POSTED: Monday February 28th 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Plenty of movement in Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings after 11 matches of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Watson, Duminy Ten Doeschate and Steyn achieve career-best rankings; Sehwag, Tendulkar, Strauss, Johnson, Shahid Afridi and Zaheer also on the charge
There has been significant movement in the Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings after 11 matches of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 with no fewer than four players achieving career-best rankings.
In the latest rankings, which were released after the stunning tied Group B match between India and England in Bengaluru, Australia’s Shane Watson, JP Duminy of South Africa, Netherlands’ Ryan ten Doeschate and South Africa’s Dale Steyn have all achieved personal landmarks.
Watson, who scored 79 against Zimbabwe and 62 against New Zealand, has climbed four places to break into the top 10 for the first time in his career. Duminy’s contribution of 42 not out against the West Indies has lifted him two places to share 15th spot with captain Graeme Smith and West Indies’ Chris Gayle while Ten Doeschate’s 110-ball 119 against England has helped him vault 12 places to 20th position as Steyn has jumped four places to fourth position after his figures of 3-24 against the West Indies.
Other batsmen to head in the right direction include Virender Sehwag in fifth (up by six places), Sachin Tendulkar in 10th (up by five places), Andrew Strauss in 13th (up by eight places), Tamim Iqbal in 23rd (up by three places), Misbah-ul-Haq in 32nd (up by 12 places), Younus Khan in 44th (up by four places) and Kevin O’Brien in 52nd (up by four places).
Batsmen losing ground are Virat Kohli in third (down by one place), Kumar Sangakkara in eighth (down by one place), Gautam Gambhir in 10th (down by one place), Jacques Kallis in 14th (down by six places), Gayle in 15th (down by five places), Ricky Ponting in 19th (down by six places), Jonathan Trott in 23rd (down by three places), Paul Collingwood in 25th (down by three places), Ramnaresh Sarwan in 34th (down by four places) and Shahid Afridi in 35th (down by five places).
South Africa’s duo of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers maintain the top two positions in batting chart.
Apart from Steyn, Mitchell Johnson of Australia has rocketed 12 places to fifth position after figures of 4-19 and 4-33 against Zimbabwe and New Zealand, respectively.
Also on the move are are Shahid Afridi in 11th position (up by 12 places), Zaheer Khan in 14th (up by nine places), Harbhajan Singh in 16th (up by four places), Munaf Patel in 22nd (up by 11 places), Shaun Tait in 29th (up by eight places), Tim Bresnan in 30th (up by 11 places) and Shoaib Akhtar in 37th (up by seven places).
England’s James Anderson has taken a nosedive in the latest rankings when he has dropped 12 places to 24th position after figures of 0-72 and 1-91 against Netherlands and India, respectively.
Others slipping down the ladder include Shakib Al Hasan in sixth place (down by one place), Abdur Razzak in eighth (down by five places), Nuwan Kulasekara in ninth (down by three places), Lasith Malinga in 16th (down by three places) and Kyle Mills in 19th (down by five places).
Daniel Vettori of New Zealand continues to lead the field with South Africa’s Morne Morkel in second place and Ray Price of Zimbabwe moving up one place to third position.
In the Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings for all-rounders, Ten Doeschate has moved up four places to a career-best fifth position as the top four remain unchanged with Shakib leading the way.
