2015-03-02

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Brisbane, Mar 2 : There has been plenty of reshuffle in the Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings following 23 absorbing and exciting pool stage matches in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 currently being staged in Australia and New Zealand.

Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan has now become the number-one ranked all-rounder in the world following his 229 runs with the bat and three wickets with the ball to date. His form has helped him gain three places in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for All-rounders and he now leads Bangladesh’s second-ranked Shakib Al Hasan by 10 ratingsm points.

Dilshan’s team-mate Kumar Sangakkara is the leading run-getter to

date in cricket’s biggest spectacle with 268 runs and this is

reflected in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen.

The left-hander has moved up two places to join South Africa’s Hashim

Amla in second place.

The batting table is headed by South Africa captain AB de Villiers

who leads second-ranked Sangakkara and Amla by 49 ratings points. De

Villiers with 217 runs is sixth in the list of leading run-getters in

the tournament to date and is just two ratings points short of

becoming only the 11th batsman to break the 900-point barrier since

the introduction of the current ODI player rankings system.

West Indies’ Chris Gayle with 258 runs is second on the list of top

run-scorers for which he has been rewarded with a leap of five places

that, in turn, has put him in 52nd place along with Afghanistan’s

Samiullah Shenwari (up by 12 places).

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and South Africa’s David Miller

are the biggest movers in the latest rankings, which were released on

Monday.

McCullum has jumped 10 places to 18th following his 207 runs in four

matches to date, while Miller has moved up 14 places to 23rd as his

three innings have yielded 180 runs to date.

Other batsmen to head in the right direction are Aaron Finch eighth

(up by four places), Misbah-ul-Haq 13th (up by two places), Suresh

Raina 20th (up by four places), Mahela Jayawardene 21st (up by four

places) and Brendan Taylor 29th (up by three places).

Ireland’s Paul Stirling remains the highest-ranked batsman from the

Associate Member sides and is sharing 34th position with Bangladesh

duo Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim. Stirling’s team-mate Ed Joyce

has gained 12 places and is now in 58th spot, while the UAE’s Shaiman

Anwar, who is the seventh leading run-getter to date with 208 runs, is

in 99th spot after rocketing 93 places.

In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers, New Zealand’s

fast bowling pair of Tim Southee and Trent Boult have made significant

gains in the latest rankings.

Southee is the leading bowler of the tournament to date with 13

wickets, which has helped him jump 10 places to 12th, while Boult’s 10

wickets to date has put him in a career-high 24th place after a rise

of 23 places. Spin wizard Daniel Vettori has summed up an excellent

first couple of weeks for New Zealand by grabbing eight wickets, which

has earned him five places and ninth spot in the latest rankings.

South Africa’s wrist spinner Imran Tahir, Australia paceman Mitchell

Starc and Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Irfan have all achieved

career-best rankings.

Imran has jumped seven places to fourth following his nine wickets in

three matches, Starc has gained two places to fifth following his

eight wickets in two matches and Irfan’s five wickets have given him a

place inside the top 10 in 10th place following a rise of six places.

India’s Mohammad Shami and Ravichandaran Ashwin have also made upward

movements. Shami has gained 14 places and is now in 11th position

while Ashwin’s eight wickets to date have helped him climb six places

to 16th.

Ireland’s left-arm spinner George Dockrell is the highest-ranked

bowler amongst the Associate Member countries. The 22-year-old’s four

wickets in two matches have given him a rise of eight places that has

put him in 28th position.

Scotland’s Josh Davey, who has taken nine wickets in three matches to

date, shares 91st spot with Australia’s Glenn Maxwell after gaining15

places in the latest rankings.

RELIANCE ICC ODI TEAM RANKINGS

Following New Zealand’s four wins in as many matches and England’s

three defeats in four matches, the two sides have swapped places on

the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings. New Zealand is now fifth, just one

ratings point behind Sri Lanka, while England is now sixth, eight

rating points ahead of Pakistan.

Ireland, thanks to its victory over the West Indies, has leapfrogged

Afghanistan and now leads the Asian side by two ratings points.

