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Dubai , 18 January 2008
West Indies could finish series in fifth position; Pollock set to retire on a high; Smith and Gibbs aim to break into top five while Ntini and Taylor attempt to strengthen positions in leading bowlers’ list
Fresh from its 2-1 victory over the West Indies in the Test series, South Africa will aim for another convincing performance over Chris Gayle’s side in the five-match ODI series that will help it close the gap on Australia in the LG ICC ODI Championship table.
South Africa , trailing front-runners Australia by six points, will net three ratings points if its sweeps the series 5-0. That will put it on 127 points, just three behind Australia and 15 ahead of third-placed New Zealand .
A 4-1 win will ensure the Proteas stay on 124 ratings points while they will lose two points in case of a 3-2 result. Whatever maybe the outcome of the series, South Africa will still finish on second position on the Championship table.
West Indies, in sharp contrast, will leapfrog Sri Lanka , Pakistan and England into fifth position if it sweeps the series. For a 5-0 result, West Indies will pocket nine ratings points putting it one ahead of Sri Lanka and two ahead of Pakistan and England .
West Indies will still make progress in the right direction even if wins the series 4-1. It will join Pakistan and England in sixth place on 107 points but will remain behind the two teams when ratings points are calculated beyond the decimal point.
This series will also bring the curtain down on Shaun Pollock’s illustrious career. The 34-year-old all-rounder has so far played 298 ODIs and in the process he has taken 387 wickets and scored 4,014 runs.
Pollock is certain to sign-off on top of the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers and LG ICC Player Rankings for all-rounders.
In the bowlers’ list, the former South Africa captain leads New Zealand ’s Shane Bond by a comfortable margin while in the all-rounders’ category, Pollock is way ahead of Sri Lanka ’s Sanath Jayasuriya.
Besides Pollock , South Africa has Makhaya Ntini in ninth place and Andre Nel in 16th spot among the top 20 bowlers.
Ntini trails New Zealand ’s Kyle Mills and Australia ’s Brett Lee by 22 points and will be hoping to leapfrog the two into seventh place while Nel on 632 points has Australia ’s Brad Hogg, England ’s Andrew Flintoff, West Indies’ Daren Powell and Sri Lanka ’s Lasith Malinga well within his sights with 25 points separating Nel from 12th placed Hogg.
Powell’s team-mate Jerome Taylor in 10th place is the West Indies ’ highest-ranked bowler. He trails Ntini by just one point and, like the South African fast bowler, can make the upward movement if he succeeds in repeating the performance he put in against Zimbabwe late last year when he took 11 wickets in four matches and jumped 13 places to break into the top 10 for the first time.
Fidel Edwards and vice-captain Dwayne Bravo are currently ranked 42nd and 43rd respectively and they will view this series as an opportunity to improve upon that.
In the batting charts, Herschelle Gibbs and captain Graeme Smith will be attempting to break in the top five. Smith is currently ranked sixth, just one point behind Pakistan ’s Mohammad Yousuf while Gibbs is another six points behind in joint-seventh place with India ’s Sachin Tendulkar.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul is the highest-ranked West Indies batsman, in 10th place, just two points adrift Australia’s Mike Hussey while Gayle is ranked 14th in what is a closely packed section of the rankings.