Reliance ICC ODI Championship (as of 28 February, after India-England match and before the start of Zimbabwe-Canada match in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011)
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 131
2 India 119
3 South Africa 118
4 Sri Lanka 117
5 England 109
6 Pakistan 103
7 New Zealand 91
8 Bangladesh 67
9 West Indies 66
10 Zimbabwe 37
11 Ireland 37
12 Netherlands 16
13 Kenya 0
(Developed by David Kendix)
For information relating to the latest Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings go to www.relianceiccrankings.com
Reliance ICC ODI Rankings (as of 28 February, after India-England match and before the start of Zimbabwe-Canada match in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 883 58.64 890 v Ind at Centurion 2011
2 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 804 45.02 823 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2010
3 (-1) Virat Kohli Ind 791 48.10 804 v Ban at Mirpur 2011
4 ( - ) Mike Hussey Aus 760 51.96 865 v NZ at Perth 2007
5 ( - ) MS Dhoni Ind 726 48.65 837 v Aus at Delhi 2009
6= (+5) Virender Sehwag Ind 717 35.30 787 v NZ at Auckland 2003
( - ) T.Dilshan SL 717 35.29 751 v Ind at Dambulla 2010
8 (-1) K.Sangakkara SL 706 37.14 755 v Pak at Colombo (RPS) 2006
9 (+4) Shane Watson Aus 698! 41.59 698 v NZ at Nagpur 2011
10= (+5) S.Tendulkar Ind 688 45.11 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
(-1) G.Gambhir Ind 688 40.53 723 v NZ at Vadodara 2010
12 ( - ) Michael Clarke Aus 687 44.19 751 v SL at Melbourne 2008
13 (+8) Andrew Strauss Eng 683 36.43 709 v Pak at Lahore 2005
14 (-6) Jacques Kallis SA 681 45.66 818 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
15= (-5) Chris Gayle WI 671 38.81 808 v Zim at Harare 2003
(+1) Graeme Smith SA 671 39.88 785 v Ind at Kolkata 2005
(+2) JP Duminy SA 671! 42.80 671 v WI at Delhi 2011
18 ( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 662 41.60 777 v Eng at Bridgetown 2009
19 (-6) Ricky Ponting Aus 660 42.60 831 v NZ at Hobart 2007
20 (+12) R. ten Doeschate Net 657*! 71.21 657 v Eng at Nagpur 2011
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Econ HS Rating
1 ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 698 31.46 4.14 789 v Eng at Christchurch 2008
2 ( - ) Morne Morkel SA 692 24.60 4.84 704 v Ind at Centurion 2011
3 (+1) Ray Price Zim 664 35.02 3.77 722 v WI at Guyana 2010
4 (+4) Dale Steyn SA 662! 28.75 5.18 662 v WI at Delhi 2011
5 (+12) Mitchell Johnson Aus 661 25.27 4.91 729 v Ban at Darwin 2008
6 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 659 28.82 4.26 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
7 ( - ) Graeme Swann Eng 658 24.95 4.53 678 v Aus at Melbourne 2011
8 (-5) Abdur Razzak Ban 655 27.37 4.47 675 v Zim at Chittagong 2010
9 (-3) N.Kulasekara SL 653 28.97 4.55 727 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009
10 ( - ) L.Tsotsobe SA 634* 19.91 4.54 644 v Ind at Port Elizabeth 2011
11 (+12) Shahid Afridi Pak 631 34.52 4.63 667 v Ind at Mirpur 2008
12 (-1) Doug Bollinger Aus 630* 24.16 4.54 676 v Eng at Hobart 2011
13 (-4) Stuart Broad Eng 628 25.80 5.17 703 v SA at Trent Bridge 2008
14 (+9) Zaheer Khan Ind 610 29.50 4.92 701 v SA at Dhaka 2003
15 ( - ) Ajantha Mendis SL 609 19.57 4.36 642 v SA at Centurion 2009
16= (+4) Harbhajan Singh Ind 605 33.27 4.31 738 v WI at Bridgetown 2002
( - ) Jacob Oram NZ 605 29.85 4.33 770 v Aus at The Oval 2004
(-3) Lasith Malinga SL 605 27.02 4.92 679 v Ban at Colombo (RPS) 2007
19 (-5) Kyle Mills NZ 603 26.47 4.75 723 v Aus at Melbourne 2009
20 (-1) Trent Johnston Ire 600* 29.87 4.13 608 v Zim at Harare 2010
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 429 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2 ( - ) Shane Watson Aus 407! 407 v NZ at Nagpur 2011
3 ( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 372 382 v Ban at Dambulla 2010
4 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 327 506 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
5 (+4) R. ten Doeschate Net 322*/*! 322 v Eng at Nagpur 2011
*Indicates a provisional rating
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