But West Indies can draw level with Shoaib Malik’s men with 3-0 series win in Abu Dhabi
Pakistan could move up to fourth in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table if its beats the West Indies 3-0 in the upcoming series beginning on Wednesday in Abu Dh
abi .All the ODIs will be day/night matches and will take place at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi and if Shoaib Malik’s men can win all three they will gain four ratings points and move above fifth-placed India and fourth-placed New Zealand .
However, with India playing England in a seven-match ODI series starting on Friday in Rajkot , those relative positions could change dramatically in the next couple of weeks.
But if the West Indies – currently in eighth place – wins the series 3-0 it will draw level with Pakistan on 103 ratings points so there is plenty at stake as the teams go head to head in the United Arab Emirates .
If the result of the series is 2-1 in Pakistan ’s favour, there will be no change with Pakistan and the West Indies remaining on 110 and 95 ratings points, respectively.
However, such is the weighted structure of the rankings with lower-ranked sides given credit for beating higher-placed opponents, a 2-1 victory for Chris Gayle’s team would see it gain four ratings points up to 99 while Pakistan would lose three.
The ODI Championship is currently being led by Australia with South Africa in second place and England third. There are just 13 ratings points separating the Proteas from Sri Lanka in seventh illustrating how competitive the ICC ODI Championship is at present.
Meanwhile, individually, there is also plenty for the players to aim for in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Player Rankings. Shoaib could make it into the top 10 in the batting list with a high-class performance across the three games. The 26-year-old is currently in 15th position but with that section of the rankings tightly packed, a big leap is not out of the question.
The West Indies has three batsmen in the top 20 with ICC Cricketer of the Year 2008 Shivnarine Chanderpaul in sixth place, Gayle in 11th position and Ramnaresh Sarwan in 20th spot. With Abu Dhabi traditionally providing a good batting wicket, there should be ample opportunity for these players to continue their journey up the rankings.
Jerome Taylor is the highest-ranked bowler from either side in 11th position but just behind him is Shahid Afridi in 12th place and they are closely followed by Daren Powell and Iftikhar Anjum, who are level in 15th place, and Sohail Tanvir in 19th spot.
Pakistan also boasts two players – Shahid (fourth place) and Shoaib (third place) – in the top five in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders so both will be looking to put further pressure on New Zealand’s Jacob Oram at the top of that list.
Upcoming fixtures:
12 Nov – Pakistan v West Indies (ODI), Abu Dhabi
14 Nov – Pakistan v West Indies (ODI), Abu Dhabi
16 Nov – Pakistan v West Indies (ODI), Abu Dhabi
Details of how the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table could be affected by other upcoming ODI series will be announced in due course.
Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table (as of 11 November, before the start of Pakistan v West Indies ODI series)
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 11
ICC One-Day Rankings (as of 11 November)
Batsmen
Rank Player Team Points Avge 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 757 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 Sachin 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 Chris Gayle WI 700 39.38 804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006
12 Herschelle Gibbs SA 689 36.18 750 v SL at Durban 2003
13 K. Sangakkara SL 680 35.66 760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007
14 Michael Clarke Aus 677 42.46 756 v SL at Melbourne 2008
15 Shoaib Malik Pak 676 35.75 685 v Ind at Lahore 2006
16 Sanath Jayasuriya SL 675 32.69 838 v Ban at Pietermaritzburg 2003
17= Yuvraj Singh Ind 673 35.91 739 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2006
AB de Villiers SA 673 35.57 733 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
19 Jacques Kallis SA 672 45.24 816 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
20 R.Sarwan WI 667 43.87 798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006
Bowlers
Rank Player Team Points Avge Economy HS Rating Ranking
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 645 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
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= Jacques Kallis SA 331 505 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
Shahid Afridi Pak 331 360 v Ind at Dhaka 2008
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