Johnson slips to fourth while Clark climbs four spots to 15th; Michael Clarke drops one place to 15th as Tamim Iqbal jumps to 35th position in batting list
Australia ’s Nathan Bracken has slipped off the top of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers following a relatively disappointing series against Bangladesh .
In three ODIs, the 30-year-old took just two wickets at an average of 29 and, such is the competitive nature of the rankings, that was enough to knock him off top spot. His place is taken by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori.
Vettori had surged to the top of bowling chart back in February before Bracken swapped places with the left-arm spinner following the second ODI between England and New Zealand at Birmingham on 18 June.
Bracken’s team-mate Mitchell Johnson has also slipped one place to fourth but fellow pacer Stuart Clark has jumped four places after picking up five wickets at an average of 9.20. He shares 15th spot with the West Indies’ Daren Powell and Pakistan ’s Iftikhar Anjum.
Shane Watson has returned to the top 50 after rocketing 14 places to share 40th place with India ’s Praveen Kumar.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak has strengthened his status as Bangladesh ’s premier bowler by climbing seven places to 27th position while Saqibul Hasan has also jumped seven places to 39th spot. However, fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza has failed to defend his 36th position and has dropped to 42nd spot after a wicketless series.
In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, Australia ’s stand-in captain Michael Clarke has dropped one place to 15th after scoring 40 runs at an average of 13.33.
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has risen 10 places to 35th position but captain Mohammad Ashraful has slipped three places to 59th.
India ’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni leads Australia ’s Mike Hussey in the batting chart while England ’s Andrew Flintoff heads the all-rounders’ category.
In the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship, Australia ’s 3-0 victory has earned it one ratings point which has lifted it to 131 ratings points. In contrast, Bangladesh has dropped to 45 ratings points.
The ODI action resumes next month when New Zealand plays Bangladesh in a three-match ODI series in Mirpur (9 and 11 October) and Chittagong (14 October) while Ireland, Zimbabwe and Kenya feature in a tri-series in Nairobi from 17 to 25 October.
Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table (as of 7 September 2008)
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 131
2 South Africa 118
3 England 116
4 New Zealand 116
5 India 113
6 Pakistan 110
7 Sri Lanka 105
8 West Indies 95
9 Bangladesh 45
10 Ireland 22
11 Zimbabwe 16
12 Kenya 0
ICC One-Day Rankings (as of 7 September 2008)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) MS Dhoni Ind 793 47.41 806 v WI at Kingston 2006
2 ( - ) Mike Hussey Aus 776 57.13 863 v NZ at Perth 2007
3 ( - ) Graeme Smith SA 764 40.69 792 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
4 ( - ) Ricky Ponting Aus 740 43.24 832 v NZ at Hobart 2007
5 ( - ) Mohd Yousuf Pak 738 43.19 777 v SA at Rawalpindi 2003
6 ( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 733 40.49 754 v SA at Durban 1999
7 ( - ) Kevin Pietersen Eng 730 47.83 834 v Aus at Antigua 2007
8 ( - ) S.R.Tendulkar Ind 724 44.33 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
9 ( - ) Andrew Symonds Aus 719 40.34 778 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
10 ( - ) Matthew Hayden Aus 711 43.80 854 v Ind at Centurion 2003
11= ( - ) H.H.Gibbs SA 700 36.31 750 v SL at Durban 2003
( - ) Chris Gayle WI 700 39.38 804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006
13 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 687 36.09 733 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
14 (+1) K.C.Sangakkara SL 680 35.66 760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007
15 (-1) Michael Clarke Aus 677 42.46 756 v SL at Melbourne 2008
16 ( - ) Shoaib Malik Pak 676 35.75 685 v Ind at Lahore 2006
17 ( - ) S.T.Jayasuriya SL 675 32.69 838 v Ban at Pietermaritzburg 2003
18 ( - ) Yuvraj Singh Ind 673 35.91 739 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2006
19 ( - ) R.R.Sarwan WI 667 43.87 798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006
20 ( - ) Salman Butt Pak 666 39.88 689 v Ind at Dhaka 2008
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
1 (+1) Daniel Vettori NZ 761 31.70 4.17 790 v Eng at Christchurch 2008
2 (-1) Nathan Bracken Aus 755 21.87 4.33 806 v SL at St George's 2007
3 (+1) Shane Bond NZ 711 19.32 4.20 811 v SA at St George's 2007
4 (-1) M.G.Johnson Aus 707 23.46 4.72 726 v Ban at Darwin 2008
5 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 684* 26.21 4.77 701 v SA at Nottingham 2008
6 ( - ) M.Muralidaran SL 674 23.03 3.88 913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002
7 ( - ) Chaminda Vaas SL 672 27.54 4.18 861 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2004
8 ( - ) Andrew Flintoff Eng 668 23.99 4.35 755 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
9 ( - ) Kyle Mills NZ 663 26.74 4.68 694 v Ban at Queenstown 2007
10 ( - ) Brett Lee Aus 657 22.96 4.71 853 v SA at Melbourne 2006
11 ( - ) Jerome Taylor WI 656 27.04 4.67 688 v SA at Cape Town 2008
12 ( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 654 34.90 4.63 685 v Ind at Dhaka 2008
13 ( - ) Andre Nel SA 651 27.68 4.63 685 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
14 ( - ) Zaheer Khan Ind 637 28.82 4.84 700 v SA at Dhaka 2003
15= ( - ) Daren Powell WI 632 32.18 4.63 686 v Aus at St George's 2008
( - ) Iftikhar Anjum Pak 632! 32.49 4.87 632 v Ban at Karachi 2008
(+4) Stuart Clark Aus 632*! 27.82 4.90 632 v Ban at Darwin 2008
18 (-1) Jacob Oram NZ 627 30.70 4.44 768 v Aus at The Oval 2004
19 (-1) Brad Hogg Aus 611 26.84 4.52 687 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
20 (-1) Sohail Tanvir Pak 610* 28.11 4.92 619 v SL at Karachi 2008
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points HS Rating
1 ( - ) Andrew Flintoff Eng 375 544 v SL at The Rose Bowl 2004
2 ( - ) Shoaib Malik Pak 349 402 v WI at Brisbane 2005
3 ( - ) Jacob Oram NZ 342 353 v Eng at Auckland 2008
4 ( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 331 360 v Ind at Dhaka 2008
5 ( - ) Chris Gayle WI 323 511 v Zim at Harare 2003
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