clarke Aus 717 44.04 756 v SL at Melbourne 2008
14 (-1) K.C.Sangakkara SL 716 36.03 760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007
15 (-1) Andrew Symonds Aus 713 39.68 778 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
16 (+1) R.R.Sarwan WI 692 44.55 798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006
17 (+1) Yuvraj Singh Ind 691 36.09 739 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2006
18 (+1) Chris Gayle WI 690 39.02 804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006
19 (-3) Jacques Kallis SA 688 45.21 816 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
20 ( - ) M.Jayawardena SL 678 33.24 737 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2001
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 (+10) Andre Nel SA 682 26.95 4.61 685 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
7 (-1) Daren Powell WI 673! 29.96 4.58 673 v SA at Johannesburg 2008
8 (-1) Brett Lee Aus 671 22.81 4.71 853 v SA at Melbourne 2006
9 (-1) M.Muralidaran SL 668 23.00 3.87 913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002
10 (-1) Jerome Taylor WI 660 27.17 4.74 688 v SA at Cape Town 2008
11 (-1) 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 (-2) Makhaya Ntini SA 635 24.12 4.46 782 v WI at Cape Town 2004
14= (-1) Andrew Flintoff Eng 634 25.10 4.37 755 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
(-1) Jacob Oram NZ 634 31.24 4.48 768 v Aus at The Oval 2004
16= (+2) Abdur Razzak Ban 632 24.29 4.07 711 v Eng at Bridgetown 2007
(-1) M.G.Johnson Aus 632* 25.41 4.80 659 v SL at Melbourne 2008
18 (-1) 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 (+1) Andrew Flintoff Eng 337 544 v SL at The Rose Bowl 2004
3= (+1) Chris Gayle WI 335 511 v Zim at Harare 2003
(+1) Jacob Oram NZ 335 353 v Eng at Auckland 2008
5 (-3) Jacques Kallis SA 334 505 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
De Villiers and Nel enter top 10 for the first time but Gibbs drops out
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has snatched top spot of the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen from India ’s Sachin Tendulkar after a magnificent performance in the series against Bangladesh which concluded in Dhaka on Friday.
Smith required a career-best rating to grab the coveted spot after starting the series on 753 points and in third place behind Tendulkar and Australia ’s Ricky Ponting. However, his series effort of 199 runs not only won him the Player of the Series award but also earned him 39 ratings points which were enough for him to leapfrog his two closest rivals into top spot.
Smith’s top place in the ODI rankings is backed up by his 14th place in the Test rankings which is evidence of the fine form his takes to India for the three-Test series starting in Chennai on 26 March.
Tendulkar’s reign at the top of the batting charts lasted less than two weeks. The 35-year-old little master from India had stormed to the top of the batting charts following his match-winning performances in the recent tri-series finals against Australia . He had scored 117 not out and 91 in Sydney and Brisbane respectively to push Ponting into second place.
With only 22 ratings points separating top placed Smith from third-placed Ponting, the positions are unlikely to change for another couple of months before Australia goes head-to-head with the West Indies in the five-match ODI staring in Kingston from 21 June.
AB de Villiers also achieved his career-best ranking and broke into the top 10 for the first time. De Villiers jumped six places to ninth position after finishing as the second leading run-getter in the series with 109 runs for which he earned 27 ratings points.
Herschelle Gibbs, however, failed to retain his place and dropped out of the top 10 after losing three places. Gibbs scored 70 runs in three matches.
Jacques Kallis, who didn’t participate in the series, also dropped from 16th position to 19th place in the batting charts. He also lost ground in the all-rounders’ list slipping three places to fifth spot from second place.
Shakibul Hasan in 49th place is the highest-ranked Bangladesh batsman after gaining five places in the series while captain Mohammad Ashraful dropped eight positions to 59th place.
In the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, South Africa ’s Andre Nel achieved a career-best ranking to enter the top 10 for the first time in his career. The 30-year-old pacer claimed seven wickets in the series to jump 10 places to sixth position.
Makhaya Ntini, who was rested from the series, dropped two places to 13th spot while Albie Morkel jumped 34 places to 73rd position after bagging six wickets in the series and Charl Langeveldt’s climbed 12 places to 23rd spot after his effort of five wickets.
Bangladesh ’s left-arm slow bowler Abdur Razzak strengthened his place in the top 20 when he gained two places to rise to 16th position while Mashrafe Mortaza jumped three places to 26th spot.
LG ICC One-Day Rankings (post South Africa– Bangladesh Series)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 (+2) Graeme Smith SA 792! 41.11 792 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
2 (-1) S.R.Tendulkar Ind 777 44.33 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
3 (-1) Ricky Ponting Aus 770 43.40 832 v NZ at Hobart 2007
4 ( - ) Mohd Yousuf Pak 752 43.07 777 v SA at Rawalpindi 2003
5 ( - ) Matthew Hayden Aus 740 43.80 854 v Ind at Centurion 2003
6 ( - ) Adam Gilchrist Aus 738 35.89 820 v SL at Dambulla 2004
7 ( - ) Mike Hussey Aus 736 55.60 863 v NZ at Perth 2007
8 ( - ) Kevin Pietersen Eng 735 48.18 834 v Aus at Antigua 2007
9 (+6) AB de Villiers SA 733! 37.66 733 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
10 ( - ) MS Dhoni Ind 728 45.50 806 v WI at Kingston 2006
11 ( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 721 39.62 754 v SA at Durban 1999
12 (-3) H.H.Gibbs SA 718 36.53 750 v SL at Durban 2003
13 (-1) Michael Clarke Aus 717 44.04 756 v SL at Melbourne 2008
14 (-1) K.C.Sangakkara SL 716 36.03 760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007
15 (-1) Andrew Symonds Aus 713 39.68 778 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
16 (+1) R.R.Sarwan WI 692 44.55 798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006
17 (+1) Yuvraj Singh Ind 691 36.09 739 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2006
18 (+1) Chris Gayle WI 690 39.02 804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006
19 (-3) Jacques Kallis SA 688 45.21 816 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
20 ( - ) M.Jayawardena SL 678 33.24 737 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2001
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 (+10) Andre Nel SA 682 26.95 4.61 685 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
7 (-1) Daren Powell WI 673! 29.96 4.58 673 v SA at Johannesburg 2008
8 (-1) Brett Lee Aus 671 22.81 4.71 853 v SA at Melbourne 2006
9 (-1) M.Muralidaran SL 668 23.00 3.87 913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002
10 (-1) Jerome Taylor WI 660 27.17 4.74 688 v SA at Cape Town 2008
11 (-1) 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 (-2) Makhaya Ntini SA 635 24.12 4.46 782 v WI at Cape Town 2004
14= (-1) Andrew Flintoff Eng 634 25.10 4.37 755 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
(-1) Jacob Oram NZ 634 31.24 4.48 768 v Aus at The Oval 2004
16= (+2) Abdur Razzak Ban 632 24.29 4.07 711 v Eng at Bridgetown 2007
(-1) M.G.Johnson Aus 632* 25.41 4.80 659 v SL at Melbourne 2008
18 (-1) 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 (+1) Andrew Flintoff Eng 337 544 v SL at The Rose Bowl 2004
3= (+1) Chris Gayle WI 335 511 v Zim at Harare 2003
(+1) Jacob Oram NZ 335 353 v Eng at Auckland 2008
5 (-3) Jacques Kallis SA 334 505 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
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