Proteas slip down the ICC ranks to number 3

[Khalil]

Proteas slip down the ranks
2009-10-01 17:59



Johannesburg - South Africa's dismal performance in the ICC Champions Trophy, with two losses from their three group matches, saw them fall from first to third place in the ICC world rankings released on Thursday.

South Africa entered the tournament as the number-one side on 126 ratings points but have now slipped to third on 121 ratings points.

Defending champions Australia regained the top spot on 126 ratings points after recording victories over the West Indies and Pakistan.


Former winner India, which also took an early flight home after losing to Pakistan with their match against Australia being washed out, have retained their second position but have conceded two points and now sit on 124.

However, India can regain the coveted number-one spot if sixth-placed England defeat four-time world champions Australia in the first semi-final at Centurion on Friday.

Defeat would drop Ricky Ponting's side to 124 ratings points and behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side when ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.

There will be plenty at stake in the second semi-final when 2000 winner New Zealand go head to head with Pakistan at the Wanderers on Saturday.


A defeat for Younus Khan's men would see them drop to 109 ratings points and potentially sixth place if England upset Australia.

If Australia beat England and New Zealand defeat Pakistan, the green shirts would slip one place to fifth.

ICC World Ranking:

1. Australia 126
2. India 124
3. South Africa 121
4. Pakistan 112
5. New Zealand 109
6. England 107
7. Sri Lanka 106
8. West Indies 76
9. Bangladesh 55
10. Zimbabwe 26
11. Ireland 25
12. Kenya 0

[mindless slogging]

We're moving up again, although it looks like Australia will retain their position.

[Saj]

Shoaib, Steyn and Anderson vault into the top 20 as South Africa fails to defend its number-one spot in Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship

Australia on top for now but will fall behind India if it loses to England in the first semi-final

Hussey, Smith, Ponting, Mills, Bond, Mendis and Broad on the charge

The group stage of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009, as expected, has provided thrilling, exciting and nail-biting finishes, as well as a couple of heart-breaking results which have caused plenty of reshuffle in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Team and Player Rankings.

Host South Africa, which entered the tournament as the number-one side in the team rankings on 126 ratings points, has slipped to third on 121 ratings points after suffering defeats against Sri Lanka and England which resulted in its elimination from the tournament it won in 1998 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In contrast, defending champion Australia has regained the top spot on 126 ratings points after recording victories over the West Indies and Pakistan. Former winner India, which also took an early flight home after losing to Pakistan with its match against Australia being washed out, has retained its second position but has conceded two ratings points and now sits on 124.

However, India can regain the coveted number-one spot if sixth-placed England defeats four-time world champion Australia in the first semi-final at Centurion on Friday. Defeat would drop Ricky Ponting’s side to 124 ratings points and behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side when ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.

There will be plenty at stake in the second semi-final when 2000 winner New Zealand goes head to head with Pakistan at The Wanderers on Saturday. A defeat for Younus Khan’s men will drop it to 109 ratings points and potentially in sixth place if England upsets Australia.

If Australia beats England and New Zealand defeats Pakistan, the green shirts will slip one place to fifth.

In case of Australia beating England and Pakistan defeating New Zealand, Australia will go to 127 ratings points and Pakistan will rise to 113 ratings points while England, Sri Lanka and New Zealand will be locked on 106 ratings. Nevertheless, England will be in fifth position, Sri Lanka in sixth spot and New Zealand in seventh place after the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.

In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings, it is still India first and second with Dhoni leading Yuvraj Singh in the batting table and Nuwan Kulasekara of Sri Lanka just ahead of New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori in the bowling chart.

But good performances in the group stage of the ICC Champions Trophy have helped several star players improve upon their rankings and move up the ladder.

In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, South Africa captain Graeme Smith has rocketed five places to third position after scoring 206 runs while Australia’s Mike Hussey is just behind in fourth position after jumping two places to trail second-placed Yuvraj by four points.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who is the third leading run-getter to date with 176 runs, has also improved his ranking by four places and he now sits in ninth spot with eighth-placed Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar firmly within his sights.

Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik, who put on 206 runs for the fourth wicket against India, have also made movements in the right direction with Yousuf climbing one place to 13th and Shoaib, who is the second lead run-getter to date with 178 runs, vaulting eight places to 15th.

Other notable batsmen outside the top 20 are England’s Paul Collingwood 21st (up by six places) and Owais Shah 30th (up by nine places), New Zealand’s Martin Guptill 40th (up by 24 places) and Eoin Morgan of England who has shot 31 places to 43th spot.

