New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has gained two places in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers after good performances in the just-concluded series in Bangladesh .
The left-arm spinner recorded series figures of 14-199, including 5-66 in the rain-affected second Test in Mirpur, which has helped him climb two places to 12th in the bowlers’ listing. Vettori had started the series in 21st position and improved his ranking by nine places.
New Zealand will next embark on a tour of Australia where the opening Test of the two-Test series begins in Brisbane from 20 November. If Vettori succeeds in repeating the same form he showed in Bangladesh , he could gain at least three more places in the bowling ladder.
Fast bowler Iain O’Brien is the other big mover, gaining six places to 40th spot after series haul of 8-95, including 3-31 in Mirpur.
From Bangladesh ’s prospective, fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza has improved his ranking by one place and he now sits in 41st position while left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak has lifted two places to 80th spot.
The list is headed by Sri Lanka ’s Muttiah Muralidaran with Australia ’s Stuart Clark in second spot and Dale Steyn of South Africa in third position.
There is no change in the top 30 of Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen. But there is good news for New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder who has rocketed up 45 places to 84th position thanks to his knocks of 91 and 39 not out in Mirpur.
West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul heads the batting chart while Sri Lanka ’s Kumar Sangakkara is second and Mike Hussey of Australia third.
Vettori also gained ground on South Africa ’s Jacques Kallis in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders but remains in second position with no changes affecting the top five of that category.
In the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship, New Zealand ’s 1-0 series win has cost it one ratings point and it now sits on 82 while the same result has earned Bangladesh its only point on the table.
Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship (as of 30 October, after the conclusion of the Bangladesh – New Zealand Test series)
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 138
2 South Africa 116
3 India 109
4 Sri Lanka 108
5 England 104
6 Pakistan 100
7 New Zealand 82
8 West Indies 81
9 Bangladesh 1
Reliance Mobile ICC Test Rankings (as of 30 October, after the conclusion of Bangladesh – New Zealand Test series)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge HS Rating
1 ( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 890! 49.08 890 v Aus at Bridgetown 2008
2 ( - ) Kumar SangakkaraSL 886 54.79 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
3 ( - ) Mike Hussey Aus 881 67.28 921 v WI at Kingston 2008
4 ( - ) Mohd Yousuf Pak 880 55.49 933 v WI at Karachi 2006
5 ( - ) Ricky Ponting Aus 853 57.88 942 v Eng at Adelaide 2006
6 ( - ) M. Jayawardena SL 837 52.41 847 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 2008
7 ( - ) Kevin Pietersen Eng 829 50.51 905 v WI at Headingley 2007
8 ( - ) Yunus Khan Pak 799 49.14 856 v Eng at Headingley 2006
9 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 774 55.46 935 v NZ at Centurion 2007
10 ( - ) Virender Sehwag Ind 770 52.28 854 v SA at Kolkata 2004
11 ( - ) Matthew Hayden Aus 768 52.43 935 v Eng at Brisbane 2002
12 ( - ) Graeme Smith SA 739 49.23 759 v Eng at Edgbaston 2008
13 ( - ) Michael Clarke Aus 692 45.50 761 v Ind at Melbourne 2007
14= ( - ) Andrew Symonds Aus 686* 44.65 718 v WI at Antigua 2008
( - ) Alastair Cook Eng 686 42.88 707 v SL at Galle 2007
16= ( - ) VVS Laxman Ind 679 43.55 753 v Aus at Sydney 2004
( - ) AB de Villiers SA 679! 41.61 679 v Eng at The Oval 2008
18 ( - ) Rahul Dravid Ind 670 53.58 892 v Pak at Kolkata 2005
19 ( - ) Sachin Tendulkar Ind 661 54.22 898 v Zim at Nagpur 2002
20= ( - ) R. Sarwan WI 659 40.40 697 v Eng at Old Trafford 2004
( - ) Ashwell Prince SA 659 42.23 756 v Pak at Centurion 2007
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge HS Rating
1 ( - ) Muttiah Muralidaran SL 895 21.96 920 v Ban at Kandy 2007
2 ( - ) Stuart Clark Aus 851* 22.06 863 v WI at Bridgetown 2008
3 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 847 22.51 897 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2008
4 ( - ) Brett Lee Aus 764 29.98 811 v WI at Antigua 2008
5 ( - ) Makhaya Ntini SA 760 28.22 863 v Ind at Durban 2006
6 ( - ) Ryan Sidebottom Eng 738* 25.68 769 v SA at Lord's 2008
7= ( - ) Chaminda Vaas SL 684 29.31 800 v Ind at Chennai 2005
( - ) Shoaib Akhtar Pak 684 25.69 855 v NZ at Wellington 2003
9 ( - ) Harbhajan Singh Ind 665 30.96 765 v NZ at Wellington 2002
10 ( - ) Shane Bond NZ 654* 22.39 778 v WI at Auckland 2006
11 ( - ) Monty Panesar Eng 653 31.95 721 v WI at Chester-le-St 2007
12 (+2) Daniel Vettori NZ 647 33.39 681 v Aus at Auckland 2000
13 (-1) Zaheer Khan Ind 641 33.65 689 v Pak at Delhi 2007
14 (-1) Jerome Taylor WI 628*! 34.69 628 v Aus at Bridgetown 2008
15 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 620! 34.51 620 v SA at The Oval 2008
16 ( - ) Mohammad Asif Pak 619* 23.13 710 v SA at Cape Town 2007
17 ( - ) Andrew Flintoff Eng 615 32.21 810 v Pak at Multan 2005
18 ( - ) Danish Kaneria Pak 614 33.90 723 v Eng at Multan 2005
19 ( - ) Anil Kumble Ind 605 29.60 859 v SL at Bangalore 1994
20 ( - ) Matthew Hoggard Eng 593 30.50 795 v SL at Edgbaston 2006
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points HS Rating
1 (-) Jacques Kallis SA 458 616 v Pak at Durban 2002
2 (-) Daniel Vettori NZ 369 369 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
3 (-) Andrew Flintoff Eng 302 501 v Pak at Multan 2005
4 (-) Dwayne Bravo WI 295/*! 295 v Aus at Bridgetown 2008
5 (-) Chaminda Vaas SL 281 300 v WI at Guyana 2008
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