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New Zealand retains third spot in ODI rankings after series win in Zimbabwe

8/11/2015

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Williamson, Guptill and Elliott ascend batting rankings; Gains for Zimbabwe players in defeat

New Zealand has retained its third place position in the ICC ODI Team Rankings but has dropped two rankings points after its 2-1 series victory in Zimbabwe which concluded in Harare on Friday. Kane Williamson’s men have dropped down to 110 points, five adrift of India and one clear of South Africa, who it will face in a three-match ODI series later this month.

As a consequence of the series defeat, Zimbabwe remains in 11th place but has gained two rankings points on tenth-placed Ireland, who lies on 50 points. 


Black Caps captain Williamson was the highest run-getter in the series and his tally of 187 runs in two innings (featuring scores of 97 and 90) has boosted the 25-year-old one place to a career high fourth in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen. The Tauranga man now lies eight points behind Proteas batsman Hashim Amla who lies in third place on 806 points. Ross Taylor remains in eighth place but has gained seven points and has thus closed the gap on seventh-placed Shikhar Dhawan of India to 26 points after scoring 112 not out (his 15th century in 50-over internationals) in his only innings of the series. There were also notable gains for his team-mates Martin Guptill (up three places to 19th) and Grant Elliott (up one place to a career high 44th).

It was also a productive series for a number of Zimbabwe batsmen with Sean Williams moving up five places to 51st, while there were also gains for Hamilton Masakadza (up one to 57th), Sikandar Raza (up 12 places to 58th) and Chamu Chibhabha (up three places to 86th). However, Craig Ervine was the home side’s leading run-getter and his tally of 174 runs in three games included his debut century (130 not out) in ODI cricket. As a consequence, the 29-year-old has passed the 1,000 run mark in ODIs (1,035 runs in 35 matches to date) and has vaulted 17 places to a career high 76th.


In the ICC Players Rankings for ODI Bowlers, the top 10 remains unchanged though left-arm pace bowler Mitchell McClenaghan has vaulted nine places to 39th after taking four wickets for 138 in the three games. His team-mate Nathan McCullum has moved up eight places to 44th after taking the joint most wickets in the series overall (five for 147 runs) alongside Ish Sodhi, in what was the leg-spinner’s debut series. There was also good news for Zimbabwe’s Tinashe Panyangara who has moved up 15 places to 87th.  

In the next ODI series, New Zealand will travel to face South Africa with the first of three ODIs due to start in Centurion on 19 August.

 

Forthcoming matches:

South Africa v New Zealand

19 Aug – First ODI, Centurion (d/n)

23 Aug – Second ODI, Potchefstroom

26 Aug – Third ODI, Kingsmead (d/n)

ICC ODI Championship table (as on 8 August, after Zimbabwe-New Zealand series):

Rank   Team             Points

1          Australia          129

2          India                115

3          New Zealand   110

4          South Africa    109

5          Sri Lanka         103

6          England            98

7          Bangladesh       96

8          Pakistan           90

9          West Indies      88

10        Ireland             50

11        Zimbabwe       45

12        Afghanistan     41

(Developed by David Kendix)

ICC ODI PLAYER RANKINGS (as on 8 August, after Zimbabwe-New Zealand series):

 

Batsmen (top 10)

 

Rank    (+/-)       Player                       Team       Pts         Ave        HS Rating

   1           ( - )          AB de Villiers        SA           889        53.65     902 v NZ at Auckland 2015

   2           ( - )          K. Sangakkara     SL           839        41.98     861 v Sco at Hobart 2015

   3           ( - )          Hashim Amla       SA           806        54.17     901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012

   4           (+1)         K. Williamson       NZ          798!       48.79     798 v Zim at Harare 2015

   5           (-1)          Virat Kohli            Ind          790        50.66     886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014

   6           ( - )          T. Dilshan              SL           781        39.71     802 v Sco at Hobart 2015

   7           ( - )          S. Dhawan            Ind          765        44.41     794 v SA at Melbourne 2015