The schedule for the South Africa– West Indies ODI series is as follows:
20 January – first ODI, Centurion
25 January – second ODI, Cape Town
27 January – third ODI, Port Elizabeth
1 February – fourth ODI, Durban
3 February – fifth ODI, Johannesburg
LG ICC ODI Championship (as of 18 January)
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 130
2 South Africa 124
3 New Zealand 112
4 India 110
5 Sri Lanka 108
6 Pakistan 107
7 England 107
8 West Indies 100
9 Bangladesh 47
10 Ireland 28
11 Zimbabwe 20
12 Kenya 0
(Developed by David Kendix)
Various scenarios (before the start of South Africa – West Indies ODI series)
If SA wins 5-0 = SA 127 ratings points; WI 96 ratings points
If SA wins 4-1 = SA 124, WI 99
If SA wins 3-2 = SA 122, WI 102
If WI wins 5-0 = WI 109, SA 115
If WI wins 4-1 = WI 107, SA 117
If WI wins 3-2 = WI 104, SA 119
LG ICC ODI Rankings (as of 18 January)
Batsmen
Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 Ricky Ponting Aus 832 ! 44.40 832 v NZ at Hobart 2007
2 Andrew Symonds Aus 773 41.30 778 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
3 Kevin Pietersen Eng 748 49.77 834 v Aus at Antigua 2007
4 Matthew Hayden Aus 745 44.20 854 v Ind at Centurion 2003
5 M. Yousuf Pak 742 42.40 777 v SA at Raw alp indi 2003
6 Graeme Smith SA 741 39.81 784 v Ind at Kolkata 2005
7= S.R.Tendulkar Ind 736 44.33 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
H.H.Gibbs SA 736 36.65 750 v SL at Durban 2003
9 Mike Hussey Aus 727 57.34 863 v NZ at Perth 2007
10 S.Chanderpaul WI 725 39.67 754 v SA at Durban 1999
11 Adam Gilchrist Aus 717 36.03 820 v SL at Dambulla 2004
12 Yuvraj Singh Ind 715 36.90 739 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2006
13 R.R.Sarwan WI 710 44.55 798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006
14 Chris Gayle WI 708 39.02 804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006
15 Michael Clarke Aus 702 44.51 750 v Ind at Bangalore 2007
16 AB de Villiers SA 700 36.46 730 v NZ at Durban 2007
17 MS Dhoni Ind 688 43.66 806 v WI at Kingston 2006
18 Jacques Kallis SA 680 44.77 816 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
19 S.T.Jayasuriya SL 676 32.63 838 v Ban at Pietermaritzburg 2003
20 K.C.Sangakkara SL 671 35.60 760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007
Bowlers
Rank Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
1 Shaun Pollock SA 863 24.54 3.69 920 v Pak at Johannesburg 2007
2 Shane Bond NZ 755 19.32 4.20 811 v SA at St George's 2007
3 Daniel Vettori NZ 746 32.34 4.20 767 v Eng at Perth 2007
4 Nathan Bracken Aus 726 22.86 4.42 806 v SL at St George's 2007
5 Chaminda Vaas SL 717 26.91 4.18 861 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2004
6 M.Muralidaran SL 712 22.68 3.84 913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002
7 Kyle Mills NZ 694 ! 25.92 4.63 694 v Ban at Queenstown 2007
8 Brett Lee Aus 689 22.84 4.70 853 v SA at Melbourne 2006
9 Makhaya Ntini SA 672 23.90 4.44 782 v WI at Cape Town 2004
10 Jerome Taylor WI 665 ! 26.76 4.75 665 v Zim at Bulawayo 2007
11 M.F.Maharoof SL 664 23.88 4.65 671 v Eng at Dambulla 2007
12 Brad Hogg Aus 657 26.70 4.53 687 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
13 Andrew Flintoff Eng 650 25.10 4.37 755 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
14 Daren Powell WI 649* 29.67 4.56 658 v Zim at Harare 2007
15 Lasith Malinga SL 647 24.67 4.72 687 v Ban at Colombo (RPS) 2007
16 Andre Nel SA 632 28.41 4.66 672 v Ind at Stormont 2007
17 Jacob Oram NZ 630 30.47 4.50 766 v Aus at The Oval 2004
18 James Anderson Eng 629 27.94 4.80 689 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
19 C.R.D.Fernando SL 628 ! 28.94 5.17 628 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2007
20 Abdur Razzak Ban 616 23.95 4.09 711 v Eng at Bridgetown 2007
All-rounders
Rank Player Team Points HS Rating
1 Shaun Pollock SA 481 496 v ASI at Chennai 2007
2 S.T.Jayasuriya SL 363 463 v Pak at Lahore 1997
3 Andrew Flintoff Eng 354 544 v SL at The Rose Bowl 2004
4 Chris Gayle WI 353 511 v Zim at Harare 2003
5 Jacques Kallis SA 326 505 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
Jacob Oram NZ 326 328 v Ban at Antigua 2007
West Indies could finish series in fifth position; Pollock set to retire on a high; Smith and Gibbs aim to break into top five while Ntini and Taylor attempt to strengthen positions in leading bowlers’ list
Fresh from its 2-1 victory over the West Indies in the Test series, South Africa will aim for another convincing performance over Chris Gayle’s side in the five-match ODI series that will help it close the gap on Australia in the LG ICC ODI Championship table.
