Rabada,Tahir advance in MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rakings

Fast bowler Rabada, who is also ranked second in Tests, has moved up three spots to take sixth position after grabbing five wickets in two matches, while formerly top-ranked leg-spinner Tahir’s player of the series effort of 10 wickets, which included a hat-trick in the second ODI, has seen him progress three places to seventh position.

South Africa fast bowlers Andile Phehlukwayo and Lungi Ngidi have also made significant gains in a series dominated by their team, who won the three matches by margins of by five wickets, 140 runs and four wickets.

Phehlukwayo has moved up nine slots to 35th position with five wickets in the series and Ngidi has gained 19 places to reach a career-best 60th position with four wickets in two matches. Aiden Markram (up 14 places to a career-best 115th) and Heinrich Klaasen (up 47 places to a career-high 118th) have moved up in the list for batsmen.

For Zimbabwe, Hamilton Masakadza (up three places to 64th) and Sean Williams (up eight places to 78th) are the main gainers among batsmen while Tendai Chetara (up six places to 45th) has progressed in the list for bowlers.

South Africa’s facile win did not impact the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings as both teams remained on their pre-series points tally – the home side in fourth position on 110 points and Zimbabwe in 11th position on 53 points.

Meanwhile, the top sides will continue to prepare for next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales with five sides to feature in 13 50-over matches this month. To add further context to these matches, the number-one ranking will potentially be up for the taking depending on how the Sri Lanka and England series pans out.

In the England v Sri Lanka series, which starts in Dambulla on 10 October, England will have to win the series to retain their number-one ranking. Their failure to win the series, will give India a sniff at the top spot when they will take on the West Indies in the five-ODI series from 21 October.

However, if both England and India win all their matches in the upcoming series against Sri Lanka and the West Indies, then they will gain a point each to finish on 128 and 123 points respectively, thus retaining a difference of five points.

Bangladesh will also have an opportunity to add another point to their tally when they will feature in a three-ODI series against Zimbabwe from 20 October. The only way Bangladesh can drop behind Sri Lanka in eighth position is if Zimbabwe and England win 3-0 and 5-0, respectively.

Series scenarios:

Sri Lanka v England

·        England beat Sri Lanka 5-0 – England 128 points, Sri Lanka 76 points

·        England beat Sri Lanka 4-1 – England 126, Sri Lanka 78

·        England beat Sri Lanka 3-2 – England 124, Sri Lanka 80

·        Sri Lanka win 3-2 – England 122, Sri Lanka 82

·        Sri Lanka win 4-1 – England 120, Sri Lanka 84

·        Sri Lanka win 5-0 – England 119, Sri Lanka 86

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe

·        Bangladesh win 3-0 – Bangladesh 93, Zimbabwe 52

·        Bangladesh win 2-1 – Bangladesh 90, Zimbabwe 54

·        Zimbabwe win 2-1 – Bangladesh 87, Ziimbabwe 56

·        Zimbabwe win 3-0 – Bangladesh 85, Zimbabwe 58

India v West Indies

·        India win 5-0 – India 123, West Indies 68

·        India win 4-1 – India 122, West Indies 71

·        India win 3-2 – India 120, West Indies 73

·        West Indies win 3-2 – India 118, West Indies 76

·        West Indies win 4-1 – India 116, West Indies 79

·        West Indies 5-0 – India 115, West Indies 82

Upcoming series:

Sri Lanka v England:

10 October – 1st ODI, Dambulla

13 October – 2nd ODI, Dambulla

17 October – 3rd ODI, Kandy

20 October – 4th ODI, Kandy

23 October – 5th ODI, Colombo

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe

20 October – 1st ODI, Dhaka

23 October – 2nd ODI, Chittagong

25 October – 3rd ODI, Chittagong

India v West Indies

21 October – 1st ODI, Guwahati

24 October – 2nd ODI, Visakhapatnam

27 October – 3rd ODI, Pune

29 October – 4th ODI, Mumbai

1 November – 5th ODI, Thiruvananthapuram

The ODI team rankings, unlike the Test rankings, are updated after each match. The predictor function is available here.

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as of 8 October, after the South Africa-Zimbabwe series):

RANK  TEAM             POINTS

1.      England            127

2.      India                 122

3.      New Zealand    112

4.      South Africa      110

5.      Pakistan            101

6.      Australia            100

7.      Bangladesh        92

8.      Sri Lanka            77

9.      West Indies        69

10.   Afghanistan        67

11.   Zimbabwe          53

12.   Ireland                39

13.   Scotland             33

14.   UAE                   21

*Nepal will qualify for a full ranking after playing one more ODI, the Netherlands will qualify for a full ranking after playing two more matches.

