New Zealand can regain second place in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table when it goes head-to-head with
Bangladesh in a three-match series, starting in Dhaka from Thursday.New Zealand , which currently sits in fourth place, had briefly occupied second place on the table in January 2005 after it defeated Sri Lanka at home by a 4-1 margin.
Now, in order to equal that ranking, which was its best since the ODI rankings were launched in 2002, it will have to sweep the series against another team from the Asian subcontinent.
If New Zealand achieves this result, it will join South Africa on 118 ratings points but will be ahead of the Proteas when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
This scenario also means it would be the first time since October 2005 that South Africa would drop out of the top two. However, in that case Graeme Smith’s side would not have to wait long for the chance to reclaim the lost place as it plays Kenya on 31 October and 2 November in Bloemfontein and Kimberley .
New Zealand is 71 rating points ahead of ninth-placed Bangladesh and this gap means it is expected to win the series convincingly. As such, because the rankings are weighted to reflect this difference, failure to win all three ODIs will mean the Black Caps will drop points. They will lose three points for a 2-1 series victory which would put them level with India but just ahead of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side by a fraction of a ratings point.
A 3-0 loss will see Daniel Vettori’s side slide to 105 and Bangladesh jump to 54 points.
In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, New Zealand ’s Scott Styris is the highest-ranked batsman from either side. The 33-year-old sits in 22nd place but a productive series can help him break back into the top 20.
Styris’s team-mates Brendon McCullum (25th) and Ross Taylor (32nd) are the other batsmen in top 40 and they will also be keen to overtake players ahead of them on the list.
Opener Tamim Iqbal in 35th place is Bangladesh ’s highest-ranked batsman with captain Mohammad Ashraful currently in 59th position.
Dhoni, who won the ICC ODI Player of the Year 2008 at the LG ICC Awards in Dubai last month, leads the batting chart from Mike Hussey of Australia with South Africa captain Graeme Smith in third place.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori leads the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers and will be hoping to widen the gap with second-placed Nathan Bracken of Australia with the difference already standing at 14 ratings points.
New Zealand’s Kyle Mills is in ninth spot and a good series with the ball could see him rise to as high as fifth while Jacob Oram is in 18th position and will also be hoping to make movement in the right direction.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak in 27th place is Bangladesh ’s highest-ranked bowler while fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza is in 42nd position.
New Zealand ’s Jacob Oram is third in the all-rounders’ list but can leapfrog Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik by putting in a good performance with both bat and ball. England ’s Andrew Flintoff leads the pack in that category by a distance.
Bangladesh – New Zealand ODI series schedule
9 October – First ODI, Dhaka
11 October – Second ODI, Dhaka
14 October – Third ODI, Chittagong
Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table (as of 7 October 2008, ahead of the series between Bangladesh and New Zealand )
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 1312 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 October 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 K.C.Sangakkara SL 680 35.66 760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007
15 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 Daniel Vettori NZ 761 31.70 4.17 790 v Eng at Christchurch 2008
2 Nathan Bracken Aus 755 21.87 4.33 806 v SL at St George's 2007
3 Shane Bond NZ 711 19.32 4.20 811 v SA at St George's 2007
4 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
Stuart Clark Aus 632*! 27.82 4.90 632 v Ban at Darwin 2008
18 Jacob Oram NZ 627 30.70 4.44 768 v Aus at The Oval 2004
19 Brad Hogg Aus 611 26.84 4.52 687 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
20 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
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