South Africa , trailing front-runners Australia by six points, will net three ratings points if its sweeps the series 5-0. That will put it on 127 points, just three behind Australia and 15 ahead of third-placed New Zealand .
A 4-1 win will ensure the Proteas stay on 124 ratings points while they will lose two points in case of a 3-2 result. Whatever maybe the outcome of the series, South Africa will still finish on second position on the Championship table.
West Indies, in sharp contrast, will leapfrog Sri Lanka , Pakistan and England into fifth position if it sweeps the series. For a 5-0 result, West Indies will pocket nine ratings points putting it one ahead of Sri Lanka and two ahead of Pakistan and England .
West Indies will still make progress in the right direction even if wins the series 4-1. It will join Pakistan and England in sixth place on 107 points but will remain behind the two teams when ratings points are calculated beyond the decimal point.
This series will also bring the curtain down on Shaun Pollock’s illustrious career. The 34-year-old all-rounder has so far played 298 ODIs and in the process he has taken 387 wickets and scored 4,014 runs.
Pollock is certain to sign-off on top of the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers and LG ICC Player Rankings for all-rounders.
In the bowlers’ list, the former South Africa captain leads New Zealand ’s Shane Bond by a comfortable margin while in the all-rounders’ category, Pollock is way ahead of Sri Lanka ’s Sanath Jayasuriya.
Besides Pollock , South Africa has Makhaya Ntini in ninth place and Andre Nel in 16th spot among the top 20 bowlers.
Ntini trails New Zealand ’s Kyle Mills and Australia ’s Brett Lee by 22 points and will be hoping to leapfrog the two into seventh place while Nel on 632 points has Australia ’s Brad Hogg, England ’s Andrew Flintoff, West Indies’ Daren Powell and Sri Lanka ’s Lasith Malinga well within his sights with 25 points separating Nel from 12th placed Hogg.
Powell’s team-mate Jerome Taylor in 10th place is the West Indies ’ highest-ranked bowler. He trails Ntini by just one point and, like the South African fast bowler, can make the upward movement if he succeeds in repeating the performance he put in against Zimbabwe late last year when he took 11 wickets in four matches and jumped 13 places to break into the top 10 for the first time.
Fidel Edwards and vice-captain Dwayne Bravo are currently ranked 42nd and 43rd respectively and they will view this series as an opportunity to improve upon that.
In the batting charts, Herschelle Gibbs and captain Graeme Smith will be attempting to break in the top five. Smith is currently ranked sixth, just one point behind Pakistan ’s Mohammad Yousuf while Gibbs is another six points behind in joint-seventh place with India ’s Sachin Tendulkar.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul is the highest-ranked West Indies batsman, in 10th place, just two points adrift Australia’s Mike Hussey while Gayle is ranked 14th in what is a closely packed section of the rankings.
