Tikolo, Utseya and O’Brien all make upward moves as Ireland retains 10th place in Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table after rain-affected tri-series
Kenya ’s Peter Ongondo has broken back into the top 20 in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers following his team’s tri-series with Zimbabwe and Ireland in Nairobi .
Although the series was severely curtailed due to rain, and although Ongondo only took one wicket in the two matches he played, it was enough to move him ahead of South Africa ’s Makhaya Ntini and into joint-20th position, level with Farveez Maharoof of Sri Lanka .
Ntini had been just one ratings point ahead of the 31-year-old Kenyan so it didn’t take much for the fast bowler from Nairobi to squeeze past the Protea. And such is the competitive nature of the rankings, Ongondo could move up at least another two places during his side’s two-ODI series against South Africa , which takes place on Friday 31 October in Bloemfontein and Sunday 2 November in Kimberley .
Ongondo, who was ranked as high as 18th in November 2007, is the highest-ranked player in any category from the teams involved in that tri-series and given only three matches were completed out of a scheduled eight, there was not as much movement as had been anticipated.
Staying with the bowlers, Zimbabwe captain Prosper Utseya moves up one place to 33rd in the rankings while Kenya spinner Hiren Varaiya is up 11 places to 59th position. Zimababwe’s Christopher Mpofu had combined figures of 13-1-60-6 in the two games he played and, as a result, has gained seven places to 77th in the rankings.
The list is still headed by Australia’s Nathan Bracken with New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori in second spot and Mitchell Johnson, another Australian, in third.
In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, Steve Tikolo has moved up six places to 51st position following a magnificent century against Zimbabwe . His 102 off 99 deliveries made sure of victory for his side and highlighted the fact that the 37-year-old all-rounder still has plenty to offer at this level.
Other big movers in the batting charts are Stuart Matsikenyeri of Zimbabwe, who moves up five places to 59th position, Kevin O’Brien of Ireland, who gains 11 places to 68th position and Kenya’s Alex Obanda, who is up 23 places to 95th spot.
Ireland remains 10th in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table after the rain-affected series although it has lost three ratings points after losing to Zimbabwe by 156 runs.
Zimbabwe has lost one point because although it beat Ireland , it lost to the lower-ranked Kenya . The big beneficiary was the home side, which has gained 14 points for its victory over Zimbabwe (even though it had been beaten by Ireland ) and now sits just one behind Utseya’s men and five behind Ireland .
Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table (as of 26 October, after tri-series involving Kenya , Ireland and Zimbabwe )
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 131
2 South Africa 118
3 England 116
4 New Zealand 113
5 India 113
6 Pakistan 110
7 Sri Lanka 105
8 West Indies 95
9 Bangladesh 47
10 Ireland 19
11 Zimbabwe 15
12 Kenya 14
ICC One-Day Rankings (as of 26 October)
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 Nathan Bracken Aus 755 21.87 4.33 806 v SL at St George's 2007
2 Daniel Vettori NZ 733 32.05 4.17 790 v Eng at Christchurch 2008
3 Mitchell Johnson Aus 707 23.46 4.72 726 v Ban at Darwin 2008
4 Kyle Mills NZ 697 ! 26.00 4.63 697 v Ban at Chittagong 2008
5 Stuart Broad Eng 684* 26.21 4.77 701 v SA at Trent Bridge 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 Jacob Oram NZ 664 30.14 4.39 768 v Aus at The Oval 2004
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 Brad Hogg Aus 611 26.84 4.52 687 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
19 Sohail Tanvir Pak 610* 28.11 4.92 619 v SL at Karachi 2008
20= F Maharoof SL 609 24.39 4.65 671 v Eng at Dambulla 2007
Peter Ongondo Ken 609 25.21 4.25 610 v Ber at Nairobi 2007
All-rounders
Rank Player Team Points HS Rating
1 Jacob Oram NZ 383! 383 v Ban at Chittagong 2008
2 Andrew Flintoff Eng 375 544 v SL at The Rose Bowl 2004
3 Shoaib Malik Pak 349 402 v WI at Brisbane 2005
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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