   8           ( - )          Ross Taylor          NZ          739        43.91     743 v Zim at Harare 2015

   9           ( - )          MS Dhoni              Ind          723        52.24     836 v Aus at Delhi 2009

  10         ( - )          Glenn Maxwell     Aus         720        35.05     724 v Pak at Adelaide 2015

Selected rankings


 

Rank     (+/-)     Player                     Team        Pts         Ave        HS Rating

 19         (+3)         Martin Guptill       NZ          654        40.61     684 v Zim at Napier 2012

  44         (+1)         Grant Elliott          NZ         557!       36.05     557 v Zim at Harare 2015

  50         (-3)          Luke Ronchi         Aus/NZ  546        27.57     617 v SL at Christchurch 2015

  51         (+5)         Sean Williams      Zim         542        33.50     556 v Ind at Auckland 2015

  57         (+1)         H. Masakadza     Zim         528        28.31     566 v Ban at Mirpur 2009

  58         (+12)      Sikandar Raza      Zim         521*      32.64     528 v NZ at Harare 2015

  59         (-2)          E. Chigumbura     Zim         515        25.80     554 v SA at Bulawayo 2007

  76         (+17)      Craig Ervine          Zim         475*!    36.96     475 v NZ at Harare 2015

  86         (+3)         J. Chibhabha        Zim         446        24.94     458 v SL at Harare 2008

  99         (+3)         N. McCullum        NZ          398        21.20     480 v WI at Nelson 2014

Bowlers (top 10)


 

Rank     (+/-)      Player                             Team       Pts          Ave                      HS Rating

   1           ( - )          Mitchell Starc       Aus         783!       18.33     4.70       783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015

   2           ( - )          Trent Boult           NZ          716*      24.08     4.64       738 v Eng at The Oval 2015

   3           ( - )          Sunil Narine          WI          709        26.49     4.10       791 v SL at Jamaica 2013

   4           ( - )          Dale Steyn            SA           706        25.57     4.81       746 v Ind at Durban 2013

   5           ( - )          Imran Tahir          SA           704        21.54     4.40       735 v SL at Sydney 2015

   6           ( - )          M. Johnson           Aus         693        25.26     4.83       724 v Ban at Darwin 2008

   7           ( - )          S. Al Hasan           Ban        690        28.35     4.30       717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

   8           ( - )          Saeed Ajmal         Pak         665        22.73     4.18       810 v SA at Centurion 2013

   9           ( - )          James Anderson  Eng         650        29.22     4.92       719 v SA at The Oval 2013

  10         ( - )          Morne Morkel      SA           646        24.19     4.92       717 v SL at East London 2012

Selected rankings


 

Rank     (+/-)        Player                          Team       Pts         Ave                    HS Rating

 39         (+9)         M. McClenaghan NZ          510        28.78     6.04       603 v SL at Christchurch 2015

  40         (-5)          Prosper Utseya            Zim         509        46.90     4.36       663 v Ban at Harare 2006

  44         (+8)         Nathan McCullum        NZ          494        46.46     5.00       571 v Ind at Wellington 2014

  87         (+15)      T. Panyangara               Zim         407        50.87     6.20       430 v Ban at Chittagong 2005

  92         (-11)       Sean Williams                Zim         398        60.73     5.09       420 v Pak at Lahore 2015

All-rounders


 

Rank     (+/-)      Player                             Team      Pts         HS Rating

  1            ( - )          Shakib Al Hasan Ban        418        453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

   2           ( - )          T. Dilshan                              SL           379        415 v Sco at Hobart 2015

   3           ( - )          Angelo Mathews                  SL           375        427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014

   4           ( - )          Mohammad Hafeez           Pak         368        438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

   5           ( - )          James Faulkner                    Aus         361*/!   361 v NZ at Melbourne 2015

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after a minimum of 40 started innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating after he has conceded 1,500 runs.

!indicates career-highest rating

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