Dhoni regains No. 1 ODI batting position PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 20 February 2010 16:36
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has retaken top spot in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsman as his see-saw battle with Australia’s Michael Hussey continues.

Hussey, who had been top of the log briefly following the recent series against Pakistan, scored 23 in the fourth ODI and didn’t play in the fifth and final match of the series and so drops below Dhoni, who now embarks on a three-ODI series against South Africa.

The news is better for Hussey’s captain Ricky Ponting, who has gained four places in the latest rankings and regains a position in the top five, sitting as he does now in fourth spot, just behind South Africa’s AB de Villiers.

The main mover in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers is Australia’s Doug Bollinger, who has gained no fewer than 25 places and has broken into the top 20 for the first time in his career.

The 28-year-old New South Welshman took 11 wickets in the five-ODI series at an impressive average of 11.36 and an economy-rate of just 3.90 runs per over to help his team to a 5-0 clean sweep. He now sits in 18th position in the latest rankings, not far behind Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis.

Looking ahead to the India v South Africa, there will be plenty of opportunity for movement in the player rankings. And in the ICC ODI Championship, South Africa can move ahead of India into second place if it wins the series 2-1 or better. Even if India wins the series 3-0, it cannot catch number-one-ranked Australia, which is the clear leader.

21 Feb – First ODI (d/n), India v South Africa, Jaipur
24 Feb – Second ODI (d/n), India v South Africa, Gwalior
27 Feb – Third ODI (d/n), India v South Africa, Ahmedabad

ODI Championship (as of 20 February, following the conclusion of the Australia v West Indies series and prior to the India v South series)

BATSMEN
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1. (+1) MS Dhoni IND 822 51.12 837 v Aus at Delhi 2009
2. (-1) Michael Hussey AUS 809 53.94 865 vs NZ at Perth 2007
3. (-) AB de Villiers SA 749 39.64 754 v Eng at Cape Town 2009
4. (+4) Ricky Ponting AUS 739 43.30 831 v NZ at Hobart 2007
5. (+1) Graeme Smith SA 729 40.67 785 v Ind at Kolkata 2005
6. (+1) Sachin Tendulkar IND 723 44.71 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
7= (-2) Shiv Chanderpaul WI 714 41.66 778 v Eng at Guyana 2009
7= (-3) Chris Gayle WI 714 39.38 808 v Zim at Harare 2003
9. (-) Virender Sehwag IND 702 34.32 787 v NZ at Auckland 2003
10. (-) Kumar Sangakkara SL 701 36.55 755 v Pak at Colombo 2006
11. (-) Jacques Kallis SA 695 45.25 818 v WI at Joburg 2004
12. (-) Yuvraj Singh IND 692 37.09 786 v WI at Kingston 2009
13. (-) Tillakaratne Dilshan SL 687! 33.70 687 v Ind at Mirpur 2010
14. (-) Paul Collingwood ENG 678 36.11 688 v SA at Cape Town 2009
15. (-) Herschelle Gibbs SA 672 36.30 752 v SL at Durban 2003
16. (-) Michael Clarke AUS 664 42.73 751 v SL at Melbourne 2008
17. (+1) Mohammad Yousuf PAK 655 42.40 779 v Zim at Harare 2002
18. (-1) Brendon McCullum NZ 643 28.91 666 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2009
19. (-) Gautam Gambhir IND 642 37.47 702 v SL at Colombo 2009
20. (-) Suresh Raina IND 641! 37.62 641 v SL at Mirpur 2010
BOWLERS
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1. (-) Daniel Vettori NZ 761 31.36 790 v Eng at Christchurch 2008
2. (-) Ray Price ZIM 701*! 33.57 701 v SA at Centurion 2009
3. (-) Shakib Al Hasan BAN 700 31.12 716 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
4. (+1) Nuwan Kulasekara SL 682 27.50 727 v NZ at Colombo 2009
5. (-1) Kyle Mills NZ 675 26.45 723 v Aus at Melbourne 2009
6. (-) Harbhajan Singh IND 655 32.80 738 v WI at Bridgetown 2002
7. (+1) Stuart Broad ENG 646 25.96 703 v SA at Trent Bridge 2008
8. (-1) Shane Bond NZ 642 20.87 810 v SA at St George's 2007
9. (+4) Jacob Oram NZ 641 30.67 770 v Aus at The Oval 2004
10. (-1) Shahid Afridi PAK 639 34.61 667 v Ind at Mirpur 2008
11= (-1) James Anderson ENG 638 29.93 700 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
11= (-1) Dale Steyn SA 638* 29.23 662 v Zim at Benoni 2009
13. (-1) Johan Botha SA 637 38.93 665 v Aus at Centurion 2009
14. (+6) Nathan Hauritz AUS 613* 31.86 622 v Ind at Guwahati 2009
15. (-1) Mitchell Johnson AUS 609 26.47 729 v Ban at Darwin 2008
16. (-) Andrew Flintoff ENG 608 24.38 758 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
17. (-) Ajantha Mendis SL 604* 17.86 642 v SA at Centurion 2009
18. (+25) Doug Bollinger AUS 600*! 16.93 600 v WI at Melbourne 2010
19. (-) Muttiah Muralitharan SL 599 22.98 913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002
20. (-5) Nathan Bracken AUS 596 24.36 808 v SL at St George's 2007

ALL-ROUNDERS
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points HS Rating
1. (-) Shakib Al Hasan BAN 427 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2. (-) Shane Watson AUS 370 384 v Pak at Sydney 2010
3. (-) Yuvraj Singh IND 354 357 v Ban at Mirpur 2010
4. (+1) Jacob Oram NZ 340 383 v WI at Queenstown 2008
5. (-1) Shahid Afridi PAK 336 352 v Ken at Nairobi 2002

*Indicates a provisional rating
!Indicates currently on highest career points
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