POSTED: Sunday August 19th 2007
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Big chance for England and India to move up LG ICC ODI Championship table
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Pietersen can retake top spot in batting log; Dhoni can also improve; Flintoff returns after injury to make his mark once again
With the LG ICC ODI Championship tightly packed, India could conceivably rise as high as second or alternatively drop as low as eighth by the time its seven-match ODI series in England concludes in early September.
If fifth-placed Rahul Dravid?s team beats England 7-0 or 6-1 it will move ahead of New Zealand into third position and depending how South Africa gets on in its three-ODI tour of Zimbabwe, it could even sneak into second spot.
The other side of the story is, however, that with just 13 ratings points separating third and eighth positions, India could also find itself sliding down the rankings just as quickly if things do not go according to plan over the next few weeks.
And likewise, eighth-placed England can shoot up the rankings to joint-second if it completes a series whitewash over Rahul Dravid?s team and
Zimbabwe is victorious over South Africa.
With India three places above England, it will have to win the series just to maintain its current rating such is the weighting system in place. But a 5-2 series win will push India above Sri Lanka into fourth position and 6-1 will give it 115 ratings points, one more than the Black Caps in third.
Zimbabwe can move above Ireland into tenth position by beating South Africa 3-0, a result that would see Graeme Smith?s side drop ten points on the log.
As such, it seems the only teams assured of finishing this English summer in their current positions are Australia at the top, Kenya at the bottom and Bangladesh in ninth place.
The England v India series will also be an opportunity for some of the world?s best players to move even closer to the very top. England?s Kevin Pietersen can retake top spot in the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen as he currently lies in second place, just four ratings points behind Australia captain Ricky Ponting.
Currently in fifth position, Mahendra Singh Dhoni can keep the pressure on Australia?s Matthew Hayden and Mike Hussey while Dravid (13
th) and Yuvraj Singh (18th) can improve on their positions inside the top 20.
With England?s Andrew Flintoff set to make a return from injury during the series, it will be a chance for the 29-year-old all-rounder to remind the world of what he can do and no doubt he?ll want to improve his standing in all three LG ICC ODI Player Rankings, for batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders.
Apart from Flintoff in 15th position, the only other bowler in this series currently in the top 20 is Ajit Agarkar (13th) with India?s selectors favouring Ramesh Powar over Harbhajan Singh, who is currently in 18th place.
Shaun Pollock still tops the list in LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers from Nathan Bracken of Australia in second and Shane Bond in third. Pollock is also ranked number one in the all-rounders? list with team-mate Jacques Kallis in second and Sanath Jayasuriya third.
LG ICC ODI Championship (as of 19 August 2007)
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 129
2 South Africa 122
3 New Zealand 114
4 Sri Lanka 111
5 India 110
6 Pakistan 108
7 West Indies 102
8 England 101
9 Bangladesh 48
10 Ireland 28
11 Zimbabwe 18
12 Kenya 0
(Developed by David Kendix)
LG ICC One-Day Rankings (as of 19 August 2007)
Batsmen
Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 Ricky Ponting Aus 799 43.31 805 v SA at Johannesburg 2006
2 Kevin Pietersen Eng 795 53.02 834 v Aus at Antigua 2007
3 Mike Hussey Aus 766 58.90 863 v NZ at Perth 2007
4 Matthew Hayden Aus 746 43.99 854 v Ind at Centurion 2003
5 Mahendra Dhoni Ind 736 46.97 806 v WI at Kingston 2006
6 Adam Gilchrist Aus 729 36.00 820 v SL at Dambulla 2004
7 Michael Clarke Aus 728
45.60 749 v SA at Centurion 2006
8 Andrew Symonds Aus 726 39.46 774 v Ban at Fatullah 2006
9 Graeme Smith SA 725 39.29 784 v Ind at Kolkata 2005
10 R.R.Sarwan WI 724 44.55 798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006
11= Jacques Kallis SA 720 45.49 816 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
Chris Gayle WI 720 38.89 804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006
13= S.Chanderpaul WI 711 38.96 754 v SA at Durban 1999
Rahul Dravid Ind 711 40.11 754 v WI at Kingston 2006
15 S.T.Jayasuriya SL 697 32.83 838 v Ban at Pietermaritzburg 2003
16 M.Jayawardena SL 694 33.52 737 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2001
17 H.H.Gibbs SA 687 35.86 750 v SL at Durban 2003
18 Yuvraj Singh
Ind 685 36.01 739 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2006
19 Mhd Yousuf Pak 681 41.02 777 v SA at Rawalpindi 2003
20 K.C.Sangakkara SL 680 35.76 760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007
Bowlers
Rank Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
1 Shaun Pollock SA 876 24.02 5.48 920 v Pak at Johannesburg 2007
2 Nathan Bracken Aus 794 21.36 3.91 806 v SL at St George’s 2007
3 Shane Bond NZ 790 19.32 3.91 811 v SA at St George’s 2007
4 Chaminda Vaas SL 741 26.79 5.48 861 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2004
5 M.Muralidaran SL 730 22.68 4.18 913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002
6 Makhaya Ntini SA 705 23.76 4.05 782 v WI at Cape Town 2004
7 Daniel Vettori NZ 697 32.94 3.84 767 v Eng at Perth 2007
8 Brett Lee Aus 686 22.65 4.27 853 v SA at Melbourne 2006
9 Lasith Malinga SL 684* 23.95 4.86 687 v Ban at Colombo (RPS) 2007
10 Andre Nel SA 664 27.62 4.73 672 v Ind at Stormont 2007
11 Brad Hogg Aus 656 27.10 4.67 661 v SA at St Lucia 2007
12 Abdur Razzak Ban 648 22.85 4.36 711 v Eng at Bridgetown 2007
13 Ajit Agarkar Ind 636 27.43 4.18 676 v WI at Kuala Lumpur 2006
14 Andrew Hall SA 630 26.44 5.17 655 v Eng at Bridgetown 2007
15 Andrew Flintoff Eng 626 25.88 5.10 755 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
16 Daren Powell WI 620*! 30.15 4.80 620 v Ire at Dublin 2007
17 Shahid Afridi Pak 619 35.26 3.78 622 v SL at Abu Dhabi 2007
18 Harbhajan Singh Ind 615 32.29 4.63 735 v WI at Bridgetown 2002
19 Jacob Oram NZ 613 30.58 4.16 766 v Aus at The Oval 2004
20 Mhd Rafiq Ban 608 37.90 4.10 650 v Zim at Bogra 2006
All-rounders
Rank Player Team Points HS Rating
1 Shaun Pollock SA 477 496 v ASI at Chennai 2007
2 Jacques Kallis SA 382 505 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
3 S.T.Jayasuriya SL 368 463 v Pak at Lahore 1997
4 Chris Gayle WI 366 511 v Zim at Harare 2003
5 Andrew Flintoff Eng 362 544 v SL at The Rose Bowl 2004
*Indicates a provisional rating
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