ICC ODI Rankings: Series win will put Pakistan ahead of South Africa

Pakistan team in practice

New Zealand must beat Bangladesh to retain seventh spot; India assured of number-one position on the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings.

Pakistan has an opportunity to gain a place on the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings if it wins its upcoming series against South Africa by 3-2 or better. The five-ODI series will begin in Sharjah on Wednesday 30 October.

Pakistan is currently sitting in sixth position, four ratings points behind South Africa. However, if Pakistan wins the series 3-2, the two sides will swap places, with the Asian side moving into fifth position on 103 ratings points and the Proteas dropping to sixth spot on 102 ratings points.

Conversely, South Africa will move to 107 ratings points if it wins the series 4-1 and will narrow the gap with England and Sri Lanka to just four ratings points. That gap will be trimmed to just one rating point if South Africa sweeps the series.

Bangladesh v New Zealand

New Zealand finds itself in a must-win situation in its three-match series against host Bangladesh that starts in Dhaka on Tuesday.

New Zealand is in seventh position on 89 ratings points while Bangladesh is ranked ninth on 76 ratings points.

If Bangladesh wins the series, it will move to 79 ratings points while New Zealand will slip behind the West Indies into eighth, on 87 ratings. However, if New Zealand wins the series, then it will gain two ratings points and rise to 91 ratings points, while Bangladesh will drop to 75 ratings points after conceding one rating point.

India v Australia

World champion India has been guaranteed the number-one spot after the last two ODIs in the seven-match series against Australia were washed-out. Australia leads the series 2-1 with the final two matches to be played in Nagpur and Bengaluru on Wednesday and Saturday, respectively.

Australia had entered the series needing to win 6-1 or better to reclaim the number-one spot, which it last held in July 2012.

If Australia manages to win the final two ODIs, it will rise to 119 ratings points while India will finish on 120 ratings points. In sharp contrast, if India wins both matches, it will finish on 123 ratings points while Australia will slide to 114 ratings points – only three ahead of England and Sri Lanka.

To find out exactly how the forthcoming series will affect the Rankings Table, please click here. The ODI and T20I Rankings tables, unlike the Test Rankings Table, are updated after every match.

Meanwhile, the upcoming ODI series against Pakistan offers South Africa captain AB de Villiers an opportunity to overtake Hashim Amla at the top of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen, thereby regaining the number-one rank.

De Villiers was last ranked number-one in July 2013, and recently overtook Amla for the top spot of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen.

Virat Kohli in fourth, MS Dhoni in seventh and Misbah-ul-Haq in eighth are the others inside the top 10 of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen likely to be in action in the upcoming ODIs.

Umar Akmal and Suresh Raina in joint 16^th, along with Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan in 19^th, are also likely to feature in the upcoming ODIs.

Meanwhile, India spinner Ravindra Jadeja will strive to gain sole ownership of the number-one rank on the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers. Jadeja shares the position with West Indies’ Sunil Narine, and has the opportunity to claim the number-one position outright for the first time in his career.

Saeed Ajmal in third, Clint McKay in seventh, Mitchell Johnson in eighth, Lonwabo Tsotsobe in ninth and Mohammed Hafeez in tenth are some of the others inside the top 10 of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers eyeing an upward move.

Abdur Razzak in 11^th, Kyle Mills in 12^th, Morne Morkel in 13^th, Dale Steyn in 15^th, along with Ravichandran Ashwin in 18^th, Shakib and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar in joint 20^th are the other bowlers inside the top 20 of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers who will be seen in action.

Upcoming Fixtures

Bangladesh v New Zealand

29 Oct – 1^st ODI, Dhaka (d/n)

31 Oct – 2^nd ODI, Dhaka (d/n)

3 Nov – 3^rd ODI, Fatullah

India v Australia

30 Oct - 6^th ODI, Nagpur (d/n)

2 Nov- 7^th ODI, Bengaluru (d/n)

Pakistan v South Africa

30 Oct – 1^st ODI, Sharjah (d/n)

1 Nov – 2^nd ODI, Dubai (d/n)6 Nov – 3^rd ODI, Abu Dhabi (d/n)

8 Nov – 4^th ODI, Abu Dhabi (d/n)

11 Nov – 5^th ODI, Sharjah (d/n)

Reliance ICC ODI Rankings (as on 28 October, after the fourth India-Australia ODI and before Bangladesh-New Zealand and Pakistan-South Africa ODI Series)

Rank Team Rating (+/-)

1 India 122 (-1)

2 Australia 117 (+2)

3 England 111

4 Sri Lanka 111

5 South Africa 105

6 Pakistan 101

7 New Zealand 89

8 West Indies 89

9 Bangladesh 76

10 Zimbabwe 55

11 Ireland 38

12 Netherlands 13

13 Kenya 10

(Developed by David Kendix)

Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 11 October, before the start of India-Australia ODI series)

Batsmen

Rank Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating

1 Hashim Amla SA 853 54.85 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012

2 AB de Villiers SA 845 48.88 883 v Ind at Cardiff 2013

3 K Sangakkara SL 829! 39.99 829 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2013

4 Virat Kohli Ind 819 49.72 866 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2012

5 Jonathan Trott Eng 754 51.25 796 v SA at The Oval 2013

6 T Dilshan SL 746 37.46 765 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2011

7 MS Dhoni Ind 741 51.45 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009

8 Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 722 45.13 727 v Zim at Harare 2013