In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, South Africa’s Dale Steyn has achieved his career-best ranking to date to assume eighth position. His six wickets in the tournament have helped him rise 14 places to share the position with Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralidaran who has dropped three places.

Also on the charge is England fast bowler Stuart Broad whose 10 wickets to date have helped him jump four places to 14th spot while his team-mate James Anderson has returned to the top 20 in 19th place after his seven wickets have helped him climb 16 places.

In the top 10, New Zealand pair of Kyle Mills and Shane Bond have improved their positions by two places. Mills shares second place with his captain Vettori while Bond is in fifth spot.

Also achieving his career-best ranking is Sri Lanka’s magician spinner Ajantha Mendis who is now in seventh position after rising four places.

The only change in the top five of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for all-rounders is Shahid Afridi who has climbed one place to share fourth spot with Jacob Oram of New Zealand.

Forthcoming matches in the ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

2 Oct – Australia v England, Centurion (d/n)
3 Oct – Pakistan v New Zealand, The Wanderers (d/n)
5 Oct - Final

For more information go to www.reliancemobileiccrankings.com.

Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship (as of 1 October, after group stage of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009)

Rank Team Rating

1 Australia 126
2 India 124
3 South Africa 121
4 Pakistan 112
5 New Zealand 109
6 England 107
7 Sri Lanka 106
8 West Indies 76
9 Bangladesh 55
10 Zimbabwe 26
11 Ireland 25
12 Kenya 0

(Developed by David Kendix)

ICC One-Day Rankings (as of 1 October, after group stage of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009)

Batsmen

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) MS Dhoni Ind 814 49.67 831 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009
2 ( - ) Yuvraj Singh Ind 766 37.75 794 v WI at Kingston 2009
3 (+5) Graeme Smith SA 763 41.03 792 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
4 (+2) Mike Hussey Aus 762 52.36 863 v NZ at Perth 2007
5 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 761 39.60 765 v NZ at Centurion 2009
6 (-3) S.Chanderpaul WI 747 41.66 793 v Eng at Guyana 2009
7 (-3) Chris Gayle WI 744 39.94 804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006
8 (-1) S. Tendulkar Ind 723 44.48 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
9 (+4) Ricky Ponting Aus 716 42.92 832 v NZ at Hobart 2007
10 (-1) V. Sehwag Ind 710 34.32 774 v NZ at Auckland 2003
11 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 701 45.10 816 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
12 (-2) H. Gibbs SA 699 36.30 750 v SL at Durban 2003
13 (+1) M. Yousuf Pak 692 42.95 777 v SA at Rawalpindi 2003
14 (-2) Michael Clarke Aus 688 42.62 756 v SL at Melbourne 2008
15 (+8) Shoaib Malik Pak 661 35.21 690 v WI at Abu Dhabi 2008
16 (-1) K. Sangakkara SL 659 35.79 760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007
17= (+2) G. Gambhir Ind 655 37.42 713 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009
(-1) Kevin Pietersen Eng 655 46.67 834 v Aus at Antigua 2007
19 (-1) R. Sarwan WI 646 43.04 798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006
20 (-3) S. Jayasuriya SL 641 32.54 838 v Ban at Pietermaritzburg 2003

Bowlers

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Econ HS Rating
1 ( - ) N. Kulasekara SL 700 27.41 4.50 749 v Pak at Lahore 2009
2= ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 693 32.10 4.16 790 v Eng at Christchurch 2008
(+2) Kyle Mills NZ 693 26.40 4.68 723 v Aus at Melbourne 2009
4 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 686 31.28 4.08 709 v Zim at Bulawayo 2009
5 (+2) Shane Bond NZ 669 20.02 4.24 811 v SA at St George's 2007
6 ( - ) Nathan Bracken Aus 655 24.36 4.41 806 v SL at St George's 2007
7 (+4) Ajantha Mendis SL 652* 16.36 4.14 664 v SA at Centurion 2009
8= (+14) Dale Steyn SA 645*! 27.22 5.20 645 v Eng at Centurion 2009
(-3) M. Muralidaran SL 645 22.98 3.91 913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002
(+1) M. Mortaza Ban 645 29.82 4.57 678 v Ind at Port-of-Spain 2007
11 (-2) Mitchell Johnson Aus 640 25.21 4.88 726 v Ban at Darwin 2008
12 ( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 637 34.67 4.62 685 v Ind at Dhaka 2008
13 (-5) Johan Botha SA 632 39.27 4.52 664 v Aus at Centurion 2009
14 (+4) Stuart Broad Eng 628 26.59 5.13 701 v SA at Trent Bridge 2008
15= (-3) James Hopes Aus 623 32.51 4.35 665 v Pak at Dubai 2009
(-1) Jerome Taylor WI 623 26.54 4.76 688 v SA at Cape Town 2008
17 (-2) Andrew Flintoff Eng 621 24.38 4.39 755 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
18 (-2) Jacob Oram NZ 618 30.99 4.39 768 v Aus at The Oval 2004
19= (+1) Harbhajan Singh Ind 616 32.94 4.26 735 v WI at Bridgetown 2002
(+16) James Anderson Eng 616 30.28 4.93 689 v Ban at Dhaka 2003

