Dubai , 20 April 2008Afridi replaces the iconic spinner while Chanderpaul and Salman Butt are rewarded for superlative batting displays
Sri Lanka ’s Muttiah Muralidaran has slipped out of the top 10 bowlers in the Reliance Mobile ICC Rankings for the first time in over a decade while West Indies ’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul has returned to the top five in batting list.
Muralidaran, who skipped the series which the West Indies won 2-0, has now slipped below Pakistan ’s Shahid Afridi who occupies 10th position.
Muralidaran, who leads the rankings for Test bowlers, was last out of the top 10 ODI bowlers in July 1997. The iconic spinner will now have a wait for a couple of months before attempting a return when the Asia Cup gets underway in Pakistan on 24 June.
In sharp contrast, Afridi has entered the top 10 for the first time in his career after a successful series against Bangladesh in which he bagged 12 wickets. The 28-year-old wrist spinner had started the series in 21st place and climbed 11 positions to join the elite company.
Also on the move is the Pakistan pace quartet of Mohammad Asif, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul and Iftikhar Anjum.
Asif, returning to action after a six-month layoff because of elbow injury, took five wickets in the last two matches to move 10 places to 24th position while Tanvir jumped 22 places to 26th spot, Anjum lifted seven places to 21st place and Gul climbed eight places to 31st position.
West Indies ’ Jerome Taylor has consolidated his position in the top 10 as he moves up two places to eighth spot while Dwayne Bravo gains 19 places to sit in 27th spot.
There is little joy for Bangladesh in the latest Reliance Mobile ICC Rankings. Andur Razzak, after dropping two places, remains his country’s highest ranked bowler in 28th position. Mashrafe Mortaza, however, gains two places after his series effort of eight wickets and now sits in 29th position.
The bowlers are headed by new Zealand ’s Daniel Vettori, ahead of Nathan Bracken of Australia .
In the Reliance Mobile ICC Rankings for ODI batsmen, West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul is a top five hit after memorable performances against Sri Lanka . Chanderpaul scored an unbeaten 62, including 10 off the last two deliveries from Chaminda Vaas, in the first ODI to pull off a one-wicket victory, followed by 52 not out to seal the series in game two.
These performances have helped Chanderpaul climb five spots to share fifth place with Australia ’s Matthew Hayden.
The other big mover in the batting list is Pakistan ’s Salman Butt who jumps from 53rd place to 23rd position after his record-breaking series against Bangladesh . Butt scored a record 451 runs, the most by a Pakistani in a bilateral series, and by any one-day international batsman in a five-match series.
The batting list is led by South Africa captain Graeme Smith, ahead of India ’s Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain.
In the Reliance Mobile ICC Rankings ODI Championship table, Sri Lanka drops two ratings points after its 2-0 defeat against the West Indies while Pakistan holds firm in fifth place but gains one ratings point for its 5-0 victory against Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka shares sixth place with England on 105 points but remains ahead of Paul Collingwood’s side when the ratings are calculated to decimal points. Pakistan has narrowed the gap with fourth-placed India to three ratings points.
West Indies has secured two ratings points and now sits on 99 points, six behind Sri Lanka and England .
ODI action will resume in June when England takes on New Zealand in a five-match series from 15 June while West Indies will go head-to-head with Australia at home, also in a five-match ODI series from 24 June, the same day that the six-team Asia Cup begins in Pakistan.
Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship (as of 20 April, post Pakistan – Bangladesh and West Indies v Sri Lanka series)
Rank Team Rating
1 South Africa 127
2 Australia 127
3 New Zealand 113
4 India 113
5 Pakistan 110
6 Sri Lanka 105
7 England 105
8 West Indies 99
9 Bangladesh 47
10 Ireland 20
11 Zimbabwe 18
12 Kenya 0
Reliance Mobile ICC One-Day Rankings (as of 20 April)
Batsmen
Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 Graeme Smith SA 792 ! 41.11 792 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
2 S.R.Tendulkar Ind 777 44.33 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
3 Ricky Ponting Aus 770 43.40 832 v NZ at Hobart 2007
4 Mohd Yousuf Pak 763 43.62 777 v SA at Rawalpindi 2003
5= S.Chanderpaul WI 740 40.24 754 v SA at Durban 1999
Matthew Hayden Aus 740 43.80 854 v Ind at Centurion 2003
7 Mike Hussey Aus 736 55.60 863 v NZ at Perth 2007
8 Kevin Pietersen Eng 735 48.18 834 v Aus at Antigua 2007
9 AB de Villiers SA 733! 37.66 733 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
10 MS Dhoni Ind 728 45.50 806 v WI at Kingston 2006
11 H.H.Gibbs SA 718 36.53 750 v SL at Durban 2003
12 Michael Clarke Aus 717 44.04 756 v SL at Melbourne 2008
13 Andrew Symonds Aus 713 39.68 778 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
14 K.C.Sangakkara SL 698 35.72 760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007
15 Yuvraj Singh Ind 691 36.09 739 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2006
16 Jacques Kallis SA 688 45.21 816 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
17 Chris Gayle WI 687 38.93 804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006
18 R.R.Sarwan WI 681 44.12 798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006
19 M.Jayawardena SL 661 33.04 737 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2001
20 Ian Bell Eng 657 36.29 705 v Ind at Birmingham 2007
Bowlers
Rank Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
1 Daniel Vettori NZ 790! 31.87 4.18 790 v Eng at Christchurch 2008
2 Nathan Bracken Aus 770 21.89 4.37 806 v SL at St George's 2007
3 Shane Bond NZ 736 19.32 4.20 811 v SA at St George's 2007
4= Chaminda Vaas SL 683 27.41 4.18 861 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2004
Kyle Mills NZ 683 26.66 4.65 694 v Ban at Queenstown 2007
6 Andre Nel SA 682 26.95 4.61 685 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
7 Daren Powell WI 680! 30.16 4.56 680 v SL at St Lucia 2008
8 Jerome Taylor WI 678 27.46 4.69 688 v SA at Cape Town 2008
9 Brett Lee Aus 671 22.81 4.71 853 v SA at Melbourne 2006
10 Shahid Afridi Pak 662! 35.00 4.61 662 v Ban at Karachi 2008
11 M.Muralidaran SL 658 23.00 3.87 913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002
12 M.F.Maharoof SL 644 24.39 4.65 671 v Eng at Dambulla 2007
13 Brad Hogg Aus 636 26.84 4.52 687 v Ind at Nagpur 2007
14 Makhaya Ntini SA 635 24.12 4.46 782 v WI at Cape Town 2004
15= Andrew Flintoff Eng 634 25.10 4.37 755 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
Jacob Oram NZ 634 31.24 4.48 768 v Aus at The Oval 2004
17 M.G.Johnson Aus 632* 25.41 4.80 659 v SL at Melbourne 2008
18 Harbhajan Singh Ind 615 33.51 4.18 735 v WI at Bridgetown 2002
19 Lasith Malinga SL 612 25.58 4.80 687 v Ban at Colombo (RPS) 2007
20 Peter Ongondo Ken 610! 25.14 4.34 610 v Ber at Nairobi 2007
All-rounders
Rank Player Team Points HS Rating
1 Shoaib Malik Pak 353 402 v WI at Brisbane 2005
2 Shahid Afridi Pak 348 353 v SA at Tangier 2002
3 Chris Gayle WI 339 511 v Zim at Harare 2003
4 Andrew Flintoff Eng 337 544 v SL at The Rose Bowl 2004
5 Jacob Oram NZ 335 353 v Eng at Auckland 2008
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