Australia continues to lead the field with 120 ratings points, while

world champion India is second, four ratings points behind. South

Africa, on 113 ratings points, is third.

To find out exactly how the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will affect the

Rankings Table, please click here. The ODI table is updated after

every match.

Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 2 March, 2015, after match 23 in

the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015)

Rank   Team                          Ratings points

1          Australia                      120

2          India                            116

3          South Africa               113

4          Sri Lanka                     108

5          New Zealand              107

6          England                       102

7          Pakistan                       94

8          West Indies                 93

9          Bangladesh                 75

10        Zimbabwe                   52

11        Ireland                         42

12        Afghanistan                40

(Developed by David Kendix)

Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 2 March, 2015, after match 23

in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015)

Batsmen

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    Ave

HS Rating

1           ( – )          AB de Villiers        SA           898

52.93     899 v WI at East London 2015

2=        (+2)         K. Sangakkara     SL           849

41.55     853 v Afg at Mirpur 2014

( – )          Hashim Amla       SA           849

55.68     901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012

4           (-1)          Virat Kohli            Ind          847

52.17     886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014

5           (+1)         T. Dilshan              SL           798

39.46     800 v Ban at Melbourne 2015

6           (-1)          Kane Williamson NZ          789!

47.29     789 v Aus at Auckland 2015

7           ( – )          Shikhar Dhawan  Ind          784

44.59     794 v SA at Melbourne 2015

8           (+4)         Aaron Finch          Aus         734

38.92     743 v Eng at Melbourne 2015

9           (+1)         George Bailey       Aus         718

42.02     867 v SA at Harare 2014

10         (-2)          MS Dhoni              Ind          712

51.86     836 v Aus at Delhi 2009

11         ( – )          Ross Taylor          NZ          692

41.18     722 v Pak at Napier 2015

12         (-3)          Quinton de Kock SA           687*

39.78     749 v Aus at Sydney 2014

13         (+2)         Misbah-ul-Haq    Pak         675

43.22     744 v SL at Fatullah 2014

14         (+1)         Joe Root                Eng         671

40.29     688 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2014

15         (-1)          Angelo Mathews  SL           664

40.41     707 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014

16         (-3)          Rohit Sharma       Ind          661

38.84     684 v Aus at Melbourne 2015

17         ( – )          Glenn Maxwell     Aus         660

30.83     677 v Eng at Melbourne 2015

18         (+10)      B. McCullum        NZ          651

30.74     685 v Eng at Auckland 2013

19         (+1)         Faf du Plessis        SA           638

34.49     703 v NZ at Bay Oval 2014

20         (+4)         Suresh Raina        Ind          631

35.50     669 v Eng at Dharamsala 2013

21         (+4)         M. Jayawardene  SL           627

33.57     738 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2001

22         (-3)          Shane Watson      Aus         624

40.15     773 v SL at Hambantota 2011

23         (+14)      David Miller          SA           623

37.32     634 v Zim at Hamilton 2015

24         (-2)          James Faulkner    Aus         622*

48.12     628 v Eng at Perth 2015

25         (-4)          M. Hafeez             Pak         620

31.10     665 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

26         (-8)          Ahmed Shehzad  Pak         619

33.88     670 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

27         (-1)          Ian Bell                  Eng         615

37.33     702 v Ind at Edgbaston 2007

28         (-5)          Jos Buttler             Eng         610

31.15     633 v Ind at Perth 2015

29         (+3)         Brendan Taylor   Zim         609

33.55     667 v NZ at Napier 2012

30         ( – )          David Warner       Aus         608

32.55     622 v Eng at Sydney 2015

Bowlers

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    Ave

HS Rating

1           ( – )          Saeed Ajmal         Pak         733

22.18     4.13       810 v SA at Centurion 2013

2           ( – )          Sunil Narine          WI          719

26.49     4.10       791 v SL at Jamaica 2013

3           ( – )          Dale Steyn            SA           708

25.58     4.82       746 v Ind at Durban 2013

4           (+7)         Imran Tahir          SA           703*!