9 George Bailey Aus 714* 46.13 726 v Eng at Cardiff 2013

10 Shane Watson Aus 699 41.82 773 v SL at Hambantota 2011

11 Michael Clarke Aus 698 45.12 750 v SL at Melbourne 2008

12 Ross Taylor NZ 669 38.31 693 v Aus at Adelaide 2009

13= Alastair Cook Eng 661 38.85 752 v Aus at Lord’s 2012

Martin Guptill NZ 661 39.92 684 v Zim at Napier 2012

15 B McCullum NZ 655 30.75 685 v Eng at Auckland 2013

16= Umar Akmal Pak 654 38.85 702 v Afg at Sharjah 2012

Suresh Raina Ind 654 36.48 669 v Eng at Dharamsala 2013

18 Eoin Morgan Ire/Eng 648 39.56 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010

19 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 637 35.12 683 v Pak at Mirpur 2012

20 Paul Stirling Ire 635 37.59 693 v Pak at Dublin 2013

Selected Rankings

Rank Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating

21 Kane Williamson NZ 631! 36.20 631 v Eng at Cardiff 2013

26 Tamim Iqbal Ban 609 30.10 637 v WI at Khulna 2012

28 JP Duminy SA 604 39.98 668 v Net at Mohali 2011

30 Graeme Smith SA 597 38.56 784 v Ind at Kolkata 2005

31 M Hafeez Pak 594! 28.90 594 v Zim at Harare 2013

32 Nasir Jamshaid Pak 588* 37.66 589 v SA at Bloemfontein 2013

33 Nasir Hossain Ban 585*! 45.35 585 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013

45 Shahid Afridi Pak 545 23.51 663 v Ind at Lahore 1997

49 F du Plessis SA 535 27.62 552 v Eng at The Oval 2013

52 Mahmudullah Ban 528! 33.90 528 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013

56 Mushfiqur Rahim Ban 516 25.84 537 v WI at Mirpur 2012

67 David Miller SA 495* 34.33 515 v SL at Pallekele 2013

80 Asad Shafiq Pak 470 27.76 504 v Aus at Sharjah 2012

84 Grant Elliott NZ 452* 31.55 525 v Pak at Johannesburg 2009

Bowlers

Rank Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating

1= Ravindra Jadeja Ind 733 30.60 4.62 738 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013

Sunil Narine WI 733* 24.40 4.13 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013

3 Saeed Ajmal Pak 723 22.93 4.17 810 v SA at Centurion 2013

4 Steven Finn Eng 708 27.74 4.71 755 v NZ at Auckland 2013

5 Rangana Herath SL 699 32.80 4.23 703 v SA at Pallekele 2013

6 James Anderson Eng 696 29.11 4.97 719 v SA at The Oval 2013

7 Clint McKay Aus 694 22.12 4.59 709 v Eng at Cardiff 2013

8 Mitchell Johnson Aus 677 25.09 4.79 724 v Ban at Darwin 2008

9 L Tsotsobe SA 673 24.18 4.84 743 v NZ at Auckland 2012

10 M Hafeez Pak 666 34.50 4.00 769 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

11 Abdur Razzak Ban 663 27.81 4.47 679 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013

12 Kyle Mills NZ 656 26.29 4.69 722 v Aus at Melbourne 2009

13 Morne Morkel SA 644 24.11 4.88 717 v SL at East London 2012

14 Kemar Roach WI 642 26.77 4.92 650 v Pak at St Lucia 2013

15 Dale Steyn SA 636 29.07 4.92 666 v Ind at Nagpur 2011

16 Daniel Vettori NZ 632 31.50 4.11 788 v Eng at Durham 2008

17 N Kulasekara SL 622 32.86 4.63 727 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009

18 R Ashwin Ind 621 30.83 4.80 691 v SL at Hambantota 2012

19 Angelo Mathews SL 616 34.38 4.52 649 v Ind at Trinidad 2013

20= Shakib Al Hasan Ban 608 29.37 4.31 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

B Kumar Ind 608* 21.96 3.97 623 v SL at Trinidad 2013

Selected Rankings

Rank Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating

23 Tim Southee NZ 595 31.07 5.19 633 v Eng at Lord’s 2013

32 Mohammad Irfan Pak 564* 27.36 4.59 578 v WI at St Lucia 2013

33 Shahid Afridi Pak 559 33.93 4.62 673 v Ban at Mirpur 2011

37 Ryan McLaren SA 549*! 29.89 5.11 549 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2013

42= M Mortaza Ban 530 30.80 4.67 653 v Zim at Mirpur 2009

N McCullum NZ 530 45.39 4.81 537 v Aus at Edgbaston 2013

44 M McClenaghan NZ 525*! 16.51 5.22 525 v Eng at Cardiff 2013

51 Abdur Rehman Pak 496*! 36.41 4.19 496 v Zim at Harare 2013

54 Robin Peterson SA 492 36.78 4.88 575 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012

61 Wayne Parnell SA 462* 32.32 5.57 515 v Eng at The Oval 2012

64 Mahmudullah Ban 456 43.09 5.05 464 v WI at Mirpur 2012

75 JP Duminy SA 429* 40.63 4.93 433 v SL at Pallekele 2013

81 Naeem Islam Ban 420* 39.57 4.79 468 v Eng at Chittagong 2011

84 Sohail Tanvir Pak 417 33.45 5.14 633 v WI at Abu Dhabi 2008

89 Wahab Riaz Pak 399* 31.04 5.55 484 v WI at Barbados 2011

All-rounders

Rank Player Team Pts HS Rating

1 M Hafeez Pak 396 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

2 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 387 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

3 Shane Watson Aus 384 433 v WI at St Lucia 2012

4 Ravindra Jadeja Ind 377 378 v Eng at Edgbaston 2013

5 T Dilshan SL 371! 371 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2013