England pacer Stuart Broad has returned to the top five of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers following the three-match series against Bangladesh, which concluded in Birmingham on Monday.
Stuart Broad in action. Photo by Shiek Mohamed
The 24-year-old has gained three places after taking four wickets in the series and now sits in joint-fifth position, level with Kyle Mills of New Zealand and Australia’s Doug Bollinger.
Broad’s team-mate James Anderson, who was left out of the team for the final ODI, has slipped three places to 16th position as a player loses one per cent of his rating for every match he misses. The bowling rankings are still headed by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori followed in second place by Bangladesh left-arm slow bowler Shakib Al Hasan, who did enough in the series in England to maintain second place.
Shakib will have an immediate opportunity to put more pressure on Vettori at the top as he embarks on a two-ODI series in Ireland and single matches against Scotland and the Netherlands.
Outside the top 20, Mashrafe Mortaza marked his return to the top flight with an impressive performance in the series. In three ODIs he took five wickets at an average of 20.60 and an economy-rate less than four runs per over. That effort has earned him 13 places in latest rankings and he now occupies 26th position.
There are no significant changes in the top 20 of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen except that England middle-order batsman Eoin Morgan has dropped 10 places to 24th position following a disappointing series for the Middlesex left-hander.
On the other hand, Morgan’s captain Andrew Strauss scored 237 runs at an average of 79.00 in the three games and moves up 14 places to joint-25th spot, level with Australia’s Cameron White.
Warwickshire right-hander Jonathan Trott’s 204 runs at 102.00 in two innings earned him no fewer than 50 places and he now sits in 61st position in the rankings. The list is still topped by India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni with AB de Villiers of South Africa second and Australia’s Michael Hussey third.
There is no change in the top five of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders with Shakib still top and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi in second position.
Meanwhile, with the ICC World Cricket League Division 1 tournament just concluded in the Netherlands, there has been plenty of rankings movement by players on the top Associate and Affiliate teams.
Netherlands right-hander Tom Cooper has moved up to sixth place among Associate and Affiliate players and 66th position overall following his excellent performance at the event. Cooper, who was named player of the tournament, scored 408 runs in six innings, including one century and three fifties, at an average of 68.00 during the event, making him easily the top run-scorer of the tournament.
The news is also good for Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien. The big all-rounder from Dublin led his side to victory in Saturday’s final with an unbeaten 98 as Ireland successfully defended its title against Scotland. O’Brien gained 20 places for his efforts during the tournament and is now the second highest-ranked Associate batsman, in 51st position overall.
Mohammad Shahzad of Afghanistan scored 250 runs for his team and has gained no fewer than 43 places in the latest rankings. The man from Nangarhar, who turns 19 on Thursday, is now ranked in 56th position, just one place behind Ashish Bagai of Canada, who gained seven places over the course of the WCL Div. 1. The Associate and Affiliate batting list is still headed by Netherlands’ Ryan ten Doeschate, who currently occupies 31st position.
Scotland’s Gordon Drummond has broken into the top 100 for the first time in his career by capturing eight wickets at an average of just 17.37 over the course of the tournament. He is now in 99th position.
Canada’s stalwart opening bowler Umar Bhatti now sits in 69th position overall, putting him fifth among the Associates, a list that is topped by three Kenyans, spinner Hiren Varaiya and pacers Thomas Odoyo and Peter Ongondo.
ICC One-Day Rankings (as of 13 July)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 ( – ) MS Dhoni Ind 807 51.31 837 v Aus at Delhi 2009
2 ( – ) AB de Villiers SA 805 43.56 814 v WI at Dominica 2010
3 ( – ) Mike Hussey Aus 792 51.65 865 v NZ at Perth 2007
4 ( – ) Hashim Amla SA 751*! 54.84 751 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2010
5 ( – ) Chris Gayle WI 738 39.42 808 v Zim at Harare 2003
6 ( – ) Sachin Tendulkar Ind 732 45.12 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
7 ( – ) T Dilshan SL 730 35.27 745 v Ban at Dambulla 2010
8 ( – ) Jacques Kallis SA 721 45.73 818 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
9 ( – ) Ricky Ponting Aus 716 42.85 831 v NZ at Hobart 2007
10 ( – ) S.Chanderpaul WI 711 41.77 778 v Eng at Guyana 2009
11 (+1) K Sangakkara SL 693 36.72 755 v Pak at Colombo (RPS) 2006
12 (+1) Graeme Smith SA 691 40.08 785 v Ind at Kolkata 2005
13 (-2) P Collingwood Eng 678 36.52 700 v Aus at Lord’s 2010
14 (+1) Michael Clarke Aus 659 43.03 751 v SL at Melbourne 2008
15 (+1) Shane Watson Aus 658 40.29 666 v Eng at The Oval 2010
16= (+1) Virender Sehwag Ind 655 34.02 787 v NZ at Auckland 2003
(+1) Virat Kohli Ind 655* 45.08 681 v SL at Harare 2010
(+1) Yuvraj Singh Ind 655 37.09 786 v WI at Kingston 2009
19 (+1) Ross Taylor NZ 650 35.82 698 v Aus at Adelaide 2009
20 (+1) Gautam Gambhir Ind 649 38.07 702 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
1 ( – ) Daniel Vettori NZ 761 31.21 4.14 790 v Eng at Christchurch 2008
2 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 694 31.16 4.18 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
3 ( – ) N Kulasekara SL 677 28.38 4.53 727 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009
4 ( – ) Ray Price Zim 666 35.91 3.79 722 v WI at Guyana 2010
5= ( – ) Kyle Mills NZ 658 26.45 4.68 723 v Aus at Melbourne 2009
(+3) Stuart Broad Eng 658 26.07 5.13 703 v SA at Trent Bridge 2008
( – ) Doug Bollinger Aus 658*! 22.14 4.33 658 v Eng at Lord’s 2010
8 (-1) Dale Steyn SA 640 30.65 5.30 662 v Zim at Benoni 2009
9 ( – ) Shahid Afridi Pak 636 34.73 4.61 667 v Ind at Mirpur 2008
10 ( – ) Jacob Oram NZ 629 30.66 4.35 770 v Aus at The Oval 2004
11 ( – ) Harbhajan Singh Ind 624 32.84 4.30 738 v WI at Bridgetown 2002
12 ( – ) Ajantha Mendis SL 621* 19.07 4.37 642 v SA at Centurion 2009
13 ( – ) Mitchell Johnson Aus 620 25.71 4.94 729 v Ban at Darwin 2008
14 (+1) Ryan Harris Aus 610*! 16.12 4.69 610 v Eng at Lord’s 2010
15 (+1) Praveen Kumar Ind 609 33.78 5.06 617 v NZ at Wellington 2009
16 (-3) James Anderson Eng 603 30.36 5.00 700 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
17 (+1) Saeed Ajmal Pak 600* 30.21 4.17 610 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2009
18= (+1) Johan Botha SA 595 41.21 4.63 665 v Aus at Centurion 2009
(-1) Graeme Swann Eng 595* 25.54 4.53 604 v Aus at Lord’s 2010
20 (+1) Zaheer Khan Ind 584 29.80 4.92 701 v SA at Dhaka 2003
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points HS Rating
1 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 390 454 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2 ( – ) Shahid Afridi Pak 382! 382 v Ban at Dambulla 2010
3 ( – ) Shane Watson Aus 367 385 v Pak at Sydney 2010
4 ( – ) Jacques Kallis SA 350 506 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
5 ( – ) Daniel Vettori NZ 349 354 v Aus at Auckland 2010
*Indicates a provisional rating