The schedule for the South Africa– West Indies ODI series is as follows:
20 January – first ODI, Centurion
25 January – second ODI, Cape Town
27 January – third ODI, Port Elizabeth
1 February – fourth ODI, Durban
3 February – fifth ODI, Johannesburg
LG ICC ODI Championship (as of 18 January)
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 130
2 South Africa 124
3 New Zealand 112
4 India 110
5 Sri Lanka 108
6 Pakistan 107
7 England 107
8 West Indies 100
9 Bangladesh 47
10 Ireland 28
11 Zimbabwe 20
12 Kenya 0
(Developed by David Kendix)
Various scenarios (before the start of South Africa – West Indies ODI series)
If SA wins 5-0 = SA 127 ratings points; WI 96 ratings points
If SA wins 4-1 = SA 124, WI 99
If SA wins 3-2 = SA 122, WI 102
If WI wins 5-0 = WI 109, SA 115
If WI wins 4-1 = WI 107, SA 117
If WI wins 3-2 = WI 104, SA 119
LG ICC ODI Rankings (as of 18 January)
Batsmen
Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 Ricky Ponting Aus 832 ! 44.40 832 v NZ at Hobart 2007
2 Andrew Symonds Aus 773 41.30 778 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
3 Kevin Pietersen Eng 748 49.77 834 v Aus at Antigua 2007
4 Matthew Hayden Aus 745 44.20 854 v Ind at Centurion 2003
5 M. Yousuf Pak 742 42.40 777 v SA at Raw alp indi 2003
6 Graeme Smith SA 741 39.81 784 v Ind at Kolkata 2005
7= S.R.Tendulkar Ind 736 44.33 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
H.H.Gibbs SA 736 36.65 750 v SL at Durban 2003
9 Mike Hussey Aus 727 57.34 863 v NZ at Perth 2007
10 S.Chanderpaul WI 725 39.67 754 v SA at Durban 1999
11 Adam Gilchrist Aus 717 36.03 820 v SL at Dambulla 2004
12 Yuvraj Singh Ind 715 36.90 739 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2006
13 R.R.Sarwan WI 710 44.55 798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006
14 Chris Gayle WI 708 39.02 804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006
15 Michael Clarke Aus 702 44.51 750 v Ind at Bangalore 2007
16 AB de Villiers SA 700 36.46 730 v NZ at Durban 2007
17 MS Dhoni Ind 688 43.66 806 v WI at Kingston 2006
18 Jacques Kallis SA 680 44.77 816 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
19 S.T.Jayasuriya SL 676 32.63 838 v Ban at Pietermaritzburg 2003
20 K.C.Sangakkara SL 671 35.60 760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007
Bowlers
Rank Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
1 Shaun Pollock SA 863 24.54 3.69 920 v Pak at Johannesburg 2007
2 Shane Bond NZ 755 19.32 4.20 811 v SA at St George's 2007
3 Daniel Vettori NZ 746 32.34 4.20 767 v Eng at Perth 2007
4 Nathan Bracken Aus 726 22.86 4.42 806 v SL at St George's 2007
5 Chaminda Vaas SL 717 26.91 4.18 861 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2004
6 M.Muralidaran SL 712 22.68 3.84 913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002
7 Kyle Mills NZ 694 ! 25.92 4.63 694 v Ban at Queenstown 2007
8 Brett Lee Aus 689 22.84 4.70 853 v SA at Melbourne 2006
9 Makhaya Ntini SA 672 23.90 4.44 782 v WI at Cape Town 2004
10 Jerome Taylor WI 665 ! 26.76 4.75 665 v Zim at Bulawayo 2007
11 M.F.Maharoof SL 664 23.88 4.65 671 v Eng at Dambulla 2007
12 Brad Hogg Aus 657 26.70 4.53 687 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
13 Andrew Flintoff Eng 650 25.10 4.37 755 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
14 Daren Powell WI 649* 29.67 4.56 658 v Zim at Harare 2007
15 Lasith Malinga SL 647 24.67 4.72 687 v Ban at Colombo (RPS) 2007
16 Andre Nel SA 632 28.41 4.66 672 v Ind at Stormont 2007
17 Jacob Oram NZ 630 30.47 4.50 766 v Aus at The Oval 2004
18 James Anderson Eng 629 27.94 4.80 689 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
19 C.R.D.Fernando SL 628 ! 28.94 5.17 628 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2007
20 Abdur Razzak Ban 616 23.95 4.09 711 v Eng at Bridgetown 2007
All-rounders
Rank Player Team Points HS Rating
1 Shaun Pollock SA 481 496 v ASI at Chennai 2007
2 S.T.Jayasuriya SL 363 463 v Pak at Lahore 1997
3 Andrew Flintoff Eng 354 544 v SL at The Rose Bowl 2004
4 Chris Gayle WI 353 511 v Zim at Harare 2003
5 Jacques Kallis SA 326 505 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
Jacob Oram NZ 326 328 v Ban at Antigua 2007