All-rounders

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating

1 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 427 450 v Zim at Bulawayo 2009
2 ( - ) Yuvraj Singh Ind 351 362 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009
3 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 336 505 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
4= (+1) Shahid Afridi Pak 322 360 v Ind at Dhaka 2008
(-1) Jacob Oram NZ 322 383 v WI at Queenstown 2008

*Indicates a provisional rating

[mindless slogging]

^^^Can't believe there is no Pakistani bowler other than Afridi in the top 20. :ajmal should atleast be there.

[Afridi_Fan]

Any chance of Pakistan breaking into top 3?

[161]

these team rankings don't mean jack when it comes to current form.

they are basically an average of how well the team has done in the past few seasons.

[161]

^^^Can't believe there is no Pakistani bowler other than Afridi in the top 20. :ajmal should atleast be there.

once again the problem with these rankings is that they place too much emphasis on the past and not current form.

since guys like aamer and ajmal are relatively new they can't break into these rankings no matter how well they are bowling at the moment.

[Robert]

6. England 107
7. Sri Lanka 106


I am completely gobsmacked that England are rated higher than SL. :O

[pun500]

once again the problem with these rankings is that they place too much emphasis on the past and not current form.

since guys like aamer and ajmal are relatively new they can't break into these rankings no matter how well they are bowling at the moment.
agree but the basis of rankings is consistent performance and thats how it should be

cant have a new player starting at top he has to work his way to the top and maintain his level of performance

[Oxy]

I am completely gobsmacked that England are rated higher than SL. :O

That cant be right! Esp after the 6-1 Ashes ODI drubbing.

[cricketpassion]

6. England 107
7. Sri Lanka 106

Lol even after 6-1 loss to Australia.

[ajk88]

Can anyone tell me Pakistan's highest ranking?

I'm thinking third under Australia and South Africa.

[LG]

6. England 107
7. Sri Lanka 106

Lol even after 6-1 loss to Australia.
That's because England were already so lowly ranked and Australia was so highly ranked when that series took place. England gained many points when they beat both Sri Lanka and South Africa (especially South Africa), who are ranked higher than England. On the other hand Sri Lanka lost points when they lost to New Zealand and England.

The rankings will change pretty frequently these days because the teams from no. 4 to no. 6 have very close ratings points. The same applies to the top 3 teams. There has been so much movement at the top in the last few weeks, because they are separated by so less ratings points.
Can anyone tell me Pakistan's highest ranking?

I'm thinking third under Australia and South Africa.
I don't think Pakistan can move to third even if they win the semi AND beat the Aussies in the final, because the Saffers are too far ahead. But they can get mighty close.

[LG]

once again the problem with these rankings is that they place too much emphasis on the past and not current form.

since guys like aamer and ajmal are relatively new they can't break into these rankings no matter how well they are bowling at the moment.
They don't place too much emphasis on past form, instead it takes into account performances over a period of time, with more recent performances carrying more weight.

Ajmal and Aamir CAN break into the top rankings, if they perform consistently outstandingly over a period of time. Take Waqar's example. He had such an unbelievably awesome start to his career, and was duly in the top ten after 25 or so matches.

Rankings are not the Bible of cricketing performance. No ranking ever was, nor will ever be. Because it can only depend on statistics. But performance is more than just statistics.

[LG]

Here's something I posted in another thread about the ICC Rankings:
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showpost.php?p=2102855&postcount=97


FAQ about the ICC Rankings: http://static.icc-cricket.yahoo.net...863098 _18.pdf

[Imr4n_Khan]

Pakistan could break into top 3 after we beat NZ, the series not CT Inshallah.