(Developed by David Kendix)

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as of 8 October, after the South Africa-Zimbabwe series):

BATSMEN (top 20)

Rank      (+/-)        Player                 Team     Points    Avge      Highest Rating

   1          ( - )         Virat Kohli             Ind          884        58.20      911 v Eng at Headingley 2018

   2          ( - )         Rohit Sharma       Ind          842        46.17      844 v Pak at Dubai 2018

   3          ( - )         Joe Root               Eng         818        51.61      819 v Aus at Brisbane 2018

   4          ( - )         David Warner       Aus         803        43.43      880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017

   5          ( - )         Shikhar Dhawan   Ind          802        46.82      813 v Pak at Dubai 2018

   6          ( - )         Babar Azam          Pak         798        51.92      846 v NZ at Wellington 2018

   7          ( - )         Ross Taylor          NZ          785        46.28      789 v Eng at Dunedin 2018

   8          (+1)        Kane Williamson   NZ          778        46.87      798 v SA at Centurion 2015

   9=        (-1)         Quinton de Kock  SA          769        45.25      808 v Ban at East London 2017

               (+1)        Jonny Bairstow     Eng         769        50.30      777 v Aus at Durham 2018

  11         ( - )         Faf du Plessis       SA          753        44.22      802 v Ind at Durban 2018

  12         ( - )         Martin Guptill        NZ          731        42.99      789 v SA at Hamilton 2017

  13=       ( - )         Hashim Amla        SA          718        49.65      901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012

               (+1)        Tamim Iqbal          Ban         718        36.24      737 v Win at St Kitts 2018

  15         ( - )         Aaron Finch          Aus         706        38.19      744 v Eng at Melbourne 2015

  16         ( - )         Mushfiqur Rahim  Ban         702        33.97      712 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2018

  17         ( - )         Jos Buttler             Eng         701        40.35      723 v Ban at Mirpur 2016

  18         ( - )         MS Dhoni              Ind          695        50.61      836 v Aus at Delhi 2009

  19         ( - )         Fakhar Zaman      Pak         689*       59.00      715 v HK at Dubai 2018

  20         ( - )         Steve Smith          Aus         675        41.84      752 v Pak at Sydney 2017

BOWLERS (top 20)

Rank      (+/-)        Player                 Team     Points    Avge      Eco.       Highest Rating

   1          ( - )         Jasprit Bumrah     Ind          797        21.77     4.54       821 v Pak at Dubai 2018

   2          ( - )         Rashid Khan         Afg         788        14.47     3.90       806 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2018

   3          ( - )         Kuldeep Yadav     Ind          700*!      20.10     4.65       700 v Ban at Dubai 2018

   4          ( - )         Trent Boult            NZ          699         24.63     5.09       766 v Ind at Delhi 2016

   5          ( - )         Josh Hazlewood   Aus         696         24.27     4.72       733 v Eng at Adelaide 2018

   6          (+3)        Kagiso Rabada     SA          691         26.79     5.03       724 v Eng at Lord's 2017

   7          (+3)        Imran Tahir           SA          685         23.75     4.67       786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017

   8=        (-2)         Adil Rashid            Eng         681!       30.80     5.52       681 v Ind at Headingley 2018

               (-2)         Hasan Ali              Pak         681         22.39     5.23       766 v NZ at Wellington 2018

  10         (-2)         M. Ur Rahman      Afg         679*       19.06     3.84       691 v Ban at Abu Dhabi 2018

  11         ( - )         Y. Chahal              Ind          661*       24.92     4.68       668 v HK at Dubai 2018

  12         ( - )         M. Rahman           Ban         651*!      19.78     4.66       651 v Ind at Dubai 2018

  13         ( - )         Chris Woakes       Eng         643         30.77     5.50       673 v NZ at Christchurch 2018

  14         ( - )         Mitchell Starc        Aus         642         20.95     4.93       783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015

  15         ( - )         Mohammad Nabi  Afg         633         31.44     4.25       653 v Zim at Harare 2017

  16         ( - )         Mitchell Santner    NZ          632         33.91     4.90       663 v Eng at Hamilton 2018

  17         ( - )         Moeen Ali              Eng         621         45.08     5.09       629 v Aus at Old Trafford 2018

  18         ( - )         Pat Cummins        Aus         607         28.45     5.38       626 v Eng at Adelaide 2018

  19         ( - )         Matt Henry            NZ          606         24.59     5.57       675 v Aus at Hamilton 2016

  20         ( - )         Tim Murtagh         Ire           602         29.74     4.48       613 v Zim at Harare 2018

ALL-ROUNDERS (top five)

Rank      (+/-)        Player                 Team     Points    Highest Rating

   1          ( - )         Rashid Khan         Afg         353*/     359 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2018

   2          ( - )         S. Al Hasan           Ban         341        453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

   3          ( - )         M. Nabi                Afg          337        349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017

   4          ( - )         M. Santner            NZ          317!       317 v Eng at Christchurch 2018

   5          ( - )         M. Hafeez             Pak         306        438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013