19.40     4.38       703 v WI at Sydney 2015

5           (+2)         Mitchell Starc       Aus         687*!

19.89     4.94       687 v NZ at Auckland 2015

6           (-1)          Mitchell Johnson Aus         667

25.73     4.85       724 v Ban at Darwin 2008

7=        (-3)          James Anderson  Eng         663

29.31     4.93       719 v SA at The Oval 2013

(-1)          Shakib Al Hasan Ban        663

28.15     4.28       717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

9           (+5)         Daniel Vettori       NZ          647

31.82     4.11       788 v Eng at Durham 2008

10         (+6)         M. Irfan               Pak         641!

29.64     4.86       641 v Zim at Brisbane 2015

11         (+14)      M. Shami              Ind          633

25.48     5.58       636 v SA at Melbourne 2015

12=       (-2)          Morne Morkel      SA           631

24.58     4.97       717 v SL at East London 2012

(+10)      Tim Southee         NZ          631

29.20     5.19       638 v Eng at Wellington 2015

14         (-6)          Rangana Herath  SL           624

31.91     4.41       703 v SA at Pallekele 2013

15         (-6)          M. Hafeez             Pak         620

35.01     4.06       769 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

16         (+6)         R. Ashwin              Ind          619

31.43     4.87       691 v SL at Hambantota 2012

17         (-4)          B. Kumar              Ind          613

36.76     4.61       657 v WI at Dharamsala 2014

18         (-4)          Ravindra Jadeja  Ind          610

32.65     4.81       738 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013

19         (-7)          Steven Finn           Eng         606

28.09     4.99       755 v NZ at Auckland 2013

20=       (-1)          Clint McKay         Aus         602

24.37     4.78       709 v Eng at Cardiff 2013

(+2)         M. Mortaza          Ban        602

30.41     4.66       653 v Zim at Mirpur 2009

22         (-5)          James Tredwell    Eng         601

27.81     4.77       646 v SL at Pallekele 2014

23         (-3)          S. Senanayake     SL           598

34.77     4.69       656 v NZ at Christchurch 2015

24         (+23)      Trent Boult           NZ          597*!

27.60     4.55       597 v Aus at Auckland 2015

25=       (+2)         Angelo Mathews  SL           593

34.52     4.54       649 v Ind at Trinidad 2013

(-4)          Kyle Mills              NZ          593

27.02     4.72       722 v Aus at Melbourne 2009

27         (-10)       Shahid Afridi        Pak         587

34.35     4.63       673 v Ban at Mirpur 2011

28         (+8)         George Dockrell   Ire           585

27.38     4.28       589 v WI at Nelson 2015

29         ( – )          Ryan McLaren    SA           570

27.28     5.24       681 v Zim at Bulawayo 2014

30         (-2)          Ravi Rampaul     WI          569

29.22     5.08       628 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2011

All-rounders

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    HS Rating

1           (+3)         T. Dilshan              SL          409!

409 v Eng at Wellington 2015

2           (-1)          Shakib Al Hasan Ban        399        453

v Zim at Chittagong 2009

3           ( – )          Angelo Mathews  SL           394

427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014

4           (-2)          M. Hafeez             Pak         384

438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

5           ( – )          Shahid Afridi        Pak         328

383 v Ban at Mirpur 2011

6           ( – )          James Faulkner    Aus         320*/

327 v Eng at Perth 2015

7           ( – )          Ravindra Jadeja  Ind          307

378 v Eng at Edgbaston 2013

8           ( – )          M. Nabi                 Afg         278

296 v Ire at Dubai (GCA) 2015

9           ( – )          Shane Watson     Aus         270

433 v WI at St Lucia 2012

10         ( – )          Glenn Maxwell     Aus         269 /*   280

v Eng at Melbourne 2015

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating

after a minimum of 40 started innings; a bowler qualifies for a full

rating after he has conceded 1,500 runs.

!indicates career-highest rating

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